Anna Lefer Kuhn, Executive Director

Anna Lefer Kuhn is the Executive Director of the Arca Foundation, which works to advance social justice and human rights in the US and abroad.  During Anna’s tenure, Arca has turned its attention toward the economic crisis, promoting the engagement of citizens in Wall Street accountability as a means to advance a more equitable economy and just democracy.  Prior to Arca, Anna was a Program Officer at the Open Society Foundation, where she conceived of and led a multi-year initiative that helped to build a movement of diverse, progressive youth activists leading change on social justice issues. In addition, Anna coordinated OSF’s Youth Media Program, a $12 million initiative that provided low-income youth with the communication skills to engage in the public debate on critical issues.

Anna has served on boards of a number of organizations, including the White House Project, the Urban Justice Center and the League of Young Voters; and is chair of the advisory board of the Youth Engagement Fund, a project she launched with the Democracy Alliance in 2008.  Anna is a graduate of Wesleyan University, and was a member of the 2004-2005 class of Coro Leadership New York.

Anna lives in Washington DC with her husband Jonathan, an architect and contractor, and their two-year old twins, Abraham and Scarlett.

Becca Freedman, Program Associate

Nancy R. Bagley, President

Ms. Bagley is a granddaughter of the Arca Foundation’s founder, Nancy Susan Reynolds, and serves as President of the Arca Foundation. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Washington Life Magazine. She previously served as Coordinator of Corporate Communications for B.M.G. Entertainment in New York City. At the height of the Clinton Administration’s efforts to address health issues, Ms. Bagley worked on health care reform, first in the Public Liaison Office of the White House and then at the Democratic National Committee. Nancy also serves as a trustee of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in North Carolina.

Nicole Bagley, Vice President
Celebrity Service International

Mary E. King, Secretary
Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University for Peace

The Rev. Joseph Eldridge
Chaplain, American University Kay Spiritual Life Center

Mike Lux
Progressive Strategies, LLC

Janet Shenk
Panta Rhea Foundation

Margery Tabankin
Tabankin & Associates

Smith Bagley, In Memoriam

Michael B. Trister, Esq., Legal Counsel

In Honor of Smith Bagley

The National Security Archive honors the late Smith Bagley with the opening of the new Smith Bagley Research Center. For press coverage, click here.