Chris Howard is the president of Hampden-Sydney College near Richmond, Va., and one of the youngest college presidents in the US. He previously served as a vice president at the University of Oklahoma and with GE’s Corporate Initiatives Group. He serves on the board of trustees at the Fessenden School, a K-9 prep school for boys. A lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves, Howard earned a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan. He is a Rhodes scholar, Aspen Institute Henry Crown fellow, and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. President Obama appointed Howard to the National Security Education Board and he was confirmed by the Senate in May 2011. He is also a member of the Morehouse College Research Institute's Advisory Board.

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