Board of Governors

Board of Governors Chair Since 2022, Member Since 2015

D. Jarrett Arp is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell.  Mr. Arp heads the firm’s Washington DC office and focuses on antitrust and competition law counseling, investigations, and litigation before trial and appellate courts.

Board of Governors Vice Chair since 2022, Member since 2014

Florence “Flo” Cohen’s taught 8^th grade English and social studies in Redmond, Oregon before embarking on a career in public relations and marketing communications.  In the not-for-profit sector, she worked for The University of Chicago Press, The University of Chicago Magazine, and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.

Board of Governors Vice Chair since 2022, Member since 2020

Eugene “Gene” Pinkard, Jr. is the president of Instruction Partners, a national nonprofit with a mission to strengthen instructional leadership in schools, school systems, and states to improve outcomes for students, with attention to students of color, students experiencing poverty, multilingual learners, and students with disabilities. Gene’s career has focused on creating better opportunities for students to thrive. In his previous role as the Director of K-12 Leadership at the Aspen Institute, he developed sector-leading resources and convened prominent education champions from across the nation. In DC Public Schools, Gene served as a cabinet member and principal supervisor, where his teams led transformation initiatives including school turnaround, programs for young men and educators of color, and school innovation.

Board of Governors Member since 2021

Richard Batchelder is a Senior Counsel at Ropes & Gray in Boston, following a 30-year career as a partner in the litigation department. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cornell Law School.

Board of Governors Member since 2020

Jeff Bleich is Chair of the Jeff Bleich Centre on Democracy and Disruptive Technologies at Flinders University. He previously served as special counsel to President Obama in the White House, and as the 24th U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2009 to 2013.

Mary Elizabeth Cisneros is an attorney at Holland & Knight representing charitable organizations primarily in trust and estate matters.

Board of Governors Member since 2018

Debbie Driesman has lived in the Washington DC area for the past four decades, having grown up in Ontario, Canada. She worked as a computer engineer in NASA’s communication division at Goddard Space Flight.

Board of Governors Member since 2022

Since June 2021, Chris Foster has been CEO of Omnicom Public Relations Group in New York. He was previously DC-based North American President of advertising and public relations agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe, formed by the merger of Cohn & Wolfe and Burson-Marsteller (of which he was global executive vice president).

Board of Governors Member since 2020, Previous Member 2008-2019

Writer and civic volunteer Susan Goldman is a native Washingtonian who has been a lover of the Folger Shakespeare Library her whole life. She is a historian, whose book, Friends in Deed: The Story of Quaker Social Reform in America, was published in 2012.

Ken Hitz is president of the Hitz Foundation supporting numerous projects in the arts, science, and the environment. Prior to working at the Hitz Foundation Ken was a senior manager for Price Waterhouse Management Consulting specializing in system architecture and implementation. He also worked as the Director of Technology for Pru-One, a Hong Kong based internet bank.

Dr. Dorothy Kosinski is the Director Emerita of The Phillips Collection, after serving as the Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection from 2008-2022. At the Phillips, she launched a major six- year partnership with the University of Maryland and established a permanent satellite campus in Southeast DC at the Town Hall Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC). Dr. Kosinski diversified and expanded the museum’s collection and programming, notably acquiring photography and contemporary art, establishing paid internships and fellowships, and hiring the museum’s first Chief Diversity Officer.

Board of Governors Member since 2022

Marty Kuehne is Managing Director of Seabury Accenture, specializing in workforce planning and compensation. In 2017, Accenture, an IT consulting and services company, acquired Seabury Group, a firm focused on aviation. Before it was acquired, Marty had more than eight years of experience at the Seabury Group.

Board of Governors Member since 2022

Dr. Kimberlyn Leary has served as the Executive Vice President at the Urban Institute, an Advisor and Senior Fellow at New America, and recently joined the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School as an Emma Bloomberg Lecturer in Policy and Management. She has also been a consulting advisor to the Gates Foundation.

Board of Governors Member since 2025, Previous Member 2015-2024 and served as Chair from July 2019 through June 2022.

May Liang is President and Founder of Sunlit Scholars, LLC, an independent educational consultant company.

Board of Governors Member since 2024, Previous Member 2013-2023

Stuart Rose is a business leader and Chairman of REX American Resources Corporation. Prior to that he was Chairman and CEO of Rex Radio and Television, Inc., which he founded in 1980, and has also worked as a research analyst and merger and acquisition broker. Mr. Rose has a degree in Business Administration from Emory University.

Board of Governors Member since 2018

Paul M. Smith is a Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches Constitutional Law and Election Law. He is also the Senior Vice President for Litigation and Strategy at the Campaign Legal Center. Paul works directly with CLC’s talented team of litigators to protect and improve our democracy through innovative litigation and advocacy.

Board of Governors Member since 2022

Aida Sukys is an experienced accomplished corporate financial executive. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer at The Hilb Group, an insurance brokerage specializing in property & casualty, employee benefits, and retirement services to business and individuals.

Board of Governors Member since 2019

Ramie Targoff is the Jehuda Reinharz Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University, where she is also professor of English and co-chair of Italian Studies. Her scholarly area of interest is the English Renaissance, with a strong secondary interest in the Italian Renaissance.

Board of Governors Member since 2021

Ayanna Thompson is a Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, and the Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). In 2021, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2025 she was inducted in to the British Academy.

Board of Governors Member since 2025

John Douglas Thompson is an English-American actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, three Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award.