CO-CHAIRS

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee

• Board member of various Gabelli financial companies (Rye, NY): @MarioGabelli or Contact Us/Locations.
• Board member of First Republic Bank (San Francisco, CA): @firstrepublic, Contact Us, or Locations.
• Board member of El Dorado Resorts (Reno, NV): Contact Us/Locations.

Dorothy S. Ridings, Former President of the League of Women Voters

• Former President of the League of Women Voters (Washington, DC): @LVW, Contact Us, or Find a Local League.
• (Contact your local chapter of the League of Women Voters and encourage them to sponsor an Open Debate!)
• Board of Community Foundation of Louisville (Louisville, KY): @CFLouisville or Contact Us/Locations.

HONORARY CO-CHAIR

Jimmy Carter, Former Democratic President

• Founder of The Carter Center: Contact us. 
• President Carter responds to letters: The Carter Center, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John C. Danforth, Former Republican U.S. Senator

• Partner at Dowd Bennet law firm (St. Louis): [email protected], 314-889-7342 (his line), or Contact Us. 
• Part-owner of the St. Louis Blues NHL team: @StLouisBlues or Contact Us.
• John Danforth Center @ Washington University (St. Louis): @CtrRelPol or Contact Us.
• Danforth Center is hosting "Danforth Dialogues" theday before the 2nd debate at Washington University. 

Charles Gibson, Former Host of Good Morning America; Former ABC News Anchor

• Board of Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, CA): @KaiserFamFound or Contact Us.
• (The Kaiser Family Foundation has previously been a sponsor of the debates.)
• Former Host of Good Morning America: @GMA.

John Griffen, Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC

• Director of Allen & Company LLC (Lakeland, FL): @allenandcompany or Contact Us/Locations.
• Advisor at Business Talent Group: @theBTG or Contact Us/Locations.

Jane Harman, Former Democratic Congresswoman

• President/CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (Washington, DC): @TheWilsonCenter, 202-691-4202, Contact Us/Location.
• Board of Trustees at University of Southern California (Los Angeles): @USC or Contact Us/Location.
• Board of Iridium Communications (McLean, VA): @IridiumComm or Contact Us/Locations.
• Board of Newsweek/Daily Beast (NYC): @thedailybeast, @johnavlon, @newsweek, & @jimpoco.

Antonia Hernandez, President/CEO, California Community Foundation

• President/CEO of CCF (Los Angeles): [email protected], 213-383-2046 ext 236, or @calfund.
• Board of Council on Foundations (Arlington, VA): @COF_ or Contact Us/Location.
• Board of Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (Washington, DC): @CenterOnBudget or Contact Us/Location.
• Advisory Board of UCLA School of Law (Los Angeles, CA): @UCLA_Law, @UCLALaw_Alumni, or Contact Us/Location.

Reverend John I. Jenkins, President of University of Notre Dame

• President of Notre Dame University (Notre Dame, IN): @NotreDame, 574-631-3903, [email protected], or Contact Us/Location.
• Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences's Commission on the Humanities & Social Sciences: @americanacad.

Jim Lehrer, Former PBS News Anchor

• Former Anchor of PBS NewsHour: @NewsHour or Contact Your Local PBS Station.
• Governing Council of UVA's Miller Center (Charlottesville, VA): @Miller_Center, Contact Us/Location, @terrysulli, Contact UVA President.

Michael D. McCurry, Former Press Secretary for Bill Clinton & Former CPD Co-Chair

• Council at Public Strategies Washington (Washington, DC): 214-363-3990 or [email protected].
• Professor at Wesley Theological Seminary (Washington, DC): @WesleyTheoSem or Contact Us/Location. 
• He will teach a class this fall that gives his students the option to attend the 2nd Presidential debate in Saint Louis. 
• Private Twitter account: @mmccurry.

Newton N. Minow, Former Democratic Chair of the Federal Communications Commission

• Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago): @SidleyLaw, [email protected], 312-853-7555, or Locations/Contact Us.
• Board of Trustees at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL): @NorthwesternU or Contact Us/Location.
• Board of Trustees at Notre Dame University: @NotreDame, 574-631-3903, [email protected], or Contact Us/Location.

Richard D. Parsons, Former Chairman of Citigroup; Former Chairman & CEO of TimeWarner

• Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners LLC (Providence, RI): Contact Us/Locations.
• Board of Teach for America: @TeachForAmerica or @VillanuevaBeard.
• Board of Estée Lauder (NYC): @EsteeLauder or Contact Us/Locations.
• Director at Lazard: @LazardLtd, Contact Us, or Locations. 

Olympia Snowe, Former Republican U.S. Senator

• Board of T Rowe Price (Baltimore): @TRowePrice or Contact Us/Locations. 
• Board of Aetna (Hartford, CT): @Aetna, @mtbert, or Locations.
• Board of National Institute for Civil Discourse, Univ. of AZ (Tucson, AZ): @NICDInstitute, Contact/Location, @UofA, Contact UA President.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION

Janet H. Brown, Former Republican White House Staffer & Congressional Staffer (for CPD Member John C. Danforth)

• Executive Director of Commission on Presidential Debates (Washington, DC): [email protected]
• Commission on Presidential Debates, 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036.