National Parks Second Century Commission Members
Co-Chairs
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Former U.S. Senator (Republican, Tennessee)
J. Bennett Johnston
Former U.S. Senator (Democrat, Louisiana)
Linda Bilmes
Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Former Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Department of Commerce
James J. Blanchard
Former Governor of Michigan
Former U.S. Representative (Democrat, Michigan)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Milton Chen
Executive Director
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Rita Colwell
Distinguished University Professor
The University of Maryland, College Park
Former Director
National Science Foundation
Sylvia Earle
Explorer-in-Residence
National Geographic Society
Co-Founder and Chair
Deep Ocean Exploration & Research, Inc.
Former Chief Scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Fahey
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Geographic Society
Belinda Faustinos
Executive Officer
San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers & Mountains Conservancy
Victor Fazio, Jr.
Former U.S. Representative (Democrat, California)
Former California State Assemblyman
Carolyn Finney
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley
Denis P. Galvin
Former Deputy Director
National Park Service
Maria Hinojosa
Senior Correspondent, NOW on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
Host, Managing Editor, Latino USA
National Public Radio
Sally Jewell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Tony Knowles
Former Governor of Alaska
Former Mayor of Anchorage
Former Chair
Western Governors’ Association
Stephen H. Lockhart
Chairman of the Board
NatureBridge
Regional Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Sutter Health
Gretchen Long
Trustee and former Chair
National Parks Conservation Association
Trustee
Land Trust Alliance
James McPherson
George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Emeritus
Princeton University
Gary B. Nash
Professor Emeritus, Department of History
University of California, Los Angeles
Sandra Day O’Connor
Associate Justice (Retired)
The Supreme Court of the United States
Jerry L. Rogers
Former Associate Director for Cultural Resources and Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Peter M. Senge
Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Founding Chair
Society for Organizational Learning
DeborahA. Shanley
Dean, Brooklyn College School of Education
City University of New York
W. Richard West, Jr.
Founding Director
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Margaret Wheatley
Author and consultant on leadership and healthy communities
Co-Founder and President Emerita
Berkana Institute
E. O. Wilson
Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Loran Fraser
Executive Director
Rosemary Peternel
Senior Program Coordinator
