The White House fellows program, which dates to 1964, counts many notable alumni:
*Retired Gen. Colin Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former secretary of state.
*Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a former U.S. senator and representative
*Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and CNN correspondent
*Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, Europe
*Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian and author
*Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal
*Elaine Chao, former labor secretary
*Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, former chairman, NBC
*Tom Johnson, former chairman and CEO of CNN News Group
*Robert Haas, former chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.
*Cesar Conde, broadcast executive with NBCUniversal
*Suzan Johnson Cook, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom
