Jo Ann Jenkins is chief operating
officer of the Library of Congress, with
full authority and responsibility for
the Library’s day-to-day operations,
including planning, reviewing,
monitoring, and directing overall programmatic and
infrastructure support operations consistent with
its mission and the Librarian’s goals. Previously, Ms.
Jenkins was a consultant to the Office of Diversity at
the Federal National Mortgage Association; director
of the Office of Advocacy and Enterprise at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture; special assistant for
minority affairs to former Secretary of Transportation
Elizabeth Dole; and a partner in a management
consulting firm, Quality Management Service.
Timothy Armour
Tim Armour recently retired after
10 years with Morningstar, Inc. as
Morningstar’s managing director. He
was managing director of Morningstar
from 2000 to 2008, president from 1999
to 2000, and chief operating officer
from 1998 to 1999. From 1992 to 1998, he served
as president of Stein Roe & Farnham’s mutual fund
division. Prior to that, he was senior vice president
and director of marketing in Citibank’s retail bank
division. Mr. Armour began his career in 1975 with
General Foods Corporation, where he spent 12 years in
product management and planning.
Darlene DeRemer
Darlene DeRemer joined Donald H.
Putnam in 2005 in founding Grail
Partners LLC, an advisory merchant
bank serving the investment
management industry. Prior to
becoming an investment banker at Putnam Lovell
NBF in 2003, Ms. DeRemer was a leading advisor
to the financial services industry, specializing in
strategic marketing, planning, product design and the
implementation of innovative service strategies. She
has participated in numerous fund company asset
management restructuring transactions. She has also
served as a vice president at State Street Bank & Trust
Company and T. Rowe Price & Associates.
Leobardo Estrada, PhD, is a member
of the AARP Board of Directors. He is
a professor of urban planning at the
University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA). He has served as an advisor
on national data systems to several national entities,
including the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center
for Health Statistics and the National Research
Council. His social science expertise includes the
demography of Latinos in the U.S. He serves on the
boards of the National Association of Hispanic Elderly,
the National Association of Child Care Resource and
Referral Agencies, and New Economics for Women.
Gary Knell is president and chief
executive officer (CEO) of Sesame
Workshop. Mr. Knell has been
instrumental in focusing this nonprofit
organization on Sesame Street’s global
mission, including groundbreaking co-productions
in South Africa, India, Northern Ireland and Egypt.
He also helped found PBS Kids Sprout, a 24-hour
U.S. cable channel. Previously, Knell was managing
director of Manager Media International, a print
and multimedia publishing company. He also has
served as senior vice president and general counsel
at WNET/Channel 13 in New York, and as counsel to
the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Governmental Affairs
Committees.
Addison Barry Rand
(ex officio Board member)
A. Barry Rand is AARP’s CEO. He has
distinguished himself as a leader of
social change in some of the nation’s
largest corporate and educational
institutions. During his 31-year tenure at Xerox,
where he began as a sales representative and rose to
executive vice president for worldwide operations, he
helped it become the most diverse company in the
Fortune 500. Mr. Rand later served as chairman and
CEO of Avis Group Holdings and as CEO of Equitant
Ltd. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of
Howard University. He holds a B.A. from American
University and an MBA from Stanford University,
where he was also a Sloan Executive Fellow.
