William J. Antholis has served as director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs since January 2015.  In that time, the Miller Center has strengthened its position as the leading nonpartisan research institution on the American presidency and worked with scholars across the University of Virginia to deliver vital research to policymakers and the public.  

Before coming to the Miller Center, Antholis served as managing director at The Brookings Institution, and positions in government at the White House National Security Council and State Department.  He has published two books: Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming (Brookings, 2013) and Inside Out India and China: Local Politics Go Global (Brookings 2010), as well as numerous journal articles, essays, and OpEds. 

Antholis earned his PhD from Yale University in politics (1993) and his BA degree with honors from the University of Virginia in government and foreign affairs (1986).