William A. Keyes | Camilo A. Parris, Jr. | John T. Saunders | Elijah Heyward III

William A. Keyes
President

Bill Keyes hitch-hiked to Washington 31 years ago with a dream of participating in national politics and the public policy process. After working for a few years in the legislative and executive branches of government, he founded a national political action committee and a public affairs consulting business.

Keyes has served on the local boards of several charitable organizations, including the YMCA, Goodwill Industries, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was also elected Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Landon School, an independent college preparatory school for boys, grades 3 through 12, in Bethesda, Maryland.  Currently, Keyes is a member of the Board of Directors of the African American Nonprofit Network, an organization dedicated to matching talented African American professionals with executive and governing board opportunities in metropolitan Washington’s nonprofit community.

Beyond the Institute, he is most active at the University of North Carolina.  He serves on the university’s Board of Visitors, the Board of Advisors of the top-ranked School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and is a founding Advisory Board member for UNC’s Leadership Institute.  
Keyes is a proud member of the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, and the Beta Nu Boule’ of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.

Keyes incorporated the Institute on April 13, 2001 and received the determination of tax-exempt status in December 2001.  On January 2, 2003, he opened the doors of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, DC.

Elijah Heyward, III
Director, Youth Scholar Academy

Camilo A. Parris, Jr.
Chief Operations Officer

John T. Saunders
Chief Program Officer