About Us

Advisory Board

The Theodore Roosevelt Center Advisory Board is comprised of a group of highly talented and dedicated scholars, educators, businesspeople, administrators, and other community members who have joined in our mission of preserving the legacy of the 26th President of the United States.

President Roosevelt with the “Tennis Cabinet,” his group of formal and informal advisors, 1909

Advisory Board Members

Stacy Cordery

Professor of History, Iowa State University

Vaune Johnson

Business Consultant

Susan Sarna

Senior Curator of Collections, Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Shannon Straight

Executive Director, Badlands Conservation Alliance

Ryan Swanson

Professor of History, University of New Mexico

Ex Oficio Members

Scott Molander

President of Dickinson State University

Ty Orton

Executive Director, DSU Heritage Foundation