Obama Foundation
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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| Coordinates | 41°46′57″N 87°35′08″W / 41.78250°N 87.58556°WCoordinates: 41°46′57″N 87°35′08″W / 41.78250°N 87.58556°W |
| Construction start | TBD |
| Completion date | 2021 |
| Named for | Barack Obama |
| Architect | Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, and Interactive Design Architects |
| Cost | $500 million (Estimated) |
| 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. The center will not be part of the presidential library network operated by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The nonprofit Barack Obama Foundation was established to oversee the creation of the Center and the construction of its campus.
The Barack Obama Foundation board includes: 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.
Louise Bernard, outgoing Director of Exhibitions at NYPL, was named director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in May 2017.
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