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, Ret.
General Motors Corporation

John T. Montford
Chairman, GM Foundation
Senior Advisor, Government Relations
and Global Public Policy
General Motors Company
GoodWorks International

Executive Leadership Cabinet

David M. Cordani
President and CEO
CIGNA Corporation

Phillippe P. Dauman
President & CEO
VIACOM

George Foreman
Boxer and CEO
Foreman, Inc.

Dr. Robert M. Franklin
President
Morehouse College

Earl G. Graves
Chairman and CEO
Earl G. Graves Ltd.
Black Enterprise Magazine

William H. Gray, III
Chairman
The Amani Group

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

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

Thomas J. Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger, USA

Joel Horowitz
Ann and Joel Horowitz Family Foundation

Chad A. Jester
President
Nationwide Foundation

Sheila C. Johnson
CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC
Partner of Lincoln Holding LLC
President, Managing Partner and Governor
Washington Mystics

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
Revolution Health Group
Washington, DC

Henry Schleiff
President and GM
Investigation Discovery

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
CEO
National Association of Realtors

J. C. Watts, Jr.
President & CEO
J. C. Watts Companies

Dr. Robert L. Wright
Chairman
F E Holdings


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