Dr. Mitchell Sanders

Dr. Mitchell Sanders serves as Chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

Dr. Sanders graduated from Duke University in 1991 and received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Rochester in 1997. He is author or co-author of various academic articles, and he has been on the faculty at Florida State University and the University of Notre Dame. He currently works as a Research Scientist in Rochester, NY.

An avid coin collector, Dr. Sanders has published several articles examining the numismatic connection between symbolism and society.