American Studies Institute

National Advisory Board

Chairman
Harold Smethills
, chairman, founder and manager, Sterling Ranch LLC

Executive Committee

Brett Biggs, senior vice-president, WalMart Corporation Inc.
Charles W. Bradley, chief executive officer, Senderra Capital

Don Brown, retired, Mead Johnson Nutritional Group

Blair Bryan, managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc.

Brant Bryan, principal, CresaPartners, Fairways Equities

David B. Burks, president, Harding University

Byron Carlock, president & CEO, CNL LifeStyle Company
Larry Crain, president, Crain Management Group
John Paul Hammerschmidt
, U.S. Representative (retired)
J. Leon Johnson, attorney at law
Tory Kiam, president, RPI Corporation

Dennis Leggett, (retired) Aerojet
Topper Long, president and chief executive officer (retired), Textron Engine Marine and Land Systems

J. Stanley Marshall, founding chairman, The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies
Paul Maynard, partner, Deloitte & Touche, Minneapolis

Jack McNutt, president (retired), Murphy Oil Corporation
Tom A. Muccio, president, Global Customer Teams, Procter & Gamble Worldwide
Lundy Neely, president and chief executive officer, Crown Solutions

Wayne Ridout, president, Ridout Lumber Company
Porter R. Rodgers, surgeon (retired)
Reynie Rutledge
, chair, First Security BanCorp
Peter Searson
, chairman, Gallagher Bassett Group, Capalaba, Australia
Fritz S. Steiger, president, Deltox Inc.
John Steuri, chairman and chief executive officer (retired), ALLTEL Information Services Inc.
Jeff Tennyson, chairman and chief execuitve officer, EquiFirst Corporation

Debi Thomas, Olympic bronze medalist, physician, Charles Drew/Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center
Lt. Gen. Herman O. Thomson
, U.S. Air Force (retired), H.O. Thomson Associates Inc.
W. Barger Tygart
, vice chairman (retired), J.C. Penney Company
Jody Venkatesan, partner, Holloway & Company

David Waldron, owner/contractor, Waldron Homes

Donald (Buddy) Wray, president (retired), Tyson Foods Inc.
Lynn Wright, group president, Regions Bank
Albert R. Yarnell, chairman, Yarnell Ice Cream Company
Earl Young, president/CEO, Madagascar World Voice

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