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The President’s Council is a non-partisan advisory council of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The group is comprised of prominent, arts-interested business and cultural leaders from across the country, including past members of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. Members serve as counselors to Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein and President Deborah Rutter and are significantly invested in the national cultural center and living memorial to President Kennedy.
Chair
Barbara Goodman Manilow, Co-Chair
Teena Hostovich, Co-Chair
Chair Emeritus
David Bohnett, Chair Emeritus
Marc Stern, Chair Emeritus
Members
AJ and Christopher Andreas
Susan Berghoef
Louise Bryson
Larry Di Rita
John Goldman
Shelley and Allan Holt
Susie and John King
Štepánka and Karel Komárek
Kim Lawrie
Bryan Lourd
Christina Co Mather
Carol Melton
Suzanne L. Niedland
Shonda L. Rhimes
Elizabeth Segerstrom
Susie and Dean Spanos
Bryan Traubert
Beatrice Wilkinson Welters and Anthony Welters
As of August 1, 2024