Melody Barnes
Executive Director, Karsh Institute of Democracy
W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement
Professor of Practice, Miller Center of Public Affairs
Megan Barnett
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Vice Provost for Pan-University Initiatives, UVA
Matthew Barzun
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UK and Sweden; Chair & Publisher, Tortoise Media
Scott Beardsley
Ex-Officio Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
President, UVA
Megan Beyer
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Director, Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
John Bridgeland
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Founder and CEO, More Perfect
Executive Chairman, Office of American Possibilities (Law ‘87)
Mary Schmidt Campbell
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
President Emerita, Spelman College
Jim Donovan
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Vice Chairman, Global Client Coverage, Goldman Sachs
Adjunct Professor, UVA School of Law
Laurent Dubois
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Faculty Fellow, UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy
John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy and Professor of History
Heather K. Evans
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
John Morton Beaty Endowed Chair in Political Science, UVA College at Wise
Brie Gertler
Ex-Officio Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, UVA
Benjamin L. Ginsberg
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
Co-Chair, Election Official Legal Defense Network
Judge Thomas B. Griffith (Retired)
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Fellow, Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law and Stanford Law
Melissa J. Hutson
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
John C. Jeffries Jr.
Ex-Officio Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law
Bruce A. Karsh
*Special Invitee
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management (Law ‘80)
Co-Founder, Karsh Family Foundation
Martha L. Karsh
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Co-Founder, Karsh Family Foundation (CLAS ’78, Law ‘81)
Ross Levine
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Philanthropist
Co-Founder, VillageMD
Mark M. Luellen
Ex-Officio Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Vice President for Advancement, UVA
Manu Meel
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
CEO, BridgeUSA
John L. Nau III
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Chairman and CEO, SED Holdings LLC
President, John L. Nau III Foundation (CLAS ’68)
Alondra Nelson
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
John M. Owen IV (Chair)
Advisory Board Chair, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, UVA Department of Politics
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, UVA
Pete N. Peterson
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Dean, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
William L. Polk Jr.
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Partner, Egis Capital Partners
Reverend Gabriel A. Salguero
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Pastor, The Gathering Place
President and Founder, National Latino Evangelical Coalition
Evan Smith
Advisory Board Member and 2022–23 Distinguished Pracitioner Fellow, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Co-founder, The Texas Tribune
Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Suzanne Spaulding
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Director, Defending Democratic Institutions Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CLAS ‘78, Law ‘81)
Ellie Stoneking
Manager for Executive and Operational Affairs
Secretary to the Advisory Board
Jayme Swain
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
President and CEO, VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media (CLAS ‘97)
Past Advisory Board Members
Christa D. Acampora
Years Active: 2023–2026
Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, UVA
Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy, UVA
Ben Allen
Years Active: 2023–2026
Advisory Board Member, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy
Executive Director, Center for Community Partnerships, UVA
William J. Antholis
Years Active: 2022–2026
Director and CEO, Miller Center, UVA (CLAS ‘86)
Deborah Archer
Years Active: 2022–2024
President, ACLU
Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law School
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Year Active: 2022
Secretary, The Smithsonian
Laura Farish Chadwick
Years Active: 2022–2023
Vice President, William Stamps Farish Fund (CLAS ‘89)
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Years Active: 2022–2024
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Risa Goluboff
Years Active: 2022–2026
David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law
Professor of History, UVA
Laura Hennessey
Acting Executive Director, UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Desiree Ho
Years Active: 2023–2024
Student Representative, UVA (Batten ’25)
Lawrence D. Howell
Years Active: 2022–2024
Global Chairman & Co-Founder, UCAP Group of Financial Services Companies and Banks (CLAS ’75, Law ’79)
Alberto Ibargüen
Year Active: 2022
President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Honorable Anthony Kennedy
Years Active: 2022–2024
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (retired)
Yuval Levin
Years Active: 2022–2024
Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Senior Fellow, Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute
Sandra Wicks Lewis
Years Active: 2022–2024
Former Relationship Manager, Professional and Executive Banking Division, Bank of America
Co-Founder, Lewis Family Fund (CLAS ’72)
Sarita Mehta
Year Active: 2022
Student Representative, UVA (CLAS ‘22)
James B. Murray, Jr.
Years Active: 2022–2024
Managing General Partner, Court Square Ventures
Founder, Presidential Precinct (CLAS ‘68)
Meghan Murray
Year Active: 2023
Former Interim Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Alexis K. Ohanian
Years Active: 2022–2024
Founder, Seven Seven Six
Co-Founder and Former Executive Chair, Reddit (Com ‘05)
Larry J. Sabato
Years Active: 2022–2026
Founder and Director, Center for Politics, UVA
University Professor of Politics, UVA (CLAS ’74)
Micah J. Schwartzman
Years Active: 2022–2026
Co-Director, Karsh Center for Law and Democracy, UVA
Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law and Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, UVA School of Law
Margaret Spellings
Years Active: 2022–2024
President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center
U.S. Secretary of Education, Bush Administration (2005–2009)
Ian H. Solomon
Years Active: 2023–2026
Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, UVA
Christian Taylor
Years Active: 2022–2023
Student Representative, UVA (CLAS ‘24)
Larry D. Terry II
Year Active: 2022
Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, 2018–2022
Craig Volden
Years Active: 2022–2026
Professor of Public Policy and Politics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, UVA
Co-director, Center for Effective Lawmaking, UVA