Henry Crown Fellowship Program

Based at the Aspen Institute: "The Henry Crown Fellowship Program, established in 1997, seeks to develop our next generation of community-spirited leaders, providing them with the tools necessary to meet the challenges of corporate and civic leadership in the 21st century.

"The program is a unique mix of intellectual and personal development seminars designed to broaden the perspectives of the participants and hone their skills in values-based leadership. It honors the memory of Chicago industrialist Henry Crown (1896-1990), whose legendary career was marked by a lifelong commitment to honor, integrity, industry and philanthropy...

"Each class of approximately 20 Henry Crown Fellows is chosen from a wide pool of young and accomplished entrepreneurial leaders (between the ages of 25 and 45). These Fellows have already achieved considerable success in the private or public sector and are at an inflection point in their lives or careers—looking toward the broader role they might take on in their communities or globally.

"The two-year program comprises a structured series of four seminars (approximately 25 days) under the guidance of skilled senior moderators of the Aspen Institute along with a required leadership project of each Fellow’s own design and choosing."


 * Peter A. Reiling, (Henry Crown Fellow, Class of 1998) is Executive Director

Board of Overseers
Accessed May 2010:


 * William E. Mayer - Chairman, Board of Overseers - Henry Crown Fellowship, The Aspen Institute; Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners
 * Keith Berwick - Inaugural Recipient, Keith Berwick Chair of Leadership, The Aspen Institute
 * Lester Crown - Chairman, Material Service Corporation
 * Francis R. Hoffman - Founder and Principal, Francis R. Hoffman Architects
 * Walter Isaacson - President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
 * William E. Mayer -Chairman Emeritus (2000-2008) The Aspen Institute, Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners
 * Ann D. McLaughlin Korologos - Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute
 * Ranji Nagaswami - Former Chief Investment Officer, Alliance Bernstein Investments
 * Jacqueline Novogratz - Chief Executive Officer, Acumen Fund
 * Michael Powell - Chairman and CEO, The MK Powell Group, LLC
 * Margot L. Pritzker - President and Founder, WomenOnCall.org
 * Ranji Nagaswami - Former Chief Investment Officer, Alliance Bernstein Investments
 * Robert Steel - Chairman, Aspen Institute Board of Trustees

Senior Mentors
Accessed May 2010:


 * Paul F. Anderson, Mehrdad Baghai, A. George (Skip) Battle, Laurence D. Belfer, Keith Berwick, Beth A. Brooke, William D. Budinger, James (Jim) Schine Crown, Lester Crown, Susan Crown, Andrea (Andy) Cunningham, John Danner, Richard Danzig, Benjamin Dunlap, John C. Fontaine, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gerald Greenwald, Patrick W. Gross, Arjun Gupta, Sidney Harman, Philip L. Harris, Henrietta Holsman Fore, Walter Isaacson, Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Richard Kurin, Carol Larson, Gerald (Jerry) Levin, Stace D. Lindsay, Frederic V. Malek, James Manyika, William E. Mayer, John W. McCarter, Jr., Thomas D. McCloskey, David McCormick, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Anne Welsh McNulty, Clare Muñana, Suzanne Nora Johnson, Jacqueline Novogratz, Elaine Pagels, Michael Powell, Margot L. Pritzker, Thomas J. Pritzker, Joanna Rees, Peter A. Reiling, Lynda Resnick, Michel de Rosen, Harry J. Saal, Robert J. Saldich, Beth Seidenberg, Sue Siegel, Anna Deveare Smith, Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr., Roger M. Widmann, Alice Young

Related Sourcewatch

 * Tamsin Spencer Smith - member of 2009 class