Truman Scholars Leadership Council

Composed of experienced Truman Scholars, the Truman Council serves as a leadership advisory group that supports Friends of Truman in fundraising, community building, and strategic communications.

  • Stacey Abrams (MS 84)

    Senior Counsel for Rewiring America

  • Brooks Allen (CA 96)

    Education Policy Advisor to the Governor and Executive Director at the California State Board of Education

  • Terry Babcock-Lumish (PA 96)

    Executive Secretary of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

  • Maryam Banikarim (CA 87)

    Co-Founder of MaryamB

  • Benjamin Block (IN 92)

    Partner at Covington & Burling LLP

  • Kent Bradley (KS 86)

    Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KU School of Medicine-Wichita

  • Stacey Brandenburg (GA 95)

    Shareholder at ZwillGen PLLC and Adjunct Professor at the American University Washington College of Law

  • Cameron Brown (ID 95)

    Senior Industry Principal, Digital and Analytics at HCL Technologies

  • Robert Burns (NC 88)

    Director of the Home Region Program at the Walton Family Foundation

  • Cheryl Burtzel (TX 80)

    Counsel at Haynes and Boone, LLP

  • Mary Ellen Callahan (PA 88)

    Secretary of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at the Department of Homeland Security

  • Jon Cardinal (NY 07)

    Director of Economic Development for U.S. Senator Charles Schumer

  • Marcia Chatelain (IL 00)

    Professor, Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Albert Cho (AZ 01)

    Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Xylem, Inc.

  • Dave Cooley (TN 82)

    Principal at Cooley Public Strategies

  • Walt Cooper (IN 98)

    Stealth Company CEO, All Turtles

  • Matthew Crowl (IA 82)

    Founding Partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

  • William Dobson (SC 94)

    Co-Editor for the Journal of Democracy

  • Victoria Fimea (AZ 81)

    Chief Captive Analyst for the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions

  • Renee Gabbard (CA 88)

    Partner at Procopio

  • Venu Gupta (IL 94)

    Chief of Staff for She the People

  • Mark Hagemeier (AR 84)

    Managing Associate General Counsel at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  • Joe Heyd (OH 83)

    Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel for Procter & Gamble

  • Kevin Higgins (NV 80)

    Chief Judge at Sparks Justice Court

  • Vincent Indelicato (NY 02)

    Associate, Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group for Proskauer Rose LLP

  • Andrew Klaber (IL 03)

    CEO for Bedford Ridge Capital

  • Andrew Lee (CO 06)

    Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

  • Preston Lee (DC 81)

    Retired Senior Director for Freddie Mac

  • Eliza Leighton (DC 94)

    CEO & Co-Founder for The Family Room

  • Michael Masters (IL 00)

    National Director & CEO at Secure Community Network

  • Elizabeth McNally (CT 99)

    Deputy Director for Commercial Operations at the Defense Innovation Unit

  • Lisette Nieves (NY 90)

    President of the Fund for the City of New York

  • Andrew Rich (DE 91)

    President of Franklin & Marshall College

  • Rob Sand (IA 05)

    Auditor of the State of Iowa

  • Anthony Shop (MO 04)

    Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder of Social Driver

  • James St George (MN 79)

    Former Managing Partner for the Voter Activation Network (VAN NGP)

  • Janice Ugaki (UT 90)

    President and Co-Founder of Firmseek

  • Anthony Vitarelli (NJ 04)

    Managing Director, COO for Legal Compliance at BlackRock

  • Dayne Walling (MI 95)

    Director of Public Policy and Government Relations & Senior Policy Advisor for Insight

  • Caitlin Whelan (ME 07)

    Interagency & Strategic Communications Advisor for Feed the Future

  • Pai-Ling Yin (IN 94)

    Senior Manager, Research Science for Core AI at Amazon

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