Congressional Award Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Officers

Chairman of the Board - Paxton K. Baker, BET J

Vice Chairwoman - Linda Mitchell, MSU Extension Service

Vice Chairman - Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Vision Americas LLC

Secretary - Mary Rodgers, Pennsylvania

Treasurer - Dan Scherder, Scherder & Associates

Chairman Emeritus - John Falk, Firecreek Ltd.

Board Members

Cliff Akiyama - University of Pennsylvania

The Honorable Max Baucus - United States Senate

The Honorable Gus Bilirakis - United States Congress

The Honorable Kwame Brown - DC Councilmember At-Large

Laurel Call - Assurant Health

Michael Carozza - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Edward Cohen - Lerner Enterprises

Kathy Didawick - Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Dr. Wiley Dobbs - Idaho

Mike Esser - Edward Jones

David Falk - FAME

The Honorable Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Michael Flannigan - Rio Tinto

Jeffrey S. Fried - Washington, DC

Ron Gillyard - Los Angeles, CA

Raymond Goulbourne - BET

George B. Gould - Washington, DC

J. Steven Hart, Esq. - Williams & Jensen, P.C.

Erica Wheelan Heyse - National Director

David W. Hunt, Esq. - White & Case, L.L.P.

The Honorable Johnny Isakson - United States Senate

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee - United States Congress

Paul Kelly - National Association of Chain Drug Stores

Annette Lantos - California

Conrad Lass - Electric Power Supply Association

Lynn Lyons - Florida

Marc Monyek - McDonald's Corporation

Patrick Murphy - mCapitol Management

Major General Robert B. Newman, Jr. - The Adjutant General of Virginia

Kimberly Norman - Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

Andrew F. Ortiz - Ortiz Leadership Systems

Jerry Prout - FMC Corporation

Glenn Reynolds - USTelecom Association

Adam Ruiz - Kentucky

The Honorable Rodney E. Slater - Patton Boggs, LLP

David Sutphen - Brunswick Group

Jeffrey L. Thompson - The Walt Disney Company

The Honorable Jeri Thomson - Former Secretary of the US Senate

Joe Watson - Virginia

Kathryn Weeden - United States Senate Page School

Jon Wood - Foundation Coal Holdings Inc.