About Us

The Clemente Course in the Humanities® Board of Directors:

Starling Lawrence, President -- Author, Editor-at-Large,  W.W. Norton Publishers

Kristin O'Connell, Secretary --  Asst. Dir. Mass. Humanities Foundation (ret.)

Stuart Stritzler-Levine, Treasurer -- Emeritus Dean of Bard College

James S. Shorris, General Counsel -- EVP and Deputy General Counsel | Regulatory Affairs, LPL Financial LLC

Dr. Jaime Incla'n -- Director,  Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center

Amy Thomas-Elder -- Odyssey Project Director, Illinois Humanities Council; Professor at the Graham School, University of Chicago

John W. Childs  -- President, J.W. Childs Asociates

Marina VanZulen --  Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Bard College;  Academic Director, Bard Clemente Course in the Humanities

Peter Sourian -- Author, Professor Bard College (ret.)

John R. MacArthur -- President and Publisher, Harper's Magazine

Jeremy Koch --  Chairman of Learning Leaders, Inc.

 

Staff:

Lela Hilton -- National Program Director; Academic Director, Jefferson Clemente Course

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To learn about the origins of the Clemente Course, please read this article (PDF) from the September 1997 issue of Harper's Magazine and Riches for the Poor, both written by Clemente Course founder, Earl Shorris.