Board of Directors

The Adams Presidential Center Board of Directors is a cross-partisan panel of local and national leaders in government, academia, and business. Board members are united by their shared commitment to open dialogue and a desire to inspire everyday citizens to embrace their responsibilities to our nation.

Board of Directors

Officers

General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC (ret.)

General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC (ret.)

  • Chairman of the Board

  • Senior Managing Director, Liberty Strategic Capital

  • Chairman, Semper Fi & America’s Fund Board

Katherine Craven

Katherine Craven

  • Treasurer of the Board

  • Chairwoman, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Chief Administrative & Financial Officer, Babson College

Members

Benjamin C. Adams

Benjamin C. Adams

  • Vice Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Society Board of Trustees

Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen

  • James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University

  • Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Kennedy School

Rob Hale

Rob Hale

  • Chief Executive Officer, Granite Telecommunications

Kerry Healey

The Honorable Kerry Healey

  • Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth (2003-2007)

  • President, Milken Institute’s Center for Advancing the American Dream

Edward Keohane

Edward J. Keohane

  • Chairman, Keohane Funeral Home

Sam Slater

Sam Slater

  • Director, Slater Foundation

  • Managing Partner, Tremont Asset Management LLC

  • Co-founder & Partner, Burn Later Productions

General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC (ret.)

General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC (ret.)

Chairman of the Board

United States Marine Corps
19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
36th Commandant of the Marine Corps

General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. served as the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer. In this role, he was the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council from 2015 to 2019.

General Dunford was commissioned in 1977 and served as an infantry officer at all levels, to include commanding the 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and Commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Raised in the Merrymount section of Quincy, Massachusetts, General Dunford attended St. Ann’s School in Wollaston and graduated from Boston College High School and Saint Michael’s College. He also earned master’s degrees in Government from Georgetown University and in International Relations from Tufts University.

In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board for the Adams Presidential Center and Foundation, General Dunford currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the Semper Fi Fund & America’s Fund which supports our wounded, ill, and injured active duty personnel and veterans from all services. He is a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bessemer Securities, the Atlantic Council, and the Travis Manion Foundation. He is the Co-Chairman of the Japan-U.S. Military Stateman Forum.