Jeffrey Rosen

Congress chartered the Constitution Center "to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis." Rosen became president of the National Constitution Center in 2013.

During Rosen's tenure, with a $5.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation, the NCC formed the Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board, chaired by the heads of the conservative Federalist Society and liberal American Constitution Society, to oversee the creation of the "Interactive Constitution", which the College Board has made a centerpiece of the new AP history and government exams. The Interactive Constitution project commissions scholars to write about every clause of the Constitution, discussing areas of agreement and disagreement between left and right. It also allows users to explore the historic sources of the Bill of Rights and compare America's protected liberties to other constitutional systems throughout the world. The Interactive Constitution received nearly five million unique visitors in its first year online.

Rosen moderated the weekly podcast "We the People" for the National Constitution Center, convening liberal and conservative scholars to discuss timely constitutional issues as well as constitutional debates. In 2014, the Constitution Center opened the George H. W. Bush Bill of Rights gallery, displaying rare copies of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and one of the twelve original copies of the Bill of Rights. In 2015, the Center opened a constitution drafting lab, supported by Google, that convenes constitution-drafters and students from around the world for constitution drafting exercises.

Rosen served as president and CEO of the NCC for over twelve years, the longest tenure of any NCC President and CEO. He came to the Center at a time when it was struggling to find its identity as a Philadelphia-based history museum and worked with the NCC staff to transform it into a national platform for nonpartisan constitutional education. “My goal was to create an American institution that convenes people of different perspectives for civil dialogue and debate and inspires people to learn about our Founding ideals,” Rosen wrote in a statement in January 2026. During Rosen's tenure, the Center launched innovative web-based learning tools, including the Interactive Constitution, which by 2026 received more than 11 million unique visitors, the Interactive Declaration, the We the People podcast series, the Founders’ Library, the Constitution 101 course, a collaboration with Khan Academy, and a podcast series with Ken Burns, Pursuit: The Founders Guide to Happiness. Rosen also oversaw the development of several new museum exhibits, including galleries about America's Founding Principles, the First Amendment, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the 19th Amendment. He helped to secure funding to bring the 50-ton marble First Amendment Tablet from the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to be installed at the NCC. During Rosen's tenure, the NCC received a $15 million gift from Ken Griffith, the largest single gift donation in the Center's history. The Center was transformed financially, with record gifts, totaling more than $150M secured under Rosen's tenure, enabling the growth of the Center's annual budget by 71% since the start of his leadership. Also under Rosen's leadership, U.S. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Stephen Breyer joined the Center as co-chairs.