Ambassadors

The Council of Ambassadors is the organization’s honorary body of acclaimed luminaries & leaders across industries & political parties uniting to champion the Foundation’s efforts to honor underrepresented American histories.

  • David Blight
    Pulitzer Prize Winning Author & Historian

    Ken Burns
    Filmmaker

    Jovita Carranza
    44th U.S. Treasurer & 26th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration

    Elaine Chao
    24th U. S. Secretary of Labor & 18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation

    Susan Combs
    Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, & Budget of the Department of the Interior

    Rosario Dawson
    Activist, Producer, & Designer

    Malcolm Gladwell
    New York Times Bestselling Author & host of Revisionist History

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Pulitzer Prize Winning Author & Presidential Historian

    Joy Harjo
    23rd Poet Laureate of the United States

    Karen Hill
    President & CEO of the Harriet Tubman Home

    Kerri Hoffman
    CEO of PRX

    Kay Coles James
    Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia

    Brad Meltzer
    Historian & Best-Selling Author

    Senator Barbara Mikulski (Ret)
    Longest Serving Woman in Congressional History

    Nicola Miner
    Philanthropist

  • Monica Padman
    Co-Host & Producer of the Armchair Expert Podcast

    Norah O’Donnell
    Anchor & Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News

    Aly Raisman
    Gold Medalist & Advocate

    Retta
    Actress, Comedienne, & Author

    Deborah Rutter
    President of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

    Jennifer Siebel Newsom
    Filmmaker & First Partner of California

    Shaina Taub
    Broadway Playwright

    Nina Totenberg
    NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent

Rosario Dawson
Ken Burns
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Malcolm Gladwell