Advisors and Fellows

The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress is the only organization that systematically examines past successes and failures of the Presidency and relates its findings to present challenges and opportunities. Lessons learned from past American experiences offer insights on how to deal with these challenges.

Strengthening America's Future Initiative (SAFI) and Agenda 2008

Executive-Legislative Relations

Presidential Leadership

Organizing for Leadership

Inspiring Future Leaders

Lessons from History



SUSAN BLUMENTHAL, M.D., M.P.A., Director, CSPC Health and Medicine Program
Former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

KAHLIL BYRD, Senior Associate for Global Communications
Director, African Public Broadcasting Foundation International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

RICHARD D. DAVIS, Senior Associate
President, Davis Energy Inc.

ALVIN FELZENBERG, Ph.D., Senior Advisor
Former Deputy and Senior Director of Communications for the 9-11 Public Discourse Project

SARAH V. FICENEC, Senior Fellow for Urban Policy

JOSH FOUTS, Senior Fellow for Digital Media and Public Policy
Chief Global Strategist, Dancing Ink Productions
Former Director, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California

GREGORY FRANKLIN, Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy

ROBERT E. HENDERSON, Advisor
Executive Director, 40Plus of Greater Washington, and Former CSPC Vice President and Dean of Fellows

SHERMAN ELLIOTT KATZ, Senior Advisor

RITA J. KING, Senior Fellow for Social Networking and Immersive Technologies
Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
CEO and Creative Director at Dancing Ink Productions

EGIL "BUD" KROGH, Senior Fellow on Leadership, Ethics, and Integrity

GEORGE LARDNER, JR., Associate

GEORGES LECLÈRE, Senior Associate for Public Media and World Affairs
President and CEO, Leclere Global Media Advisors
Former Executive Director, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

RUDOLPH C. LOHMEYER III, Senior Advisor
Principal, The Lohmeyer Group

YSBRANT A. MARCELIS, Fellow
Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton

GARY MATTHEWS, Counselor for Diplomacy
Former Ambassador to Malta and Director of the Task Force on the United Nations and Director of Special Projects at the U.S. Institute of Peace

JAY M. PARKER, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
Visiting Associate Professor, Georgetown University, and Former CSPC Executive Vice-President

JUSTIN REYNOLDS, Fellow
Former Director, National Consortium for Character-Based Leadership

ANNE G. K. SOLOMON, Senior Advisor on Science and Technology Policy

RICHARD WAGNER, Senior Advisor
Washington Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory

HOWARD WALKER, Senior Advisor for African Affairs

RICHARD J. WHALEN, Senior Advisor
Former member of Fortune’s Board of Editors, national affairs editor of Time, and Wall Street Journal editorial writer

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