About the Award - Congressional Award Board Members

Board of Directors Executive Officers

Chairman of the Board -Paxton K. Baker, BET J

Vice Chairwoman - Linda Mitchell, MSU Extension Service

Vice Chairman - Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Tew Cardenas, LLP

Secretary - Michael P.A. Cohen, Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe, L.L.P.

Treasurer - Dan Scherder, Scherder & Associates

Chairman Emeritus - John Falk, Virginia

Board Members

Cliff Akiyama - University of Pennsylvania

The Honorable Max Baucus - United States Senate

Ross Bevevino - Lehman Brothers

The Honorable Gus Bilirakis - United States Congress

The Honorable Kwame Brown - DC Councilmember At-Large

Laurel Call - Assurant Health

Michael Carozza - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Edward Cohen - Lerner Enterprises

Derek Copeland - Morgan Stanley

Kathy Didawick - Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Brad Enzi - Wyoming

Mike Esser - Edward Jones

David Falk - FAME

The Honorable Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Michael Flannigan - Rio Tinto

Jeffrey S. Fried - Washington, DC

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Raymond Goulbourne - BET

George B. Gould - Washington, DC

J. Steven Hart, Esq. - Williams & Jensen, P.C.

Erica Wheelan Heyse - National Director

David W. Hunt, Esq. - White & Case, L.L.P.

The Honorable Johnny Isakson - United States Senate

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee - United States Congress

Paul Kelly - National Association of Chain Drug Stores

Annette Lantos - California

Conrad Lass - Electric Power Supply Association

Lynn Lyons - Florida

Andrew T. McMains - Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Marc Monyek - McDonald's Corporation

Patrick Murphy - mCapitol Management

Kimberly Norman - Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

Andrew F. Ortiz - Ortiz Leadership Systems

Jerry Prout - FMC Corporation

Glenn Reynolds - USTelecom Association

Mary Rodgers - Pennsylvania

Adam Ruiz – Kentucky

Tim Seal - Delhaven Community Center

The Honorable Rodney E. Slater - Patton Boggs, LLP

The Honorable Jeri Thomson - Former Secretary of the US Senate

Greg Walker - Foundation Coal Holdings Inc.

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