Committee Members

Tsione Wolde-Michael

Meet The Executive Director

Tsione Wolde-Michael

Tsione Wolde-Michael is the Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). Wolde-Michael’s extensive work in the field of arts and public humanities has focused on developing innovative approaches to community engagement, collections management, cultural heritage, and exhibitions.

Members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities

Honorary Chair

Jill Biden

First Lady of the United States

Co-Chairs

bruce cohen

lady gaga

Members

Jon Batiste, Member

George Clooney, Member

Anna Deavere Smith, Member

Anna Deavere Smith

Angélica Garcia, Member

Angélica Garcia

Jennifer Garner, Member

Jennifer Garner

Nora Halpern, Member

Steve Israel, Member

Philip Deloria, Member

Philip J. Deloria

Marta Kauffman, Member

Ricky Kirshner, Member

Troy Kotsur, Member

Constance Carroll, Member

Constance M. Carroll

Katie McGrath, Member

Laura Penn, Member

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Shonda Rhimes, Member

Kimberly Richter Shirley, Member

Kimberly Richter Shirley

Horacio Sierra, Member

Joe Walsh, Member

Kerry Washington, Member

Kerry Washington

Pauline Yu, Member

Agency Principals

Shelly Lowe

Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo)

Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities

Cyndee Landrum

Acting Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services

Maria Rosario Jackson

Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D.

Chair, National Endowment for the Arts

Ex-Officio Members

Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art

Director, National Gallery of Art

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Lonnie G. Bunch III

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Carla Hayden

Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress

David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

David M. Rubenstein

Chairman, Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts