| Dr. David M. Abshire President Center for the Study of the Presidency Washington, DC | Mr. Peter Lynch Vice Chairman The Lynch Foundation Boston, MA |
| Mr. Norman Augustine Retired Chairman & CEO Lockheed Martin Corporation Bethesda, MD | Mr. Robert Mazzuca Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America Irving, TX |
| Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski Senior Advisor Center for Strategic & International Studies Washington, DC | Mr. Harold McGraw Chairman, President and CEO The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc New York, NY |
| Mrs. Barbara Bush Former First Lady Houston, TX | Mr. John Pepper Retired Chairman & CEO The Procter & Gamble Company Cincinnati, OH |
| Mr. Stephen Carter Professor Yale Law School New Haven, CT | GEN. Colin Powell Chairman America's Promise Alexandria, VA |
| Dr. William Danforth Chancellor Emeritus Washington University, West Campus Saint Louis, MO | Hon. Richard Riley Partner Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Columbia, SC |
| Mr. Archie Dunham CEO, Conoco Philips (Retired) Houston, TX | Mr. Harold Shapiro President Emeritus Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
| Mr. Earl Graves Chairman & Cheif Executive Officer Black Enterprise Magazine New York, NY | Dr. Ralph Shrader Chairman and Chief Excutive Officer Booz Allen & Hamilton Mc Lean, VA |
| Mr. J. Barry Griswell Chairman, President and CEO Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA | Dr. John Templeton, Jr. President John Templeton Foundation West Conshohocken, PA |
| Mr. Walter Isaacson President and Chief Executive Officer The Aspen Institute Washington, DC | Mr. James Turley Chairman and CEO Ernst & Young New York, NY |
| Mr. William Kanaga Orleans, MA | Hon. William Webster Partner Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Washington, DC |
| Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Baltimore, MD | Dr. Clifton Wharton Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer TIAA-CREF New York, NY |
National Leadership Council
The National Leadership Council (NLC) is comprised of prominent business leaders, scholars and public servants who support CEP's core mission and believe that comprehensive character education is the key to transforming our nation into a more just and compassionate society.
