Leadership & Character Council
The Leadership and Character Council engages diverse and influential leaders from a variety of disciplines, fields, and sectors to advise the Program for Leadership and Character on its vision, strategy, and programming, support the Program’s work at Wake Forest, and advance its broader mission to catalyze a public conversation that puts character at the center of leadership.
Learn more about our council below:
David Brooks
Writer and Commentator
Betsy Brown
Co-Founder, The Classical Academy
Dan Bryant
(Co-Chair) Executive VP of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Walmart
Larry Culp
Chairman and CEO, GE and CEO, GE Aerospace
Tom Dingledine
President, Virginia Exploration, Inc.
E.J. Dionne
Author and Columnist
Angela Duckworth
CEO, Character Lab
Donna Edwards
Former U.S. Representative
Candy Ergen
Co-Founder, Dish Network
Don Flow
CEO, Flow Automotive Companies
Robert M. Franklin
Professor, Candler School of Theology
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Singer and Actress
Bill Haslam
Former Governor of Tennessee
Nathan Hatch
13th President of Wake Forest
Frank Holding
CEO, First Citizens Bank
Steve Jenkins
Executive Chairman, Beach Pharmaceuticals
Valarie Kaur
Civil Rights Activist and Organizer, Lawyer, Filmmaker
Elizabeth Kiss
CEO, Rhodes Trust
Jim O’Connell
President, Vinik Family Office
Eboo Patel
Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core
Ogden Phipps
Co-Founding Partner, Snow Phipps
Condoleezza Rice
Former U.S. Secretary of State, Director of the Hoover Institution
Prince Raney Rivers
Senior Pastor, Union Baptist Church
Gerald Roach
Attorney, Immediate Past Chair of the WFU Board of Trustees
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
President & CEO of T3 Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Alex Sink
Former CFO of Florida
Mike Smith
President, Kane Realty Corporation
Anne Snyder
(Co-Chair) Editor-in-Chief, Comment
Krista Tippett
Broadcaster, Writer, Social Entrepreneur
Jennifer Bauer Toll
Real Estate Developer
Carolyn Woo
Former President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Dirk Ziff
Managing Partner, Ziff Capital Partners