School Leadership
RAND School Board of Governors
The role of the RAND School of Public Policy's Board of Governors cannot be overstated. Board members serve as strategic advisors, offering not only their ideas and expertise but also, through their generous gifts, a solid financial foundation from which we can operate. They help us not just with fundraising but also with “friend-raising”—introducing others into the RAND School community so that we can achieve our overarching objective to create the next generation of policy leaders. With delegated governance authority, the board reviews and oversees our budget, offers counsel to help ensure the quality of our curriculum, supports our approach to attracting and retaining the best and brightest from throughout the world, and helps us become an engine of innovation at RAND.
Members of the Board of Governors are also primary providers of scholarships, dissertations, and unrestricted funds: They understand our need for student support and flexibility—to use money where it is needed most and when opportunities arise.
List updated April 2026
Soledad O'Brien (Chair)
Journalist
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Soledad O'Brien Productions
Trustee
RAND
David Barclay
Partner (retired)
Capital Group Companies
Evan Bloom
Director of Data Science, Growth
Netflix
Ellen D. Brown
Senior Scientist (retired)
Leidos
Marcia Myers Carlucci
Board Member
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Jamestown Foundation
Washington Tennis and Education Foundation
Alice T. Chen
Primary Care Physician
Former Executive Director
Doctors for America
Barbara Cochran
Professor Emeritus
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Pedro José Greer, Jr., MD
Professor and Founding Dean
Roseman University College of Medicine
Trustee
RAND
S. Clinton Hinote
Air Force Lieutenant General (retired)
Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, U.S. Air Force
Raynard S. Kington
Head of School
Phillips Academy, Andover
Trustee
RAND
James B. Lovelace
Partner
Capital Research Global Investors
Nishal (Nick) Ramphal
Partner
A&O Shearman
Harper Reed
Technologist
Chief Executive Officer
General Galactic Corporation
Donald B. Rice
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Agensys, Inc.
Former U.S. Secretary of the Air Force
Trustee
RAND
Sharon Stevenson
Cofounder and Managing Director
Okapi Venture Capital, LLC
Steve Strongin
Former Global Head of Research
Goldman Sachs
James A. Thomson
President Emeritus
RAND
Tim Wolf
President
Wolf Interests, Inc.
Stephen D. Yslas
Senior Advisor
Spilman Thomas & Battle
Ex Officio
Jason Matheny
President and Chief Executive Officer
RAND