Kenneth Corbin

Kenneth Corbin serves as the Chief, Taxpayer Services Division, responsible for the administration of tax laws governing individual wage earners in the United States. He has responsibility for approximately 42,000 employees in almost 363 taxpayer assistance centers, 11 campuses, and 17 remote call sites nationwide who deliver customer service, including telephone and face-to-face assistance, forms and publications development, tax return processing, as well as compliance activities for America's taxpayers.

Andrew J. Ginther

Andrew J. Ginther is serving his third term as the 53rd mayor of Columbus, Ohio, having first been elected in 2015 after nearly a decade on Columbus City Council, including five years as its president. Under his leadership, Columbus has been recognized as "America's Opportunity City," with major accomplishments spanning neighborhood investment, public safety reform, transportation, and economic development.

David Lebryk

David Lebryk served the Treasury Department with distinction for over 35 years under six Administrations and twelve Secretaries of the Treasury. He is widely known and respected for his dedication to public service and ability to lead complex operations and major transformational initiatives, as well as for his character, integrity, and principled leadership.

Dr. William Phillips

Dr. William Phillips is a Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Fellow and physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he has worked since 1978. He is best known for receiving the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, which he shared with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, for developing methods to cool and trap atoms using laser light, work that has since become foundational to modern atomic physics and is employed by researchers worldwide across a wide range of applications.

Major General William J. Walker (Ret.)

Major General William J. Walker served as the 38th U.S. House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms, the first African American to hold that historic office. He previously served as the 23rd Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard and had a distinguished career as a Special Agent and senior intelligence officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Kaity Wolfe

Kaity Wolfe’s career reflects deep experience at the intersection of policy, oversight, and legislative strategy. She spent four years on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where she rose to Director of Oversight. In that role, she supervised a high-performing oversight team, directed major congressional investigations, and oversaw the work of subcommittee staff across a wide-ranging portfolio.

Dr. Gail C. Christopher

Dr. Gail C. Christopher is an award-winning social change agent and author who pioneered the integration of holistic health and racial equity into public sector policy. She served as Senior Advisor and Vice President at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, driving the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation initiative, and currently serves as Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity. She was named one of the 10 Most Influential Women Scholars in Health Promotion by the American Journal of Health Promotion in 2023.

Henry Cisneros

Henry Cisneros served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton and was the first Hispanic mayor of a major American city, serving as Mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He later served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Univision Communications and has been a longtime civic leader in housing policy, urban development, and Latino affairs. He has been an Academy Fellow since 1984.

General Michael Hayden (Ret.)

General Michael Hayden is a retired four-star general who led both the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–2009) and the National Security Agency and served as the nation’s first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the country. His career at the forefront of counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and intelligence reform spans decades of distinguished service.

Joseph Kasputys

Dr. Joseph E. Kasputys is an entrepreneur and Harvard-trained economist who served in senior government roles, including work on the U.S. response to the Arab oil embargo and the formation of the U.S. Department of Energy. He later founded Global Insight, one of the world’s leading economic forecasting firms, and serves on multiple business and nonprofit boards. He is a former U.S. Navy Commander.

Derek Kilmer

Derek Kilmer (former U.S. Rep. WA-6) served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2025. A former McKinsey consultant and state legislator, Kilmer has fostered a reputation as a bipartisan problem-solver focused on economic development, veterans' issues, and public service.

Jonathan Koppell

Jonathan Koppell is President of Montclair State University and a former Dean of Arizona State University’s Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions. A scholar of governance and accountability, he also held faculty positions at Yale University and is a Distinguished Sustainability Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. He has been an Academy Fellow since 2012.

John Koskinen

John Koskinen served as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (2013–2017), overseeing the agency during a period of intense public scrutiny, and chaired the Board of Freddie Mac (2008–2012). He previously served as Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget and as Chair of the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion. He has spent a 45-year career managing large organizations under conditions of stress and risk.

Chief Judge Paul Michel (Ret.)

Chief Judge Paul R. Michel served for 22 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including as Chief Judge from 2004 to 2010. Appointed to the bench in 1988, he presided over landmark cases in intellectual property, government contracts, and federal administrative law. He served as a public servant for 44 consecutive years before retiring and remains active in legal education and public policy.

Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano served as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2009–2013), Governor of Arizona (2003–2009), Attorney General of Arizona, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona. She later served as President of the University of California system and currently is the Founder and Faculty Director of the Institute for Security and Governance at UC Berkeley. As Secretary, she led the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and spearheaded major enhancements to the nation’s cybersecurity posture.

Sean O’Keefe

Sean O’Keefe served as Administrator of NASA, Secretary of the Navy, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense. He also served as Chancellor of Louisiana State University and CEO of Airbus Group North America. He currently holds the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Stacy L. Rodgers

Stacy L. Rodgers is the former County Administrative Officer of Baltimore County, Maryland. She has more than 30 years of public service experience and previously served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Social Security Administration and Director of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services. She has been an Academy Fellow since 2022.

Major General William J. Walker (Ret.)

Major General William J. Walker served as the 38th U.S. House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms, the first African American to hold that historic office. He previously served as the 23rd Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard and had a distinguished career as a Special Agent and senior intelligence officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

David Walker

David Walker served as Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (1998–2008) and was previously Assistant Secretary of Labor. A recognized expert in fiscal policy, government transformation, and human capital, he later founded the Comeback America Initiative and served as President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.