White House Fellows
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The White House Fellows program was established by President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

 in October 1964. President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...

 and to increase their sense of participation in national affairs." "President Johnson expected the Fellows to 'repay that privilege' when they left by 'continuing to work as private citizens on their public agendas'. He hoped that the Fellows would contribute to the nation as future leaders."

The webpage on the program explains it this way: White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...

, Cabinet Secretaries
United States Cabinet
The Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, which are generally the heads of the federal executive departments...

 and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.

The selection process is very competitive and there can be as many as 1,000 applicants for the eleven to nineteen fellowships. The White House Fellows Program office processes the applications and former Fellows screen the applications to identify the most promising candidates. Approximately 100 of the most qualified applicants are selected to be interviewed by eight to ten regional panels, which are composed of prominent local citizens. Based on the results of the interviews, the regional panels and the Director select approximately thirty candidates to proceed as National finalists. The President's Commission on White House Fellowships then interviews the thirty candidates and recommends 11-19 outstanding candidates to the President for a one-year appointment as Fellows.

Alumni

  • 1965-1966 Tom Johnson
    Tom Johnson (journalist)
    Wyatt Thomas Johnson is an American journalist and media executive, best known for serving as president of Cable News Network during the 1990s and, before that, as publisher of the Los Angeles Times newspaper...

    ; Former Chairman/CEO, CNN
    CNN
    Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

    , Former Publisher Los Angeles Times
  • 1966-1967 Jane Cahill Pfeiffer; Former Chairman, NBC
    NBC
    The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

  • 1966-1967 Samuel H. Howard; Senior Vice President, Financial Executives Institute; Chairman, Federation of American Hospitals
    Federation of American Hospitals
    The Federation of American Hospitals is a trade association for investor-owned hospitals in the United States. It is based in Washington D.C. It is currently headed by "Chip" Kahn.-See also:*List of industry trade groups in the United States...

    ; Member of Bipartisan Commission on Medicare under President Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

    ; Member of Commission on Social Security under President Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

    ; former National Chairman, Easter Seals, Inc.
  • 1967-1968 Preston Townley; former CEO, The Conference Board, former Dean, Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota
  • 1967-1968 Timothy E. Wirth; President, United Nations Foundation
    United Nations Foundation
    The United Nations Foundation started up in 1998 with a $1 billion grant from Ted Turner in order to support the United Nations in executing its programs worldwide. The creation of the Foundation was intended to encourage other donors to also support the UN in its activities...

    ; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; former Senator
    United States Senate
    The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

    , Colorado
    Colorado
    Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

  • 1968-1969 Robert D. Haas; Chairman/CEO, Levi Strauss & Company
  • 1969-1970 Michael H. Armacost; Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Asian-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
    Stanford University
    The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

    ; former President, The Brookings Institution; former Ambassador
    Ambassador
    An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

     to Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

     and the Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

    ; former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
  • 1970-1971 Dana G. Mead
    Dana G. Mead
    Dana George Mead is an American businessman and corporate director. Mead is currently chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's board of trustees, and serves on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Pfizer....

    ; former Chairman/CEO, Tenneco, Inc.
  • 1971-1972 Robert C. McFarlane; Chairman and CEO, Energy and Communications Solutions; former National Security Advisor
    National Security Advisor (United States)
    The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues...

     to President Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

    ; former Counselor to the U.S. Department of State; former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Gerald Ford
    Gerald Ford
    Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

    ; former Military Assistant to Henry Kissinger
    Henry Kissinger
    Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...

     and Brent Scowcroft
    Brent Scowcroft
    Brent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...

  • 1971-1972 Deanell R. Tacha; Judge
    Judge
    A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

    , United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Colorado* District of Kansas...

  • 1972-1973 Luis G. Nogales; President, Nogales Partners; former CEO, United Press International
    United Press International
    United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...

    ; former President, Univision
    Univision
    Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

  • 1972-1973 Colin L. Powell; former Secretary, U.S. Department of State; former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Joint Chiefs of Staff
    The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters...

    ; founding Chairman, America's Promise
    America's Promise
    America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth is a foundation founded by Colin Powell in 1997 to help children and youth from all socioeconomic sectors in the United States.In late April 1997 Presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W...

    ; General, U.S. Army (ret.)
  • 1973-1974 Doris M. Meissner; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
    Migration Policy Institute
    The Migration Policy Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank established in 2001 by Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou. It is "an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide." The Migration policy Institute works...

    ; former Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service
    Immigration and Naturalization Service
    The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service , now referred to as Legacy INS, ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were transferred from the Department of Justice to three new components within the newly created Department of Homeland Security, as...

  • 1973-1974 Peter M. Dawkins; Vice Chairman, CitiGroup Private Bank
    Citigroup Private Bank
    Citi Private Bank provides personalized wealth management services for ultra-high-net-worth clients who include many entrepreneurs and senior corporate executives. It has 60 offices in 23 countries. To be eligible for an Citi Private Bank account, the minimum net worth is $25 million USD...

    ; former Chairman/CEO of Primerica Financial Services
    Primerica Financial Services
    Primerica, Inc. is a referral marketer of financial products and services using a hybrid model of direct selling, franchising and distribution....

    , Inc.; Heisman Trophy
    Heisman Trophy
    The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

     winner; Brigadier General
    Brigadier General
    Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

    , U.S. Army (ret.)
  • 1973-1974 Frederick S. Benson III; President, U.S. - New Zealand Council; former Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Company;
  • 1973-1974 Dr Delano Meriwether
    Delano Meriwether
    Wilhelm Delano Meriwether is an American physician and a former track and field athlete...

    ; Leukemia researcher; Athlete
  • 1974-1975 Roger B. Porter
    Roger B. Porter
    Roger Blaine Porter is an American professor currently serving as the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University. He is the Master of Dunster House, one of the twelve undergraduate houses or colleges at Harvard...

    ; Professor
    Professor
    A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

    , John F. Kennedy School of Government
    John F. Kennedy School of Government
    The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...

    , Harvard University
    Harvard University
    Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

    ; Former Assistant for Economic and Domestic Policy to President Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

    .
  • 1974-1975 Garrey E. Carruthers; President/CEO, Cimarron Health Plan; former Governor of New Mexico
  • 1975-1976 Marshall N. Carter; former Chairman/CEO, State Street Bank & Trust Company
  • 1975-1976 Wesley K. Clark; Chairman/CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates; General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

    , U.S. Army (ret.); former Supreme Allied Commander
    Supreme Allied Commander
    Supreme Allied Commander is the title held by the most senior commander within certain multinational military alliances. It originated as a term used by the Western Allies during World War II, and is currently used only within NATO. Dwight Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary...

    , Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • 1975-1976 Dennis C. Blair; Admiral
    Admiral
    Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

    , U.S. Navy (ret.); Director of National Intelligence; former President, Institute for Defense Analyses
    Institute for Defense Analyses
    The Institute for Defense Analyses is a non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers to assist the United States government in addressing important national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise...

    ; former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
  • 1976-1977 Lynn A. Schenk; former Chief Aide and Senior Counselor to former California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

     Governor
    Governor of California
    The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...

     Gray Davis
    Gray Davis
    Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...

    ; former Congresswoman, California
  • 1976-1977 Charles A. Ansbacher; Conductor
    Conducting
    Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

    , Boston Landmarks Orchestra
    Boston Landmarks Orchestra
    The Boston Landmarks Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- History :The Boston Landmarks Orchestra was founded in January 2001 by Charles Ansbacher to perform free concerts for the Boston community in significant locations around the city...

  • 1997-1978 Nelson A. Diaz; Partner, Blank Rome LLP; former City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia; former General Counsel
    General Counsel
    A general counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. The term is most used in the United States...

    , U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • 1979-1980 Anne Cohn Donnelly; former Executive Director, National Commission for Prevention of Child Abuse
  • 1979-1980 Marsha J. Evans; President/CEO of American Red Cross
    American Red Cross
    The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...

    ; former National Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of the USA
    Girl Scouts of the USA
    The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...

    ; Rear Admiral
    Rear Admiral
    Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...

    , U.S. Navy
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     (ret.)
  • 1980-1981 Joan Abrahamson
    Joan Abrahamson
    Joan Abrahamson is President of the Jefferson Institute, a public policy institute that brings creative thinking to practical problems. The Institute identifies innovative approaches to current policy problems and works to implement these solutions. A major emphasis of the Jefferson Institute is...

    ; President, The Jefferson Institute; President, Jonas Salk Foundation
  • 1980-1981 Thomas J. Campbell; former U.S. Congressman, California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

  • 1980-1981 M. Margaret McKeown
    M. Margaret McKeown
    Mary Margaret McKeown, usually styled as M. Margaret McKeown is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and is based in San Diego, California. McKeown, a native of Casper, Wyoming, has served on the Ninth Circuit since her confirmation in 1998...

    ; Judge
    Judge
    A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

    , U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
  • 1981-1982 Joe L. Barton; U.S. Congressman, Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • 1981-1982 Myron E. Ullman; former CEO, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy; former Chairman/CEO, DFS Group, LTD; fFormer Chairman/CEO, R.H. Macy & Company; Chairman & CEO, J.C. Penney
    J.C. Penney
    J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...

  • 1982-1983 MajGen Scott Gration USAF (Ret) US Special Envoy to Sudan
  • 1982-1983 William L. Roper; Dean
    Dean (education)
    In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

    , School of Medicine, Vice Chairman for Medical Affairs, and CEO, UNC Health Care System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

  • 1982-1983 Frank Klotz
    Frank Klotz
    Frank G. Klotz, is a former United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana...

    ; Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

    , US Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

    ; Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, director Air Force Staff
  • 1983-1984 Elaine L. Chao; Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; former President/CEO, United Way of America; former Director, Peace Corps
    Peace Corps
    The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...

  • 1983-1984 Mufi Hannemann
    Mufi Hannemann
    Muliufi Francis "Mufi" Hannemann is an American politician. He is the former Mayor of Honolulu. Hannemann has served as a special assistant in Washington, D.C., with the Department of the Interior, where he was selected for a White House fellowship in the Reagan administration under Vice President...

    ; Mayor
    Mayor
    In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

    , City and County of Honolulu
  • 1984-1985 Tom Leppert
    Tom Leppert
    Tom Leppert is an American politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas from 2007 to 2011, and who worked as CEO of the Turner Corporation...

    ; Mayor of Dallas; former CEO of Turner Construction Company
  • 1984-1985 Rick Stamberger; President and CEO, SmartBrief
  • 1986-1987 Paul A. Gigot; Editor
    Editing
    Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

    , Editorial page, The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

  • 1986-1987 William J. Lennox, Jr.
    William J. Lennox, Jr.
    Lieutenant General William James Lennox, Jr. of Houston, Texas, was the 56th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 2001 to 2006...

    ; Lt. General, U.S. Army
    United States Army
    The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

    ; Superintendent
    Superintendents of the United States Military Academy
    The commanding officer of the United States Military Academy is its Superintendent. This position is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. The officer appointed is by tradition a graduate of the United States Military Academy, commonly known as "West...

    , United States Military Academy
    United States Military Academy
    The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

  • 1987-1988 The Honorable Mary Schiavo
    Mary Schiavo
    Mary Fackler Schiavo, JD, is the outspoken former Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation , where for six years she withstood pressure from within DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration as she sought to expose and correct problems at the agencies...

    ; Inspector General
    Inspector General
    An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...

    , U.S. Department of Transportation; Author, Flying Blind, Flying Safe
    Flying Blind, Flying Safe
    Flying Blind, Flying Safe is a non-fiction book about the American airline industry and Federal Aviation Administration, written by Mary Schiavo with Sabra Chartrand. The book was first published in March 1997 in hardcover format by Avon Books. An updated paperback edition was published on April 1,...

    ; Attorney
  • 1988-1989 Senator Jeff Colyer, Kansas Senator, Plastic Surgeon, former representative, Medical Volunteer in Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Balkans, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Nairobi embassy bombing
  • 1988-1989 Charles Patrick Garcia
    Charles Patrick Garcia
    Charles Patrick García had recently started Garcia Trujillo LLC, a consulting, merchant banking, and venture capital firm where he is the Chief Executive Officer.- Biography :...

    ; Chairman, Board of Visitors, United States Air Force Academy
    United States Air Force Academy
    The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...

    ; Hispanic American leader; former CEO, Sterling Financial Group of Companies; best-selling author of A Message From Garcia
  • 1988-1989 Patrick M. Walsh
    Patrick M. Walsh
    Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN is the 59th Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. He served as the 35th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from April 2007 to August 13, 2009, and as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet from October 2005 to February 27, 2007...

    ; United States Navy
    United States Navy
    The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

     Admiral
    Admiral
    Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

    , Commander
    Commander
    Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...

    , U.S. Pacific Fleet
    United States Pacific Fleet
    The United States Pacific Fleet is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval resources under the operational control of the United States Pacific Command. Its home port is at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. It is commanded by Admiral Patrick M...

    , Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations
    Vice Chief of Naval Operations
    The Vice Chief of Naval Operations is the second highest ranking officer in the United States Navy. In the event that the Chief of Naval Operations is absent or is unable to perform his duties, the VCNO assumes the duties and responsibilities of the CNO. The VCNO may also perform other duties...

     and Blue Angels
    Blue Angels
    The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and is currently the oldest formal flying aerobatic team...

     pilot
  • 1990-1991 Samuel D. Brownback; U.S. Senator
    United States Senate
    The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

    , Kansas
    Kansas
    Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

  • 1991-1992 Raymond E. Johns, Jr.
    Raymond E. Johns, Jr.
    General Raymond Edward Johns Jr., USAF is the current Commander, Air Mobility Command. He previously served as the Air Force's Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs from October 2006 to November 16, 2009. General Johns leads Air Mobility Command's mission to provide rapid, global...

    ; General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

    , Commander, Air Mobility Command
    Air Mobility Command
    Air Mobility Command is a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force. AMC is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois, east of St. Louis....

    , United States Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

  • 1992-1993 Honorable Kurt Campbell Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia
  • 1993-1994 Paul Antony
    Paul Antony
    Paul Antony is Executive Director of Global Health Progress and the Chief Medical Officer for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America serving as PhRMA’s principal advocate on all health care and medical policy issues ....

    ; Chief Medical Officer, PhRMA; Commander
    Commander
    Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...

    , U.S. Navy, Flight Surgeon
    Flight surgeon
    A flight surgeon is a military medical officer assigned to duties in the clinical field variously known as aviation medicine, aerospace medicine, or flight medicine...

    , Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-209 "Star Warriors"; Adjunct Faculty, George Washington University
    George Washington University
    The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

     Medical Center, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine
  • 1993-1994 Honorable Scott Gould Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • 1997-1998 Dr. Sanjay Gupta; CNN
    CNN
    Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

     Senior Medical Correspondent
    Correspondent
    A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...

    , neurosurgeon
  • 1997-1998 John Burchett; Former Chief of Staff to Governor Jennifer Granholm
    Jennifer Granholm
    Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...

  • 1998-1999 Juan M. Garcia;Asst Secretary of the Navy for Manpower, former representative District 32, Texas House of Representatives
    Texas House of Representatives
    The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...

  • 2001-2002 Steve Poizner
    Steve Poizner
    Stephen Leo "Steve" Poizner is an American businessman/entrepreneur and conservative Republican politician, who was elected State Insurance Commissioner of California in November 2006, and concluded the 4 year term in January 2011...

    ; California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

     State Insurance Commissioner
    California Insurance Commissioner
    California Insurance Commissioner is an elected executive office position in California. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance.The current Insurance Commissioner is Democrat Dave Jones.- Duties :...

  • 2002-2003 Dr. Rajeev Venkayya
    Rajeev Venkayya
    Dr. Rajeev Venkayya is the Director for Global Health Delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he oversees late-stage development of health technologies and interventions as well as efforts to expand access to health solutions in the developing world. He reports to the President of...

    , Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Biodefense
  • 2002-2003 Daniel S. Sullivan
    Daniel S. Sullivan
    Daniel S. Sullivan is the current Attorney General of Alaska. Sullivan was appointed to his current office by then-Governor Sarah Palin in June 2009.-Early life and education:...

    ; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
  • 2002-2003 Richard Greco, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) 2004-06
  • 2004-2005 Louis O'Neill
    Louis O'Neill
    Louis F. O’Neill is an American diplomat and attorney. An expert on Russia/Eurasia conflicts and security, he served as Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Ambassador and Head of Mission to Moldova...

    , Ambassador to Moldova (OSCE Mission) 2006-2008
  • 2005-2006 Eric Greitens
    Eric Greitens
    Eric Greitens is a nonprofit leader, author, speaker and a United States Navy SEAL, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the CEO of the veterans organization The Mission Continues.-Education:...

    , Lieutenant in the Navy Seals
    United States Navy SEALs
    The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command as well as the maritime component of the United States Special Operations Command.The acronym is derived from their...

    , Recipient of the Bronze Star, Chairman of the Center for Citizen Leadership
    Center for Citizen Leadership
    The Mission Continues is the only national nonprofit challenging post-9/11 veterans to rebuild a sense of purpose through community service.-History:...

     and Public Speaker with the Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
  • 2006-2007 Wes Moore
    Wes Moore
    Wes Moore is an author, businessman and US Army veteran. He currently works as an associate for Citigroup in New York City.-Early life and education:...

    , Assistant to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
    Condoleezza Rice
    Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...

  • 2008-2009 Nicole Malachowski
    Nicole Malachowski
    Nicole Margaret Ellingwood Malachowski is a United States Air Force officer and the first female pilot selected to fly as part of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds...

    , US Air Force Major, recipient of the Air Medal
    Air Medal
    The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States. The award was created in 1942, and is awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.-Criteria:...

     and first woman to be a pilot for the Thunderbirds
    U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force , based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially marked USAF jet aircraft...



Former and Current Commissioners overseeing the White house Fellowship include:
  • General Wesley Clark
    Wesley Clark
    Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...

    , former NATO commander
  • Tom Brokaw
    Tom Brokaw
    Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...

    , NBC
    NBC
    The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

     news
  • Tom Daschle
    Tom Daschle
    Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

    , former Senate majority leader
  • John H. Frey
    John H. Frey
    John H. Frey is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he is the State Representative from the 111th District , first elected in 1998. In the 2004 election, Frey won with 68.7% of the vote and was the highest vote-getter in the 151-member Connecticut House of...

    , CT State Representative and RNC National Committeeman
  • President Vartan Gregorian
    Vartan Gregorian
    Vartan Gregorian is an Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is an ethnic Armenian, born in Iran....

    , Carnegie Corporation of New York
    Carnegie Corporation of New York
    Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...

  • Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy
    Claudia Kennedy
    Claudia Jean Kennedy is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. She is the first female to reach the rank of three-star general in the U.S. Army. She retired in 2000 after 31 years of military service.-Early life:...

    , United States Army
    United States Army
    The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

  • Maya Lin
    Maya Lin
    Maya Ying Lin is an American artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She is the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.-Personal life:...

    , Artist
  • Pierre Omidyar
    Pierre Omidyar
    Pierre Morad Omidyar is a French-Iranian American entrepreneur and philanthropist/economist, and the founder/chairman of the eBay auction site...

    , Founder of Ebay
    EBay
    eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...

  • Paul Sarbanes
    Paul Sarbanes
    Paul Spyros Sarbanes , a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin...

    , former United States Senator from Maryland
  • President Ruth J. Simmons
    Ruth J. Simmons
    Ruth Jean Simmons is the 18th and current president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons was elected Brown's first female president in November 2000. Simmons assumed office in fall of 2001....

    , Brown University
    Brown University
    Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

  • Admiral James Stockdale
    James Stockdale
    Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy.Stockdale led aerial attacks from the carrier during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident...

    , Author, Vietnam POW
  • Lawrence Tribe, Harvard constitutional scholar

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