Leadership
Professor of Political Science; Founding Director, Kraynak Institute for the Study of Freedom & Western Traditions
132 Persson Hall
Associate Professor of Art; Co-Director, Kraynak Institute for the Study of Freedom & Western Traditions
George Carleton Jr. Professor of Philosophy; Co-Director, Kraynak Institute for the Study of Freedom & Western Traditions
Kraynak Institute Intern
Bayard Young is a senior from Piedmont, California, majoring in English and minoring in both French and architecture. Outside of the classroom, he works in the Office of Admission, serves as the President of Phi Delta Theta, and volunteers on Link Staff.
Advisory Boards
The Kraynak Institute’s two advisory boards are made up of Colgate faculty and alumni who are nominated by the director and approved by Colgate’s president.
Faculty Advisory Board
- Robert Kraynak, Founding Director (Political Science)
- Carolyn Guile, Co-Director (Art)
- Stanley Brubaker (Political Science)
- David Dudrick (Philosophy)
- Jacob Klein (Philosophy)
- Valerie Morkevicius (Political Science)
- Nina Moore (Political Science)
- Illan Nam (Political Science)
- Chad Sparber (Economics)
- Benjamin Stahlberg (Religion)
- William Stull (Classics)
External Advisory Board
- Ken Broad ’88
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»); MBA (UCLA Anderson)
Mill Valley, CA
Founding Partner, Jackson Square Partners, LLC - Richard Burke ’92
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»); MS (National War College, National Security Strategy); JD (Suffolk University Law School)
Alexandria, VA
Chief Operating Officer, Gritter Francona, Inc
Lt. Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Retired - José A. Cabranes, LL.D. Colgate Hon. ’88
Trustee Emeritus, Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»
AB (Columbia College); JD (Yale Law School); M.Litt. in International Law (University of Cambridge, England)
U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit - Gus Coldebella ’91
Trustee Emeritus, Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»; BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
Boston, MA
Partner, True Ventures; former chief legal officer and general counsel - Hilary Cunniff P ’20
BA (Yale University)
Pennington, NJ
Architectural design, preservation - Amy Everett DiSibio ’86, P ’18, ’21
EAB Chair
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
Summit, NJ
Board member on non-profit entities - Stephen P. Garvey ’87
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»); M.Phil. (Oxford); JD (Yale Law School)
Ithaca, NY
A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell Law School - Peter Hanson ’55
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
Park Ridge, NJ
Chairman, NAI James E. Hanson, Inc. - Mike Herling ’79
Trustee Emeritus, Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»; BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
FL
Founding Partner, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, and Non-Executive Chair of the Brink’s Company - Mark S. Herr ’79
BA (Colgate); MSJ (Columbia University); J.D. (Seton Hall University)
Princeton, New Jersey
Principal, Mark Herr Communications - Brian T. Horey ’82, P ’21
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»); MBA (Harvard University)
New York, NY
General Partner, Aurelian Partners - Mark Lanigan ’82
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
UT
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Black Canyon Capital, LLC - Allison Rosen ’82
Trustee Emeritus, Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»)
New York, NY
Managing Partner, AirWheel Investments, LP - Richard Tisch ’70
BA (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»); JD (Union University)
Sanibel, FL
Board member on profit and non-profit entities