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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

Governor Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen

Former Tennessee governor

Governor Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam

Former Tennessee governor

Members from the Baker Center Board

A.B. Culvahouse
A.B. Culvahouse

Of Counsel at O’Melveny & Myers and former ambassador to Australia, serving as chair

Marianne Wanamaker
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

Dr. Danielle Allen
Danielle Allen

Professor of government and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University

Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks

William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

Daniel Diermeier
Daniel Diermeier

Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

Amy Elias
Amy Elias

Chancellor’s Professor, Distinguished Professor of English, and director of the UT Humanities Center, the University of Tennessee

Robert George
Robert George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

Claudia Williamson
Claudia Williamson Kramer

Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise, Professor of Economics, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Jon Meacham
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
Glenn Reynolds

Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, the University of Tennessee

Paul Stumb
Paul Stumb

President of Cumberland University

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Engagement

Visiting the Baker Center

Facilities & Reservations

Appalachian Leadership Institute

Institute of American Civics

Modern Political Archives

Baker Briefing Newsletter

News and Events

Podcast

Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Find an Expert

Faculty Fellows

Publications

Grants and Contracts

Research

Modern Political Archive

Students

About Our Student Programs

Living Learning Community

Baker Ambassadors

Baker Scholars

Washington Fellows

Japan Ambassadors Program

Minor in Public Policy Analytics

Diplomacy Lab

Vols Vote

Tennessee Campus Civics Summit

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“I increasingly believe that the essence of leadership...is to be an eloquent listener.”
—Howard H. Baker Jr.





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