Advisory Board of Governors
Kenneth M. Duberstein
Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group
Mr. Duberstein is chairman and CEO of the Duberstein Group, an independent strategic planning and consulting company. He previously served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan in 1988-1989. During the Reagan administration he also served as deputy chief of staff as well as both assistant and deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs. Prior to joining the administration, he was vice president and director of business-government relations of the Committee for Economic Development. He returned to the private sector between his various White House assignments as vice president of Timmons & Company Inc. He serves on many boards, including the Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, and Fannie Mae. He is based in Washington, DC.
His earlier government service included Deputy Under Secretary of Labor during the Ford Administration and Director of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. General Services Administration. He began his public service on Capitol Hill as an assistant to Senator Jacob K. Javits.
He was awarded the President's Citizens Medal by President Reagan in January 1989. He is Chairman of the Ethics Committee for the U.S. Olympic Committee and served as Vice Chairman of the independent Special Bid Oversight Reform Commission for the U.S. Olympics Committee.
Mr. Duberstein graduated from Franklin and Marshall College (A.B. 1965) and American University (M.A. 1966). He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Franklin and Marshall in 1989. While in college he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau, a Jewish fraternity.
He is married to Jacqueline Duberstein, the Washington Producer of the Charlie Rose Show.
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