Fred McClure, a member of the Miller Center Governing Council, is associate vice president—leadership and engagement—at Texas A&M University and former executive director of Texas A&M’s Leadership Initiative. He is lead board director of Alex Lee, Inc., a North Carolina–based food retailer and distributor. He previously served as CEO of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, assistant for legislative affairs to President George H. W. Bush, and special assistant for legislative affairs to President Ronald Reagan. McClure’s other government service includes positions as legislative director to U.S. Senator John Tower, associate deputy U.S. attorney general, and chairman of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy. McClure was also the Washington, DC, managing partner of international law firm SNR Denton; managing director of Public Strategies Inc.; government affairs staff vice president of Texas Air Corporation; and managing shareholder of Winstead, Sechrest, and Minick. He served as vice president of the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students and as a member of the 12th Man Foundation board of directors. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M and earned a JD from Baylor University.