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Our Governing Board

Pew Research Center’s Board of Directors is a governing body composed of distinguished individuals from a variety of backgrounds who volunteer their time. The Board is responsible for selecting the Center’s leadership, reviewing the standards of integrity, monitoring the Center’s financial health, and ensuring the scholarly independence of the Center. The board advises senior leadership on organizational strategy and mission alignment; it is not involved in the execution of the Center’s research, analysis of data, or production of reports or other products.

Robert M. Groves (chair)

Interim President, Georgetown University


Michael Dimock (nonvoting)

President, Pew Research Center


Claudine Gay

Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University


James McMillan

Senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, The Pew Charitable Trusts


Burke Olsen

Publisher, Deseret News


Mike Roggero

Chairman & CEO, Fuse Media


Maria Thomas

Startup advisor and investor


Maribel Perez Wadsworth

President & CEO, Knight Foundation


Rebecca Weiss

Social/Data Scientist and Technology Leader