Board of Directors

Board Member Biographies can be viewed here.

  • Willis Lott, Chair
    Mississippi Humanities Council
  • J. Paul Hunter, Immediate Past Chair
    Illinois Humanities Council
  • Joy Austin, Secretary
    Executive Director
    Humanities Council of Washington, DC
  • Robert Hazel, Treasurer
    The Humanities Council South Carolina
  • Joseph Kelly, Legislative Committee Chair
    Executive Director
    Pennsylvania Humanities Council
  • David Colburn
    Florida Humanities Council
  • Maggie Coval
    Executive Director
    Colorado Endowment for the Humanities
  • Sharon Gagnon
    Alaska Humanities Forum
  • Craig Newbill
    Executive Director
    New Mexico Humanities Council
  • Sara Ogger
    Executive Director
    New York Council for the Humanities
  • Max Sherman
    Humanities Texas
  • Robert Underwood
    Former Member of Congress
    Guam
  • Debbie Watrous, Vice-Chair
    Executive Director
    New Hampshire Humanities Council
  • Jamil Zainaldin
    President
    Georgia Humanities Council