Acheson, a member of the Miller Center Foundation Board, comes from an esteemed career in finance. He worked for First Interstate Bank as a senior vice president and northwest regional manager, serving nine years in Asia and Australia.

Anderson is founding partner of the opinion research firm Echelon Insights and is a political contributor on-air at CNN. She is the author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials are Leading America and How Republicans can Keep Up.

Antholis is director and CEO of the Miller Center. He served as President Clinton’s director of international economic affairs on the staff of the National Security Council.

Baer, a Miller Center Governing Council member, served as assistant to President Clinton and White House director of communications and strategic planning. He is currently a senior partner at Brunswick.

Bamzai is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He was previously an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice and an appellate attorney for the National Security Division of the Department of Justice.

Barnes, executive director of the UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy and a professor of practice at the Miller Center, served as assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Obama administration.

Bedingfield served as White House director of communications under President Biden and as director of communications in the Office of the Vice President under President Obama. She is currently a partner at Brunswick Group.

Bick, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is an associate professor of practice in public policy at the University of Virginia. He previously served in the Biden administration as director for strategic planning at the National Security Council.

Blackburn is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and chairman of McKinsey U.S. Government. Previously, he led the MyVA transformation at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs before serving as interim Veterans Affairs deputy secretary.

Blair served as director of policy and strategic planning at the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. special representative for international telecommunications policy, and senior advisor to the chief of staff during the first Trump presidency.

Bolten is the CEO of Business Roundtable. His twenty years of government service include eight years in the White House under George W. Bush as chief of staff, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and deputy chief of staff for policy.

Bond, a member of the Miller Center Governing Council, spent his entire career in the computer industry. During his career, he was responsible for managing non-U.S. businesses for both Hewlett Packard and Rational.

Bose is executive dean for public policy and public service programs at the Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy, and International Affairs and director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University. 

Broas served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands during the Obama administration and as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations during the Biden administration.

Burns is POLITICO Playbook's chief correspondent, White House bureau chief, and host of The Conversation podcast. She is the inaugural host of Ceasefire on C-SPAN. She was previously a national correspondent at NBC News.

Burns, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is a managing partner at Quad-C Management. Previously, he worked in the risk arbitrage group and leveraged capital group at Paribas.

After being hired by ABC News in 1973, Compton became the first woman assigned to cover the White House on a full-time basis by a network television news organization. She covered seven different administrations and ten presidential campaigns from 1976 through 2016.

Comstock, a Miller Center Governing Council member, represented Virginia's 10th Congressional District for two terms—the first woman elected to that seat. Now a senior advisor with Baker Donelson, she was a leader on anti-sexual harassment legislation.

Connell, a Miller Center Governing Council member and chair of the Miller Center Foundation Board of Directors, comes from a distinguished career in intelligence, most of which was at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Crowe, a Miller Center Governing Council member, served as associate international tax counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department and was a partner at Caplin & Drysdale. He previously worked in investment banking.

Deeks, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is the vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law and the Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law.  She served in the Biden administration as White House associate counsel.

Donilon, chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute, served as the national security advisor to President Obama, chief of staff to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and assistant secretary of state during the Clinton administration. 

Dybul, a professor in the department of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, led the U.S. President's Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under President George W. Bush. He also directed the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

Edelman, a Miller Center practitioner senior fellow, retired as a career minister from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009, after having served in senior positions at the Departments of State and Defense and the White House. 

Eissenstat, a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center, served as deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs during the first Trump presidency. He is currently a partner at Squire Patton Boggs.

Emanuel is chief Washington correspondent for FOX News Channel and coanchor of FOX News Live. He has provided live coverage of numerous critical national and international events.

Freedman served in the Clinton administration as senior advisor to the president and special assistant to the president for policy planning. He is currently the CEO and cofounder of Freedman Consulting, LLC.

Fried, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is a former director of the UVA Foundation, as well as chair emerita and former general counsel and executive vice president of Fried Companies Inc. 

Galston served as deputy assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration. He currently holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution’s governance studies program, where he serves as a senior fellow.

Ghaemmaghami, a Miller Center Governing Council member, served as a hematologist and oncologist for more than 20 years. She was an associate professor of medicine at the University of Virginia from 2011 to 2016.

Gillon, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is the former Scholar-in-Residence at The History Channel and emeritus professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is one of the nation's leading experts on modern American history and politics.

Gregory, ex officio Miller Center Governing Council member, spent more than twenty years at NBC News, serving as Chief White House Correspondent during George W. Bush’s presidency and moderator of Meet the Press. He also worked as a political analyst for CNN.

Gundersen is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Law School, where she works pro bono with law students on asylum cases. Previously, she worked at the New York City Police Department as special counsel for intelligence affairs.

Hantzmon, a Miller Center Governing Council member, previously served on the Miller Center Foundation Board. She was also a member of the original Friends of the Miller Center committee.

Hoefling, vice chair of the Miller Center Governing Council, is a teaching professor on gender, law, and the Constitution at Georgetown University. She previously taught at Washington and Lee School of Law and practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLC.

Holton, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is the former United States attorney for Oregon. He served as a manager for the Clinton presidential campaign, then as a special assistant to White House Chief of Staff Mack McClarty.

James, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is the former secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Her government service included roles in the administrations of Presidents Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

Jeffries, a Miller Center Governing Council member ex officio, is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. 

Kaine has represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2013. He became lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2002 and was inaugurated as Virginia’s 70th governor in 2006. He was previously mayor of Richmond.

Kamarck is the director of the Center for Effective Public Management, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a public policy lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School. She co-founded the New Democrat movement that helped elect President Bill Clinton.

Kinane is an assistant professor of political science and a resident fellow in the Institution of Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. She studies American political institutions and their role in policymaking under separation of powers.

Kokas is the C.K. Yen Professor at the Miller Center, director of UVA's East Asia Center, and a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. Kokas’ research examines Sino-U.S. media and technology relations.

Legro, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is University Professor at the University of Richmond, where he was also the executive vice president and provost. He was previously vice provost for global affairs at the University of Virginia.

Lenox is a faculty senior fellow and academic co-director of the Project on Democracy and Capitalism at the Miller Center. He is also the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Liddell, a Miller Center practitioner senior fellow, was assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for policy coordination during the first Trump administration. He is the author of Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency.

Lu, a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center, served as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Biden administration and the U.S. deputy secretary of labor during the Obama administration.

Marcus is the founder of Marcus & Millichap Company, parent company of a diversified group of real estate, service, investment, and development firms. He is also chairman of Essex Property Trust.

Martin, chair of the Miller Center Governing Council, is the former managing partner of the McGuire Woods’ Richmond office. He practices construction and commercial real estate law. He was UVA's first African American rector.

McKee is the White Burkett Miller Professor of Public Affairs at the Miller Center, where he codirects the Presidential Recordings Program and the Health Care Policy Project. He has written extensively about urban policy and health care.

McRaven is a retired U.S. Navy Four-Star admiral and the former chancellor of the University of Texas system.  During his career, he advised Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. His final assignment was the commander of all U.S. special operation’s forces.

Meyer, a Miller Center Governing Council member, served as chief of staff to former House Speakers Kevin McCarthy and Newt Gingrich, as well as assistant to the president for legislative affairs in the George W. Bush administration.

Milkis is the Miller Center’s White Burkett Miller Professor of Governance and Foreign Affairs and a UVA professor of politics. His research focuses on the American presidency, political parties and elections, and social movements.

Morris, a member of the Miller Center Foundation Board, served as program director of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, cochaired by Presidents Carter and Ford. He previously served as executive director of the Miller Center Foundation.

During his fifty-year career in public service, Panetta served as secretary of defense and director of the CIA under President Obama, as well as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and White House chief of staff under President Clinton.

Peri, a Miller Center practitioner senior fellow, is a speechwriter, message strategist, and the founder of Peri Communications. She was special assistant to the president and senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama.

Perry is the Miller Center’s J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance and codirects the Presidential Oral History Program. She has authored many books on presidents, First Ladies, the Kennedy family, the Supreme Court, and civil rights.

Potter, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is professor of politics and founding director of the National Security Policy Center in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

Potter, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. She studies the hidden politics of procedure and process in American political institutions, with a focus on bureaucracy and regulation.

Prakash, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School.

Riley is the Miller Center’s White Burkett Miller Center Professor of Ethics and Institutions and codirects the Presidential Oral History Program. He is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on elite oral history interviewing.

A Miller Center faculty senior fellow, Robinson is a professor of practice in public policy and law at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a joint appointment at the UVA School of Law.

Rogatz, a member of the Miller Center Foundation Board, is a managing director in Baird's Real Estate Investment Banking Group. He was previously president of Ridgeway Capital LLC and chief financial officer of Brandywine Realty Trust.

Rudalevige, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is the Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government at Bowdoin College. He specializes in American political institutions.

Rudman is a professor of practice at the Miller Center, where she directs the Ripples of Hope Project. Her government positions included serving as deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs in the Obama and Clinton administrations.

Scott, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is the cofounder and CEO of Candor, Inc. She previously held leadership roles at Apple and Google and was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Twitter, and other tech companies.

Selverstone is the Gerald L. Baliles Professor of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center, the Center’s director of presidential studies, and the codirector of the Center’s Presidential Recordings Program.

Sheridan, the rector of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia, was appointed to the Board of Visitors by Governor Glenn Youngkin in 2023. Sheridan has also served as the president of the UVA Virginia Athletics Foundation.

Sherman, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is an attorney, certified public accountant, and the founder and CEO of Tectonic Financial and a director of CBIZ. He previously cofounded and served in various executive positions at Salient Partners.

Short served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence and as director of legislative affairs during the first Trump administration. A former Miller Center senior fellow, Short is currently a fellow at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.

Sosnik served as a senior advisor to President Clinton, playing a key role in policy, strategy, political, and communications decisions in the White House. He has also advised over 50 U.S. senators and governors. He is currently senior advisor to the Brunswick Group.

Spaner is a partner at McKinsey & Company’s Washington, D.C., office, where he focuses on leadership, transitions, and crisis management in the public sector. Previously, he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard for 22 years.

Stam, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is a University Professor, professor of public policy and politics, and former dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

A Miller Center faculty senior fellow, Strong is emeritus professor at Washington and Lee University. He was previously a Fulbright Scholar at University College Dublin. His research involves national security and presidential foreign policy.

Tenpas, a Miller Center practitioner senior fellow, is director of the Katzmann Initiative and a visiting fellow with Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. She is also an advisory board member for the White House Transition Project.

Terrell, a Miller Center practitioner senior fellow, served as assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs under President Biden. She was a senior advisor to the Harris-Walz campaign.

Walker, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is the University of Virginia deputy athletics director and chief revenue officer. He was previously CEO of the Seattle Sonics and Seattle Storm basketball teams. He played in the NBA from 1976–84.

Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies America’s separation of powers. He was previously a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a fellow with the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

Warren, a Miller Center Governing Council member, is an anchor for CBS News. She hosted her own show, Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero, on the Wall Street Journal's video platform and interviewed world leaders. She was previously anchor on ABC News Now.

Wehner served as deputy assistant to the president, director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, and deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush. Before that, he served in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

Wilson, a Miller Center nonresident practitioner senior fellow, served as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, a senior and associate counsel to President Clinton, and a deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Womack, a Miller Center faculty senior fellow, is professor emeritus of foreign affairs at the University of Virginia. An expert on China, Southeast Asia, and Pacific Asia, he received the China Friendship Award in 2011 for his work with Chinese universities.

A renowned broadcast journalist, Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of PBS News Hour. She has covered politics and other news for five decades at NBC, CNN, and PBS.

Yang is the anchor of PBS News Hour Weekend and a national correspondent for the PBS News Hour. Previously, he was a Chicago-based correspondent for NBC News, reporting for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Today, and MSNBC.

Young, a distinguished scholar in residence and an adjunct professor of law at New York University, served from 2021–25 as the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in the Biden administration.

Zelikow is the White Burkett Miller Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Virginia, where he has also served as director of the Miller Center. He is also the Botha-Chan Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.