TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 30, 2022

Vanderbilt University this week named a new advisory board for its Project on Unity and American Democracy designed to help bridge the gap of political polarization in the United States. Chairing the board will be former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and two Vanderbilt faculty: presidential historian Jon Meacham and political science and law professor Samar Ali. Other members include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former U.S. Attorney General and current Belmont University Law School Dean Alberto Gonzales, Bill Clinton's former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, former U.S. Ambassador to China and Washington state Gov. Gary Locke, and country music artists Martina McBride, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Read more in a release from the school.