In addition to more than a hundred U.S. Senators and Representatives who support us, the U.S. Public Service Academy has earned the endorsement of prominent individuals, organizations, and publications that represent Americans of all backgrounds and political affiliations. Click here to read the Statement of Support written by forty members of the 2007 class of Truman Scholars.

Legislatures & State Agencies

Organizations

The organizations that have endorsed the Academy represent more than 5 million Americans nationwide. If your organization is interested in supporting our effort, you may download endorsement information here.

  • Americans For a National Service Act
  • American Foreign Service Association
  • American Society for Public Administration
  • American Youth Policy Forum
  • AmeriCorps Alums
  • Atlas Service Corps
  • Bardoli Global
  • Breakthrough Collaborative
  • Building Tomorrow
  • Catholic Charities USA
  • Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
  • Children for Children
  • Citizen Schools
  • City Year

    • Coca Cola Scholars

  • Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
  • College Outreach
  • Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States
  • Do Something
  • Florida Student Association
  • Generation Change
  • Generation Education
  • Houston Police Officers Union

    • HOBY

  • Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
  • International Public Management Association for Human Resources
  • Jumpstart
  • Language Corps
  • Mississippi Teacher Corps
  • National Association of Counties
  • National Coalition for the Homeless
  • National Partnership for Women & Families
  • National Peace Corps Association
  • National Student Partnerships
  • National Urban League
  • Kentucky Now
  • NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
  • New York State Office of National & Community Service
  • Project Linus New Jersey
  • Public Allies
  • ServeNext
  • Service Employees International Union
  • Sojourners
  • Swamp the Polls
  • Teenage Democrats of America
  • United States Senate Youth Alumni Association
  • United States Student Association
  • Virginia State Police Association
  • Volunteer San Diego
  • WorldTeach
  • Young Democrats of America
  • Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana
  • Youth Service America

Individuals

  • David Abshire, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency
  • Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
  • Robert Vinson Brannum, D.C. Federation of Civic Associations
  • Harold W. Brooks, CEO, American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter
  • Carol Browner, former Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, former U.S. Representative (California)
  • James Carey, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Richard Chilcoat, Lt. Gen., U.S. Army (Ret.); Dean, George Bush School of Government and Service
  • James Coats, Sheriff of Pinellas County (Florida)
  • Thomas Daschle, former U.S. Senator (South Dakota)
  • Tom Downey, former U.S. Representative (New York)
  • Seth Green, Founder, Americans for Informed Democracy
  • Lee Hamilton, former Co-Chair, Iraq Study Group; former U.S. Representative (Indiana)
  • Will Harris, Academic Dean, Center for the Constitution, James Madison’s Montpelier
  • Gordon Holder, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Seth Hudgins, former President, Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy
  • Wayne Huggins, Executive Director, Virginia State Police Association
  • Harold L. Hurtt, Chief of Police, City of Houston
  • James Leach, former U.S. Representative (Iowa)
  • Jack Lew, former Director, Office of Management and Budget
  • John D. Macomber, Principal, JDM Investment Group
  • Mike McCurry, former White House Press Secretary
  • Donald Murphy, CEO, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
  • Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
  • John W. Nicholson, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission
  • Leon Panetta, Director, Panetta Institute
  • David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  • John Shaud, Gen. U.S. Air Force (Ret.); Director, Air Force Research Institute
  • Steve Uhlfelder, former Chair, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
  • Malham M. Wakin, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Professor Emeritus, U.S. Air Force Academy
  • Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University
  • John C. Whitehead, Chairman, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

College Presidents

  • Carol Bellamy, President, World Learning; former Director, Peace Corps
  • Selma Botman, President, University of Southern Maine
  • Erskine Bowles, President, University of North Carolina
  • Carol Christ, President, Smith College
  • Daniel W. Christman, former Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy
  • Joanne Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
  • Sandy D’Alemberte, former President, Florida State University; former president, American Bar Association
  • Brady J. Deaton, Chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Benjamin Dunlap, President, Wofford College
  • Barney Forsythe, Acting President, Westminster College
  • Mark Gearan, President, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, former Director, Peace Corps
  • Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, City University of New York
  • Richard Guarasci, President, Wagner College
  • Don Kennedy, former President, Stanford University
  • Bob Kerrey, President, The New School; former U.S. Senator (Nebraska)
  • Marvin Krislov, President, Oberlin College
  • Bill Lennox, former Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy
  • Ted Mitchell, former President, Occidental Colleege
  • Dave Palmer, former Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy
  • William H. Powers, President, University of Texas-Austin
  • Anthony Marx, President, Amherst College
  • Linwood H. Rose, President, James Madison University
  • Mark Rosenberg, Chancellor, State University System (SUS) of Florida
  • David Schmidly, President, University of New Mexico
  • Jake Schrum, President, Southwestern University
  • Larry Shinn, President, Berea College
  • Daniel F. Sullivan, President, St. Lawrence University; Chair, Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Sanford J. Ungar, President, Goucher College
  • Thomas K. Wetherell, President, Florida State University

State & Local Politicians

  • Bill Baroni, State Senator (New Jersey)
  • Don Beyer, former Lieutenant Governor (Virginia)
  • M. Kirkland Cox, Republican Majority Whip (Virginia)
  • R. Creigh Deeds, State Senator (Virginia)
  • Dianne White Delisi, State Representative (Texas)
  • Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • Wilson Goode, former Mayor of Philadelphia
  • Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator (Washington)
  • Paula Miller, State Delegate (Virginia)
  • Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
  • Al Park, State Representative (New Mexico)
  • Andrew Rice, State Senator (Oklahoma)
  • Pam Richardson, State Representative (Massachusetts)
  • Kathy Taylor, Mayor of Tulsa
  • David Toscano, State Delegate (Virginia)
  • Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa
  • Bill White, Mayor of Houston

Publications

  • Everett (WA) Herald
  • Newsday
  • Time