Leadership

The campaign to build a national memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is lead by a team of well-known public figures, respected representatives of various professions, and executives with some of America’s foremost business and industrial firms.

Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
In Memoriam

Founder, The King Center

Ambassador Andrew Young
Ambassador Andrew Young

Chairman
GoodWorks International

Gary Cowger
Gary Cowger
Global Group Vice President
General Motors Corporation

Executive Leadership Cabinet

David Bell
Operating Advisor
Pegasus Capital Advisors

Phillippe P. Dauman
President & CEO
VIACOM

Suzanne de Passe
Chair & CEO
de Passe Entertainment

George Foreman
CEO
Foreman, Inc.

Dr. Robert M. Franklin
President
Morehouse College

Earl G. Graves
Chairman and CEO
Black Enterprise Magazine

William H. Gray, III
Chairman
The Amani Group

H. Edward Hanway
Chairman & CEO
CIGNA Corporation

Honorable Alexis M. Herman
23rd U.S. Labor Secretary
Chair & CEO
New Ventures, Inc.

Thomas J. Hilfiger
Principal Designer
Tommy Hilfiger, USA

Joel Horowitz
Co-Founder
Tommy Hilfiger, USA

Chad A. Jester
President
Nationwide Foundation

Sheila C. Johnson-Newman
CEO
Salamander Hospitality, LLC

Vernon Jordan, Esq.
Senior Managing Director
Lazard Freres & Co., LLC

Honorable Jack Kemp
In Memoriam

Founder & Chairman
Kemp Partners

Victor B. MacFarlane 
Managing Principal
MacFarlane Partners

J. W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Marriott International, Inc.

Emilio Pardo
Chief Brand Officer
AARP

Dr. William F. Pickard
Chairman & CEO
Vitec, LLC

General Colin L. Powell
USA (Retired)

Franklin D. Raines
Director
Revolution Health Group

Henry Schleiff
President & CEO
The Hallmark Channel

Ivan G. Seidenberg
Chairman & CEO
VERIZON Communications

Russell Simmons
Chairman & CEO
Rush Communications

Daniel Snyder
Owner
NFL Washington Redskins

David Stern
Commissioner
National Basketball Association

Dale A. Stinton
Executive Vice President & CEO
National Association of Realtors

Jack Valenti (In Memoriam)
Former Chairman & CEO
Motion Picture Association

Honorable J. C. Watts
Chairman
J. C. Watts Companies

Dr. Robert L. Wright
Chairman
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