J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board was established by Congress for the purpose of supervising the Fulbright Program and certain programs authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act and for the purpose of selecting students, scholars, teachers, trainees, and other persons to participate in the educational exchange programs.

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
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Parent departmentU.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Websitehttps://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-ffsb

Appointed by the President of the United States, the 12-member Board meets quarterly in Washington, D.C. The Board establishes worldwide policies and procedures for the Program and issues an annual report on the state of the Program. The Board maintains a close relationship with both the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the executive directors of all the binational Fulbright Commissions. The office within ECA is headed by Executive Director Lisa Helling.[1]

History

The first board consisted of:

  • Philip Willkie, attorney, Rushville, Indiana;
  • Dr. Francis S. Smyth, dean, Medical School, University of California;
  • Helen C. White, professor of English, University of Wisconsin;
  • Dr. Martin R. P. McGuire, professor of Greek and Latin, Catholic University of America;
  • Dr. Charles S. Johnson, president, Fisk University;
  • Dr. Frederick L. Hovde, president, Purdue University;
  • Col. John N. Andrews, personal representative of the administrator of Veterans Affairs;
  • Dr. Walter Johnson, chairman, Department of History, University of Chicago;
  • Russell L. Riley, director, International Educational Exchange Service;
  • Dr. Samuel M. Brownell, U.S. commissioner of education;
  • Dr. Francis J. Colligan, executive secretary of the Board of Foreign Scholarships;
  • Donald B. Lourie, undersecretary of state for administration;
  • Senator J. William Fulbright;
  • and Joseph B. Phillips, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs.[2]

Current Board
Current Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Members[3]
Name Hometown Occupation Member since Note
Paul Winfree Washington, DC Economist, Director of the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, Richard F. Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy 2019 Chair of the FFSB
Kevin Hanrahan Dallas, TX President of Optimus Recruiting, LLC 2019 Vice Chair of the FFSB
Jeff Bleich San Francisco, CA Former Ambassador to Australia, lawyer 2014 Former Chair (2017-2019)
John DeStefano Washington, DC Former Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President 2019
Alphonso Jackson Washington, DC Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, current CEO of A.R. Jackson Adivsors, LLC 2020
Shahira Knight Washington, DC Deputy Managing Principal for Policy and Government Relations at Deloitte LLP; former White House Director of Legislative Affairs 2019
Margaret Chai Maloney California Executive Director of the Palo Alto Education Group 2020
Rudy Mehrbani Washington, DC Spitzer Fellow and Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice; former Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel 2017 former Vice Chair
Heather Nauert New York, NY Former Acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and State Department Spokesperson 2019
Shervin Pishevar Miami, FL entrepreneur, venture capitalist, start-up advisor, angel investor 2015
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Little Rock, AR Former White House Press Secretary 2019
John Viola New York President of the Florida Panthers Foundation 2020

References
  1. http://fulbright.state.gov/root/resources-for/fsb
  2. "Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville: FULBRIGHT PROGRAM EXHIBIT". libraries.uark.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. "FFSB Members | Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs". eca.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
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