Advisory Board members advance the mission of the Center by working directly with the Center’s Director and Assistant Director and by their active involvement in many meaningful initiatives and programs including sponsoring internships, mentoring students, providing access to professional networks, supporting fundraising initiatives, engaging in strategic and financial planning, and attending meetings. Most members are CMC alumni or parents of current and past students.
Honorary Advisors
Michael Berenbaum, Ph.D. –The Berenbaum Group, LLC – Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Eizenstat – Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling, LLP – Washington, D.C.
Richard Hovannisian, Ph.D. (d. 2023) – Professor Emeritus, UCLA Department of History – Los Angeles, CA
Mary Robinson – President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice – Dublin, Ireland
Elie Wiesel (d. 2016) – Holocaust Survivor; Nobel Laureate; Founder – Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity – New York, NY
Life Members
Leigh R. Crawford ’94 – Founder, Crawford Capital, LLC – Los Angeles, CA
Advisory Board
Anoush Baghdassarian ’17 – Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – New York, NY
Todd K. Barker ’01 – Senior Managing Director, Surveyor Capital – New York, NY
Elyssa M. Elbaz ’94 – CMC Board of Trustees – Los Angeles, CA
Alan Fenning ’72, Chair – Attorney (retired) – San Juan Capistrano, CA
Nicole Heath P’22 – Greenwich, CT
Colin Hunter ’05 – Attorney, Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP – Portland, OR
Steve Kapner P’22 – Co-founder & Managing Director, Aquent – New York, NY
Wendy Lower – Director & John K. Roth Professor of History and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College – Claremont, CA
Elizabeth Matthias ’81 – Attorney (retired) – La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Mark R. Palmer ’88 P’19 – Financial Planner, Edelman Financial Services, Pro Bono Immigration Attorney – San Francisco, CA
John K. Roth, Ph.D. – Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Founding Director, The Center for the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (now the Mgrublian Center), Claremont McKenna College – Claremont, CA
Scott Tate ’80 – Attorney & Mediator – Berkeley, CA and Boise, ID
Teri Vieth, MD ’81 – Emergency Medicine Physician (retired), Kaiser Permanente Fontana/Ontario Medical Centers – Claremont, CA
Elizabeth Wydra ’98 – President, Constitutional Accountability Center – Washington, D.C.