Jeffrey B. Trammell
Mr. Trammell received a B.A. in 1973 (history) from the College of William and Mary and a J.D. in 1977 from Florida State University. He
is president and founder of Trammell and Company, a consulting firm in
Washington, D.C., which advises corporations on external affairs.
Previously, Mr. Trammell served as Senior Managing Director of Hill
& Knowlton, a worldwide communications firm, from 1988 to 2000,
where he oversaw the firm’s public affairs practice. He was a senior
advisor to Vice President Al Gore during the 2000 presidential campaign
and headed business outreach for the Gore campaign, as well serving as
liaison for constituent groups. Mr. Trammell worked for a number of
years in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, where he
was counsel to a subcommittee chair on the Committee on Energy and
Commerce. He also founded Almanac Publishing, which produced annual
references on government organizations. He currently serves on the
Board of Advisors for the Institute of Human Virology, University of
Maryland School of Medicine, and the Association of Governing Board’s
Council of Board Chairs. He has served on several other boards
including the Human Rights Campaign and an advisory board to the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a member of the bar in Florida and the
District of Columbia. Mr. Trammell was the founding chair of the Board
of Advisors of the Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program at the College
and has continued as a member of that board since its inception. He is
a former member of the board of the Greater Washington D.C. chapter of
the Alumni Association. In 2008 he was inducted into Omicron Delta
Kappa at William and Mary. Mr. Trammell was appointed to the Board of
Visitors in 2005 and reappointed in 2009. Mr. Trammell is a past chair
of the Committee on Strategic Initiatives. Currently, he serves as
Rector of the College and Chair of the Executive Committee.