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 executive 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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