David Axelrod
Founding Director of the Institute of Politics.
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The Board of Advisors to the Institute of Politics includes a diverse group of leaders in civic life, politics, business and journalism. Board members offer their expertise and guidance to the Institute staff and meet annually in Chicago to review the Institute’s operation and programming.
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Joaquín Castro
Member, U.S. Congress (D-TX)
Stephanie Cutter
Partner, Precision Strategies
Former Deputy Campaign Manager for Barack
Obama
Bob Dold
Former Member, U.S. Congress (R-IL) Partner, Forbes Tate
Robert Gibbs
Senior Counsel, Bully Pulpit Interactive Former White House Press Secretary
Ed Gillespie
Senior Executive Vice President, AT&T Former RNC Chairman
Larry Grisolano
Partner & CEO, AKPD Message and Media
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Biographer, Historian, and Political Commentator
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Former Member, U.S. Senate (D-ND) Co-founder and Chair of the One Country Project
Bill Kristol
Editor-at-Large, The Bulwark Founder, The Weekly Standard
Ray LaHood
Co-Chair, Building America’s Future Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Isaac Lee
Executive Chairman, Exile Content Studio
Michael Morell
Senior Counselor, Beacon Global Strategies Former Acting Director & Deputy Director, CIA
David Muir
Former Director of Political Strategy for UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Shailagh Murray
Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Columbia University Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
Mike Murphy
Co-director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future Republican Strategist
Beth Myers
Co-founder, The Shawmut Group Former Senior Advisor to U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney
Bakari Sellers
Former South Carolina State Representative
Darren Reisberg
Vice President for Programs and Strategy, the Joyce Foundation
Deval Patrick
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Bret Stephens
Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times
Karen Tumulty
Political Columnist, The Washington Post
Amy Walter
National Editor, The Cook Political Report
Howard Wolfson
Senior Advisor, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Ex Officio Member: Sofia Gross
Global Public Policy Manager, Snap, Inc.