Commission Leadership
Co-Chairmen
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Michael D. McCurry
Honorary Co-Chairmen
Gerald R. Ford*
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan*
William J. Clinton
Co-Chairman Emeritus
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Board of Directors
Howard G. Buffett
John C. Danforth
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Charles Gibson
John Griffen
Jane Harman
Antonia Hernandez
Reverend John I. Jenkins
Jim Lehrer
Newton N. Minow
Leon E. Panetta
Richard D. Parsons
Dorothy S. Ridings
Bob Schieffer
Olympia Snowe
Shirley M. Tilghman
Executive Director
Janet H. Brown
* Deceased
http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=commission-leadership
Sounds more like a figurehead.
Interesting that you can be deceased and still hold the position.
Must make for some interesting meetings (if the mummified remains and the other Honorary Co-Chairmen actually show up for them).