Our Council is composed of accomplished individuals who bring broad leadership experience, geographical representation, and diverse backgrounds to the museum.
Jane Abraham, McLean, VA
Co-Chair and Former Chair, Congressional Commission to Study the Potential of a National Women’s History Museum
Penny Pritzker, Chicago, IL
Co-Chair and Founder and Chairman, PSP Partners;
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Catherine Allgor, Boston, MA
President Emerita, Massachusetts Historical Society and Non-Profit Executive
Barbara Barrett, Paradise Valley, AZ
Owner, Triple Creek Ranch, A Montana Hideaway
Mary Boies, Armonk, NY
Counsel, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Sheri Bronstein, New York, NY
Chief Human Resources Officer, Bank of America
Tory Burch, New York, NY
Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer,
Tory Burch LLC
Bridget Bush, Louisville, KY
Counsel, Landrum & Shouse LLP
Lynda Carter, Potomac, MD
Actor and Singer-Songwriter
Jean Case, Washington, DC
Chairman, National Geographic Society
CEO, Case Impact Network and The Case Foundation
Rosario Dawson, Los Angeles, CA
Producer, Designer, Activist
Martha McKenzie Hill, Little Rock, AR
Counsel, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates Woodyard
Billie Jean King, New York, NY
Founder, Billie Jean King Enterprises, Inc.
Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney, New York, NY
Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Leader,
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
Singleton B. McAllister, Washington, DC
Of Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP
Kyle McSlarrow, Kamas, Utah
Former Comcast Senior Executive
Pat Mitchell, Atlanta, GA
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Connected Women Leaders, and Project Dandelion;
Co-Founder and Editorial Director at TEDWomen
Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Buffalo, NY
Majority Leader, New York State Assembly
Odie Brant Porter, Salamanca, NY
Councilor of the Seneca Nation of Indians
Abbe Raven, New York, NY
Chairman Emeritus, A+E Networks
Vivian Riefberg, Bethesda, MD
Professor of Practice, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Mona Sinha, New York, NY
Global Executive Director, Equality Now
Cara Sylvester, Minneapolis, MN
EVP and Chief Guest Experience Officer, Target
Alice Walton, Bentonville, AR
Founder, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, the Art Bridges
Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation;
Member, Walton Family Foundation
Edna Kane Williams, Washington, DC
Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer,
AARP
Lonnie G. Bunch III, Washington, DC
(ex officio) Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Alumni
Melissa Fetter, Boston, MA
Founder and Owner, Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
Craig Newmark, New York, NY
Founder, craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Martine A. Rothblatt, Ph.D., Silver Spring, MD
Chairperson and CEO, United Therapeutics
Creator for SiriusXM