Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
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The Center established its board in 1994.  With President and Mrs. Carter as active members, the board decides and supports the Center's mission and manages its property and assets. Members of the board are appointed both by The Carter Center and Emory University, with the president of Emory serving as an ex-officio member. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chaired the board and Rosalynn Carter was vice chair from 1994-2005.  Kent C. "Oz" Nelson was named chair in 2009.  Click here for Board officers >


Jimmy Carter
Founder, Trustee

Rosalynn Carter
Founder, Trustee

Kent C. "Oz" Nelson
Chair, Board of Trustees, The Carter Center
Retired Chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service

Terrence B. Adamson
Executive Vice President, National Geographic Society

Arthur M. Blank
Owner & CEO, Atlanta Falcons
Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Richard C. Blum
Chairman, Blum Capital Partners

Kathryn E. Cade
Chair, Judge Baker Children's Center

Jason Carter
Senator, 42nd District, State of Georgia
Attorney, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP

Bradley N. Currey Jr.
Retired Chairman and CEO, Rock-Tenn Company

The Hon. Gordon D. Giffin
Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge

Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Journalist

Ben F. Johnson III
Retired Partner, Alston & Bird

Sherry Lansing
CEO, The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Douglas W. Nelson
Retired President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Wendell S. Reilly
Managing Partner, Grapevine Partners

Marjorie M. Scardino
Chief Executive, Pearson PLC

Justice Leah Ward Sears
Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP

Chilton D. Varner
Partner, King & Spalding, LLP

James W. Wagner, Ph.D.

President, Emory University

Tadahiro "Tad" Yoshida
Chairman & CEO, YKK Corporation


Trustees Emeritus

David A. Hamburg, M.D.
President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Frank C. Jones
Of Counsel
Jones, Cork & Miller, LLP

The Hon. James T. Laney
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

John Moores
Investor and Chairman, San Diego Padres Baseball Club

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