Leadership
Director: Robert Kraynak, rkraynak@colgate.edu
Co-director: Carolyn Guile, cguile@colgate.edu
Advisory Boards
The Center has two advisory boards made up of Colgate faculty and alumni who are nominated by the director and approved by Colgate’s president.
Faculty Advisory Board
- Robert Kraynak, Director (Political Science)
- Carolyn Guile, Co-Director (Art and Art History/Russian and Eurasian Studies)
- Stanley Brubaker (Political Science)
- David Dudrick (Philosophy)
- Steven Kepnes (Religion)
- Jacob Klein (Philosophy)
- Valerie Morkevicius (Political Science)
- Nina Moore (Political Science)
- Alice Nakhimovsky (Jewish Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies)
- Illan Nam (Political Science)
- Chad Sparber (Economics)
- Benjamin Stahlberg (Religion)
- William Stull (Classics)
External Advisory Board
- Ken Broad '88
BA (Colgate University); MBA (UCLA Anderson)
Mill Valley, CA
Founding Partner, Jackson Square Partners, LLC - Richard Burke '92
BA (Colgate University); MS (National War College, National Security Strategy); JD (Suffolk University Law School)
Alexandria, VA
Chief Operating Officer, Gritter Francona, Inc
Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Retired - José A. Cabranes, LL.D. Colgate Hon. '88
Trustee Emeritus, Colgate University
AB (Columbia College); JD (Yale Law School); M.Litt. in International Law (University of Cambridge, England)
U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit - Christine Chao '86
Trustee, Colgate University
BA (Colgate University); JD (Columbia University)
Greenwich, CT
General Counsel, Foremost Group - Hilary Cunniff P '20
BA (Yale University)
Pennington, NJ
Architectural design, preservation - Amy Everett DiSibio '86, P '18, '21
EAB Chair
BA (Colgate University)
Summit, NJ
Board member on non-profit entities - Peter Hanson '55
BA (Colgate University)
Park Ridge, NJ
Chairman, NAI James E. Hanson, Inc. - Mark S. Herr '79
BA (Colgate); MSJ (Columbia University); J.D. (Seton Hall University)
Princeton, New Jersey
Principal, Mark Herr Communications - Brian T. Horey '82, P '21
BA (Colgate University); MBA (Harvard University)
New York, NY
General Partner, Aurelian Partners - Allison Rosen '82
Trustee Emeritus, Colgate University
BA (Colgate University)
New York, NY
Managing Partner, AirWheel Investments, LP - Richard Tisch '70
BA (Colgate University); JD (Union University)
Sanibel, FL
Board member on profit and non-profit entities