Barack Obama Presidential Center
Logo of the Obama Foundation, the non-profit organization that is overseeing the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center
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| Location | Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois |
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| Construction start | TBD |
| Completion date | Approximately 2020 |
| Named for | Barack Obama |
| Architect | Tod Williams and Billie Tsien and Interactive Design Architects |
| Management | David Simas, CEO |
| Website | www |
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is the planned presidential library of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. The center will be hosted by the University of Chicago, and will be located in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Once completed, it will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records Administration's presidential library system. The nonprofit Barack Obama Foundation was set up to oversee the creation of the Center and the building of its site.
The Barack Obama Foundation board consists of: Chairman Marty Nesbitt, a close friend from Chicago; J. Kevin Poorman, president and CEO of PSP Capital Partners; David Plouffe; Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng; venture capital financier, John Doerr; Studio Museum in Harlem Director and Chief Curator, Thelma Golden; fundraiser and former White House staffer, Juliana Smoot; investment managers John Rogers, and Michael Sacks, and former Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick. Barack Obama has a home in Hyde Park.
The foundation was formally established in January 2014. Several organizations, including the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Hawaii, and Columbia University submitted proposals for the honor of hosting the institution.
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