Trust for the National Mall
Restoring, Preserving, and Enriching the National MALL
Board of Directors
Treasurer
Retired Chairman & CEO, The MRC Group,
Former Chair, Friends of Acadia National Park (2011-2017)
Secretary
Executive Vice President and Head of External Engagement, Wells Fargo
Past Board Members
Norman R. Augustine
Retired Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation. Former U.S. Undersecretary of the Army
The Honorable Elaine Chao
Former United States Secretary of Labor
Joseph G. Fogg, III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Westbury Partners
David Geanacopoulos
Former Senior Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Public Policy, Volkswagen Group of America
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Timothy Keating
Senior Vice President of Public Policy, The Boeing Company
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
President and Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Investment Group. Former Chief Investment Officer, The World Bank
Jay Rasulo
Former Senior EVP & CFO, The Walt Disney Company
Ambassador Francis Rooney
Chief Executive Officer, Rooney Holdings, Inc.
Thomas L. Strickland
Partner, WilmerHale
The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth
Vice Chair, United Nations Foundation. Former U.S. Senator, Colorado
Brian Besanceney
Chief Communications Officer, Boeing
The Honorable Norm Dicks
Former U.S. Representative, Washington
Abraham H. Foxman
Former National Director, Anti-Defamation League
Ambassador C. Boyden Gray†
Founder, Boyden Gray & Associates
The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye†
Former U.S. Senator, Hawaii
Phebe Novakovic
Chairwoman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation
Frank Pearl†
Chairman and CEO, Perseus LLC
Steve Ricchetti
Counselor to the President, The White House
John Rutherford Seydel, II
Partner, Davis, Pickren, Seydel & Sneed, LLP
Todd Walker
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Altria Client Services
Staff
Senior Leadership
Trust for the National Mall Team
Trust Leadership Council
The Trust for the National Mall Leadership Council (TLC) serves as an ambassadorial society of leaders from across America connecting the National Mall and President’s Park to their communities and peers. TLC members are a trusted team of leaders building engagement and providing feedback to bolster the Trust’s mission to preserve, restore, and enrich the National Mall and President’s Park. Current members include:
John “Chip” and Sally Akridge
Sherrie Beckstead
Nancy Bryant and Jerry Taylor
Susan Eisenhower
David and Daphne Geanacopolous
Lanny and Susan Griffith
Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman
Robert Kettler
Robert and Arlene Kogod
Jacqueline B. Mars
Dan and Debbie McGinn
Cathy Merrill
Dave and Kirsten Pollin
Glenn and Suzanne Youngkin
Trust Cornerstone Council
The Trust for the National Mall Cornerstone Council (TCC) serves as a society of representatives from across America connecting the National Mall and President’s Park to their communities and peers. TCC members support the Trust for the National Mall at the highest levels of commitment to engage and bolster the Trust’s mission to restore, preserve and enrich the National Mall and President’s Park.
2022 Honorary Chair
Sally Akridge
2022 Co Chairs:
Andrea Franklin
Pam Marquez
Enjoy this gallery of photos from 2024’s cherry blossom season from talented Instagram photographers. Photo by: Brian Rimm
The Trust for National Mall's Monumental View reception on March 21, 2024 gathered the National Park Service, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, supporters, benefactors, and special guests to an event overlooking the National Mall.
The Trust for the National Mall was recognized by The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C. with the “Best Exhibition Award.”
The Trust for the National Mall was recently recognized along with our partners at Clark Construction for our work on renovating the informational kiosks at the veterans’ memorials on the National Mall.
The Trust for the National Mall was recognized by the Associated Builders and Contractors with the 2023 “Award in Excellence.” Photo by: Carol Stalun.
Washingtonian’s Brooke Spach wrote a segment on the release of the Trust for the National Mall’s Audio Walking Tour as a collaboration with Netflix’s Rustin Movie. Photo courtesy of: Netflix.