National Advisory Board

The National Advisory Committee of the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship represents the highest ideals of statesmanship on the national and international stage.

The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor – Co-Chair of the HCCS National Advisory Committee

Retired Associate Justice
Supreme Court of the United States

Justice O’Connor was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to be the first female Supreme Court Justice.

Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker – Co-Chair of the HCCS National Advisory Committee

Former U.S. Senator from Kansas

Senator Baker was the first woman to begin her congressional career directly in the Senate, and was also the first female senator from Kansas.