Revisiting the George W. Bush presidency

Stephen Hadley is a principal of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm founded with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and former State Department official Anja Manuel. He currently serves as an Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council, a member of Yale University’s Kissinger Papers Advisory Board, and a member of the Board of Managers of the John Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. Hadley served for four years as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (the National Security Advisor) in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009. From 2001 to 2005, he served in the administration as the Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, serving under then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

A nationally recognized leader in public policy, Margaret Spellings serves as President and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center. Spellings most recently served as President and CEO of Texas 2036, a bipartisan think tank. Her extensive leadership experience in state and federal government includes service as U.S. Secretary of Education, White House Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, Senior Policy Advisor to then-Governor George W. Bush, President of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and President of the 17-institution University of North Carolina System.

Russell L. Riley is the Miller Center’s White Burkett Miller Center Professor of Ethics and Institutions and codirects the Presidential Oral History Program. He is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on elite oral history interviewing and the contemporary presidency. He has logged more than 1,500 hours of confidential interviews with senior members of the White House staff, Cabinet officers, and foreign leaders back to the days of the Carter and Reagan administrations. He holds a BS from Auburn University and an MA and PhD from the University of Virginia.