Donald E. Graham became chairman of the board in September 1993. He was chief executive officer of Graham Holdings Company (previously The Washington Post Company) from May 1991 until November 2015. He was publisher of The Washington Post newspaper from January 1979 until September 2000.
Graham was born on April 22, 1945, in Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Philip L. and Katharine Meyer Graham. His father was publisher of The Washington Post from 1946 until 1961 and president of The Washington Post Company from 1947 until his death in 1963. His mother, Katharine Graham, served in a variety of executive positions from 1963 until her death in 2001. Eugene Meyer, Graham's grandfather, purchased The Washington Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933.
After graduating in 1966 from college, Graham was drafted and served as an information specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. He was a patrolman with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from January 1969 to June 1970. Graham joined The Washington Post newspaper in 1971 as a reporter. Graham is a co-founder of TheDream.US, the largest national scholarship fund for DREAMers. Previously, he served as chairman of the District of Columbia College Access Program. He remains a member of the DC-CAP board. DC-CAP has assisted over 23,000 DC students enroll in college and has provided scholarships totaling more than $33 million.
Graham is a trustee of the Federal City Council and Gates Policy Initiative.
Katharine Weymouth is former chief executive officer of The Washington Post and its affiliated publishing businesses, a position she held from 2008 until 2014.
Weymouth joined the newspaper in 1996 as assistant counsel. After two years, she moved to Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), then the online publishing subsidiary of the Company, as associate counsel. In 2000, Weymouth returned to the Post, where she served as the advertising department’s liaison between the newspaper and WPNI. She became director of the advertising department’s Jobs unit in 2002 and was named director of advertising sales in April 2004. She served as vice president of advertising for The Washington Post from January 2005 until she was named publisher in 2008.
Weymouth earned a BA magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1988 and a JD from Stanford Law School in 1992. Following law school, she clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for one year. She practiced law at Williams & Connolly in Washington, DC, from 1993-1996. Weymouth is a great-granddaughter of Eugene Meyer, who bought The Washington Post in 1933.
Christopher C. Davis serves as chairman of Davis Selected Advisers, LP, an investment counseling firm that oversees approximately $70 billion of client assets, including mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. The firm employs a research-driven, long-term approach to investing.
He joined Davis Selected Advisers in 1989 as a financial analyst and became a portfolio manager of the firm’s flagship funds, Davis New York Venture Fund and Selected American Shares, in 1995, succeeding his father, Shelby M.C. Davis.
Both the Davis New York Venture Fund, which has outperformed the S&P 500 in every ten-year period since 1969, and Selected American Shares, which the firm has managed since 1993, receive high marks for stewardship and long-term results. The firm’s employees and their families are the largest individual investors in the funds they manage.
Mr. Davis also served as an assistant to his grandfather, Shelby Cullom Davis, and as a Research Analyst at Tanaka Capital Management. He began his career as an accountant at State Street Bank and Trust Company.
He received a master's degree with honors from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Tony Allen became the University's 12th President in January 2020, committed to making Delaware State University the most diverse, contemporary Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in America. With a clear mission to increase educational access and opportunity for all, the University is among the most consequential institutions in the nation, serving 5,000 students in the United States and, via international partnerships, in 23 countries worldwide.
The 1890 Land-Grant institution is home to four academic colleges and a burgeoning graduate school and is completing the acquisition of nearby Wesley College. Tony manages a $140 MM budget, a $23 MM research portfolio, and a $40 MM endowment. He previously served as the University's Executive Vice President and Provost, where he oversaw 220 professors in 18 academic departments.
Prior to his time at the University, Tony developed and led the corporate reputation group at Bank of America and was responsible for ongoing reputation analysis and related research. Tony also led communications for the bank's largest divisions, including Consumer, Commercial Banking, and Wealth Management. He started his financial services career as an Executive Vice President at MBNA America. Tony is the Founding President of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Co-founder of Public Allies Delaware, and Chair Emeritus of the National Urban Fellows, widely viewed as the most prestigious fellowship for professionals in the public sector. He is also a member of the Economic and Community Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Starting his career as speechwriter to then-United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Tony was tapped by the President to lead the Presidential Inaugural Committee and to serve on the Advisory Board of the President's Transition Team.
For his life's work, Tony has been awarded many honors. Most notable among them is the Whitney M. Young Award for Advancing Racial Equality, the National Urban League's highest honor; the Excellence in Education Award given by the Delaware Barristers Association; and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Urban Fellows and Public Allies.
Tony holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs & Public Policy from the University of Delaware, as well as a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College (CUNY). He is the proud father of four fantastic children and life partner to his high school sweetheart, Ms. Tara Anderson.
Thomas “Tom” Gayner is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Markel Corporation. He oversees the investing activities for the company, as well as the Markel Ventures diverse industrial and service businesses.
Mr. Gayner joined Markel in 1990 to form Markel Gayner Asset Management which provided equity investment counsel for Markel Corporation as well as outside clients.
Prior to joining Markel, Mr. Gayner served as vice president of Davenport & Co of Virginia and as a Certified Public Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Mr. Gayner serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Davis Series Mutual Funds and on the boards of the Colfax Corporation, Graham Holdings, Cable One and Markel. He is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System.
He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and The Lawrenceville School.
Danielle Conley recently served as Deputy Counsel to the President in the Office of White House Counsel. In that role, she advised the President, Vice President and other senior White House officials on legal issues related to domestic policy, including voting and democracy, policing and criminal justice reform, tech accountability, judicial nominations, and racial, gender, and LGBTQ equity issues. She also worked closely with senior officials at the Department of Justice and agency general counsels on a wide array of policy, regulatory, and litigation matters related to the administration's equity agenda. Prior to her service as Deputy White House Counsel, Ms. Conley served as the deputy on the Department of Justice Agency Review Team for the Biden-Harris Transition.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Ms. Conley was a partner in the Washington DC office of a large international law firm, where she led the firm's Anti-Discrimination practice. Ms. Conley represents companies, boards, and educational institutions in high-stakes government and internal investigations and other multifaceted legal challenges at the intersection of law, government policy and business. She has significant experience conducting sensitive internal investigations following reported allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination, as well as internal reviews and legal risk assessments on issues pertaining to racial and gender equity. Ms. Conley also regularly counsels clients on civil rights and anti-discrimination matters, including best practices for developing and implementing anti-harassment compliance programs and corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
During the Obama-Biden Administration, Ms. Conley served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. In that role, she provided strategic counsel to the Deputy Attorney General and other senior government officials on a wide range of litigation and policy issues and managed some of the Department's most significant and high-profile civil rights enforcement matters.
Ms. Conley also previously served as a fellow at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and as a law clerk for the Honorable Rosemary M. Collyer on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has been recognized for her work in the public and private sector by the National Law Journal, the Washington Business Journal, and the Diversity Journal. In 2017, Ms. Conley was recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington DC's "40 Under 40."
Chair of the Board
Anne M. Mulcahy was most recently chairman of Xerox Corporation. She stepped down from this role and from the Xerox Board, effective May 20, 2010.
From August 2001 through June 2009, she was also chief executive officer of Xerox. Mulcahy retired from the CEO post effective July 1, 2009, and retained the position of chairman.
Prior to serving as CEO, Mulcahy was president and chief operating officer of Xerox from May 2000 through July 2001. She has also served as president of Xerox's General Markets Operations, which created and sold products for reseller, dealer and retail channels.
Mulcahy began her Xerox career as a field sales representative in 1976 and assumed increasingly responsible sales and senior management positions. From 1992 through 1995, Mulcahy was vice president for human resources, responsible for compensation, benefits, human resource strategy, labor relations, management development and employee training.
She became chief staff officer in 1997 and corporate senior vice president in 1998. Prior to that, she served as vice president and staff officer for Customer Operations, covering South America and Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and China.
Mulcahy earned a bachelor of arts degree in English/journalism from Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. She is a board director of LPL Financial, Johnson & Johnson, Target Corporation and The Washington Post Company and Chair of the Board of Trustees for Save the Children.
She was born on Oct. 21, 1952, in Rockville Centre, NY.
Mr. Markell was the U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino from August 2023 to January 2025. Prior to that, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development from February 2022 to August 2023. He served as the White House Coordinator for Operation Allies Welcome from August 2021 to December 2021.
He previously served as the 73rd governor of Delaware from 2009 to 2017. Before he was elected Governor, Mr. Markell was the Delaware State Treasurer for 10 years from January 1999 to January 2009. Mr. Markell has also held several private sector executive leadership roles in corporate development, investor relations, strategic management and consulting. Mr. Markell currently serves on the boards of Rush Street Interactive and EverDriven.
He previously served on the boards of Upstream USA, Jobs for America's Graduates and Delaware State University, Annie E. Casey Foundation and others. He was chair of both the National Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association. He is a Henry Crown Fellow and a Rodel Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
He earned his undergraduate degree in economics and development studies from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He and his wife, Carla, have two adult children.
G. Richard ("Rick") Wagoner retired from General Motors Corporation in August 2009 after a 32-year career. He served as GM chairman and chief executive officer from May 2003 through March 2009 and had been president and chief executive officer since June 2000. Other positions he held at GM include: president and chief operating office; executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations; executive vice president, chief financial officer and head of worldwide purchasing; and president and managing director of General Motors do Brasil.
Wagoner attended Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated summa cum laude in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in economics and management science. He received a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1977.
Wagoner is vice chair of the Board of Trustees of Duke University and a member of the Board of Dean's Advisors of the Harvard Business School, Duke's Fuqua School of Business Advisory Board and the Detroit Country Day School Board. He is a member of The Business Council and the Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders Advisory Council.
He was born in Wilmington, DE, on February 9, 1953, and raised in Richmond, VA.