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The Board of Directors

Members of the Omohundro Institute’s Board of Directors determine matters of policy and have responsibility for the financial and general management and for resource development of the OI. The Board of Directors includes ex officio representatives from William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg, as well as the chair of the OI Council.

  • Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard Law School
  • Steven W. Hackel, University of California Riverside (ex officio)
  • Ronald L. Hurst, Colonial Williamsburg (ex officio)
  • Catherine E. Kelly, Omohundro Institute (ex officio)
  • Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California (Chair)
  • Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University 
  • Paul S. Sperry, Sperry, Mitchell & Co.
  • Alyson G. Wilson, William & Mary (ex officio)

The Council of the OI

Members of the Council are typically drawn from the academic community. Councilors advise the OI executive director and the Board of Directors on intellectual and scholarly issues and serve on one of the Council’s three standing committees: the William and Mary Quarterly Editorial Board, the Book Publications Committee, or the Conference Committee. OI Associates are annually invited to submit nominations for consideration by the Council. 

  • Maria Alessandra Bollettino, Framingham State University (2025-2028)
  • Kevin Butterfield, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress (2025-2028)
  • Tara Bynum, University of Iowa (2025-2028)
  • Kate Carté, Southern Methodist University (2023-2026)
  • Ananda Cohen-Aponte, Cornell University (2023-2026)
  • Dawn Durante (ex officio), University of North Carolina Press (2025– )
  • Elizabeth Ellis, Princeton University (2025-2028)
  • Steven W. Hackel, University of California Riverside (2026-2029)
  • Eric Hinderaker, University of Utah (2025-2027)
  • Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, University of New Brunswick (2023-2026)
  • Donald Johnson, North Dakota State University (2024-2027)
  • Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University (2023-2026) 
  • Fabrício Prado (ex officio), William & Mary (2025-2028)
  • Gunvor Simonsen, University of Copenhagen (2025-2028)
  • Gloria Whiting, University of Wisconsin (2024-2027)
  • Natalie Zacek, University of Manchester (2024-2027)