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Board of Fellows
By statute, the Board of Fellows must consist of 13 members, of which: At least nine members must be, or have been, tenured professors or administrators or professors of practice at an institution of U.S. higher education; two members must be distinguished former elected or appointed U.S. officials, and, while serving in their former elected or appointed position, must have been affiliated with different political parties; and two members must be members of the Baker Center board.
Elected/Appointed Member from Different Political Parties
Phil Bredesen
Former Tennessee governor
Bill Haslam
Former Tennessee governor
Members from the Baker Center Board
A.B. Culvahouse
Of Counsel at O’Melveny & Myers and former ambassador to Australia, serving as chair
Marianne Wanamaker
Professor of economics and executive director of the Baker Center, the University of Tennessee
Tenured Professors / Administrators / Professors of Practice in US Higher Education
Danielle Allen
Professor of government and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
Arthur Brooks
William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
Daniel Diermeier
Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
Amy Elias
Chancellor’s Professor, Distinguished Professor of English, and director of the UT Humanities Center, the University of Tennessee
Robert George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University
Claudia Williamson Kramer
Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise, Professor of Economics, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jon Meacham
Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, Vanderbilt University
Glenn Reynolds
Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, the University of Tennessee
Paul Stumb
President of Cumberland University
