Guided by those who have lived the mission.

Dr. William A. Keyes IV is the founder and president of the Institute. In the early 1980s, he hitchhiked from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., to pursue a dream of working in public policy. He realized that dream by working in a staff position at the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress and as a White House Senior Policy Advisor.

He has received wide recognition for his work in education, including the Mac A. Stewart Distinguished Award for Service by the Todd A. Bell National Resource Center at Ohio State University, the Dr. Asa G. Hilliard Model of Excellence Award from the College Board, the Make A Difference Award from Epstein Becker & Green PC, the Warrior Award at the 2017 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, and many more. Beyond the Institute, Dr. Keyes is most active at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has the distinction of being the only person in the university's history to earn a PhD while serving on the Board of Trustees. He and his family are members of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, and he is a member of the Beta Nu Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. Dr. Keyes is most proud of the accomplishments of the Institute's alumni, more than 300 of whom now serve in leadership positions as pastors, judges, teachers, doctors, and in an ever-widening range of professions.

William Keyes is the executive director of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship and an alumnus of the Institute's Class of 2006. He began his career as a management consultant at Apprio and later worked in the technology industry as a program manager at Yext.

William graduated from the University of Tennessee, where he was a record-setting club hockey goalie, and went on to earn his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He draws on his experience in consulting and technology to lead all aspects of the business operations at the Institute. He lives in Vienna, Virginia, with his family.

Colin Ganges is a director at the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. He previously oversaw the Collegiate Institutes in Atlanta, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, and New York City.

Before returning to the Institute, Colin served as a speechwriter and communications consultant for West Wing Writers, where he wrote for corporate executives and educational leaders. He earned a B.A. from Guilford College and is a proud member of the Institute's Class of 2019. He serves as vice chair of the Board of Trustees at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart. He and his family live in Washington, D.C.