The Board

International Board of Advisors

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Honorary Chairperson
Nobel Laureate for Peace, 1986

Dr. Aaron Ciechanover
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2004

Dr. Paul Farmer Founder, Partners in Health

Henry Louis Gates Jr, Chair, Department of African & African-American Studies, Harvard University

Kerry Kennedy
International Human Rights Activist and Author

Bernard Kouchner, Founder, Doctors Without Borders

Jonathan Kozol, Author & Child Advocate

Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Charlotte Board of Advisors

Mary Lou and James Babb, Civic Leaders
Robert Bertges, Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo
Clarice Cato Goodyear, Community Volunteer
The Honorable James Martin, Vice President for Research, Carolinas HealthCare System
Sally D. Robinson, Civic Leader
William Vandiver, Retired Executive, Bank of America
The Honorable Kurt Waldthausen, Honorary Consul, Federal Republic of Germany
The Honorable Melvin L.Watt, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency Dr. Clayton Wilcox, Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District
Dr. James H. Woodward, Chancellor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Charlotte