Cordell Carter, Esq.
is a dynamic leader, speaker, and advisor, known for his
relentless pursuit of a world where everyone belongs and has opportunities to thrive. As the long-term executive director of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program (2017-2024) and founding director of the Project on Belonging.
Over the last decade, he has spoken in 15 different countries and 20 US states. His leadership has been recognized all over the USA.
Some of his honors include:
- A designation as a 2023 Minority Executives Making Moves by the Minority Business Review
- In June 2021, President Joseph R. Biden appointed him as Commissioner, to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
- 2021 Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award by Cultural Vistas an Eisenhower Fellowship to China
- Designation as a “40 under 40” by business and civic organizations in Washington State and Tennessee
- University of Notre Dame Law School Alumni of the Year awardee
- Selections as a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow for Young American Leaders and a Broad Foundation Resident in Urban Education and being feted by the Obama Administration as a 2016 Champion of Change for Computer Science Education.
- 2016 Zhi-Ying Eisenhower Fellowship to China