Category: Kennedy Center Trustee Appointed: Kennedy Center Board of Trustees; White House announced intent to appoint “Andrea Wynn of Nevada” as a general trustee. Exact announcement date [NEEDS VERIFICATION] — the archived White House press release could not be pulled with a full dateline this session; the appointment postdates the February 2025 board reconstitution and predates her current listing on the Kennedy Center’s public Trustees page. Priority: P2 (Private-citizen proportionality cap — no criminal conviction. Basis: hosted the specific board meeting at which the contested renaming vote occurred, and is individually named as both a defendant and an appellant, in her capacity as a sitting trustee, in the resulting federal litigation.)

Basis for Inclusion Subject classification: Private Citizen holding a non-elected official capacity (Kennedy Center general trustees are presidentially appointed but not Senate-confirmed, 20 U.S.C. § 76h(b)). Non-Speech Anchor met: Anchor E — Use of Official Non-Elected Position. As a sitting Kennedy Center trustee, Wynn hosted the December 18, 2025 board meeting — at her own Palm Beach, Florida home rather than at the Kennedy Center itself — at which the board voted to rename the institution “Trump-Kennedy Center.” Hosting the meeting is a documented, non-speech act (venue provision), not a statement or opinion. A federal court later found the board acted outside its statutory authority in taking that action. Wynn is individually named as a defendant in the resulting litigation, and individually named as an appellant on both appeals arising from it. Evidence basis: Beatty v. Trump, U.S. District Court, D.D.C., No. 1:25-cv-04480 (filed December 22, 2025; Judge Christopher R. Cooper) — direct CourtListener party-list lookup of the complete 155-entry docket (docket ID 72069932, run 2026-09-19) confirms Andrea Wynn as an individually named defendant. She is also individually named as an appellant on the Notice of Appeal filed June 12, 2026 (D.C. Cir. No. 26-5224) and the further appeal filed September 16, 2026 (No. 26-5322). The meeting-hosting fact is corroborated by The New York Times (December 18, 2025) and Washingtonian (2026, exact byline date [NEEDS VERIFICATION]). What is NOT the basis for inclusion: This individual’s political views, her marriage to Steve Wynn, and the couple’s political donations (documented below as ordinary political contributions, not targeted financial enablement of specific harmful conduct under Anchor C) are NOT the basis for inclusion in this profile. Protected speech — including her own public defense of the renaming decision — does not independently justify accountability documentation under Citizen Analyst’s editorial standards. Protected speech documented in this profile: Statements documented in this profile are included for factual and historical context only. They are protected under the First Amendment and do not independently form the basis for inclusion. Specifically, Wynn’s on-the-record quote defending the renaming decision (documented under “Documented Actions” below) is speech, not a non-speech anchor, and is documented separately from — and explicitly not as the basis for — her inclusion in this profile.

Background

Andrea Wynn (née Andrea Hissom) married billionaire Wynn Resorts co-founder Steve Wynn on April 30, 2011, at Wynn Las Vegas.[1][2] [NEEDS VERIFICATION — exact Las Vegas Review-Journal byline date]

No independently verified corporate officer title at Wynn Resorts has been documented for Wynn. A note on a rejected source: one low-authority outlet (caribe.osso.org.co, “The Daily Insight”) claims she “was the CEO of Wynn Resorts from 2018 to 2022.” This is false and is excluded from this profile per the Evidence Tier standard — Wynn Resorts’ CEOs during that window were Matt Maddox (to 2022) and Craig Billings (2022–present).[3] amfAR’s own (non-independent) donor bio page describes her as involved in the family’s Palm Beach real estate and art holdings and lists a B.S. in International Business from Pepperdine University; it also describes her philanthropic work chairing galas for amfAR and co-chairing a Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County gala.[4]

Andrea and Steve Wynn are documented large Republican/Trump donors: the Washington Post’s donor tracker listed “Andrea & Stephen Wynn” as a top individual donor pair for the 2026 election cycle at approximately $13.6 million.[5] This is documented here as ordinary political contribution, not as an anchor for inclusion — see Basis for Inclusion above.

Andrea Wynn is not to be confused with Elaine Wynn, Steve Wynn’s ex-wife, who separately served on the Kennedy Center board under President Obama (appointed July 22, 2010).

Documented Actions

1. Kennedy Center Trustee Appointment

The White House announced intent to appoint “Andrea Wynn of Nevada” as a general trustee of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, for the remainder of a six-year term under 20 U.S.C. § 76h(b).[6] The exact announcement date could not be confirmed this session — the archived White House press-release page returned only truncated snippets and the deep-link URL 404s. [NEEDS VERIFICATION] Kennedy Center general trustees are appointed solely by the President, with no Senate-confirmation requirement.[7] Wynn is current on the Kennedy Center’s public Trustees roster as of this update.[8]

2. Hosted the December 18, 2025 Board Meeting — the Non-Speech Anchor

On December 18, 2025, the Kennedy Center board voted to rename the institution “Trump-Kennedy Center.” The meeting was held not at the Kennedy Center but at Andrea Wynn’s own Palm Beach, Florida home.[9][10] This hosting/venue-provision act — a documented, non-speech fact — is the basis for Anchor E in this profile (see Basis for Inclusion above); it is independent of anything Wynn said and survives the Speech Taint Strip Test on its own.

At that meeting, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), an ex officio trustee by virtue of her House seat, was reportedly muted during the vote and has publicly disputed the White House’s characterization of the vote as unanimous.[11]

3. On-the-Record Statement Defending the Renaming — Documented as Protected Speech Only

The New York Times reported Wynn personally, and by name, defending the renaming decision: “‘The memorial of Kennedy is still there,’ Ms. Wynn protested, ‘and Kennedy was a great lover of the arts, which is one of the reasons it was named after him. And President Trump has shown…'” (quote as retrieved this session; the extraction was truncated by the source’s access restrictions).[9] This statement is documented here for factual context only and is not, and cannot be, the basis for Wynn’s inclusion in this profile — per the gate, speech and statements are protected and are not a non-speech anchor. The anchor for this profile is the hosting fact in Section 2, not this quote.

4. Individually Named Defendant and Appellant, Beatty v. Trump Litigation

Andrea Wynn is confirmed as an individually named defendant in Beatty v. Trump, U.S. District Court, D.D.C., No. 1:25-cv-04480 (filed December 22, 2025, Judge Christopher R. Cooper) — confirmed via a direct CourtListener party-list lookup of the complete 155-entry docket (docket ID 72069932, run 2026-09-19; a separate, incomplete duplicate docket index entry, ID 72493354, exists and should not be cited).[12] Judge Cooper granted partial summary judgment and a preliminary injunction for the plaintiff on May 29, 2026; the defendants’ motion to stay pending appeal was denied June 12, 2026.[12]

Wynn is also individually named as an appellant — not merely a party carried over from the district-court caption — on the Notice of Appeal filed June 12, 2026 (D.C. Cir. No. 26-5224) and on the further appeal filed September 16, 2026 (No. 26-5322).[13][14] Being individually named as an appellant, on both appeals, is a more individuated fact pattern than simply being listed among dozens of co-defendants, and is documented here as such.

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Sources

1. Wikipedia, “Steve Wynn,” en.wikipedia.org — April 30, 2011 marriage to Andrea Hissom at Wynn Las Vegas.
2. Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Steve Wynn weds Andrea Hissom at Wynn Las Vegas,” reviewjournal.com. Exact byline date [NEEDS VERIFICATION].
3. Excluded/unreliable source flagged, not used as fact: caribe.osso.org.co, “Andrea Wynn, Steve Wynn’s Philanthropic Powerhouse – The Daily Insight” — falsely claims she was “CEO of Wynn Resorts from 2018 to 2022.” Contradicted by the documented Wynn Resorts CEO succession (Matt Maddox → Craig Billings). Do not cite.
4. amfAR, “Andrea and Steve Wynn,” amfar.org (donor bio page, undated; interested/non-independent source, used only for uncontested biographical color).
5. Washington Post, “These are the biggest individual donors in the 2026 [election cycle],” washingtonpost.com. Exact date [NEEDS VERIFICATION]; lists “Andrea & Stephen Wynn” at approximately $13.6 million.
6. The White House (archived), “President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts,” trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Exact date [NEEDS VERIFICATION].
7. 20 U.S.C. § 76h(b), John F. Kennedy Center Act, Board of Trustees provisions, via uscode.house.gov / Cornell LII.
8. Kennedy Center, “Trustees,” kennedy-center.org/about/trustees (current roster page, accessed 2026-09-18, undated/rolling page).
9. The New York Times, “Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump Kennedy Center,” December 18, 2025. nytimes.com — source of the meeting-hosting fact and the Wynn quote (documented as protected speech only; see Documented Actions §3).
10. Washingtonian, “How Joyce Beatty Saved the Kennedy Center,” washingtonian.com, 2026. Exact byline date [NEEDS VERIFICATION]; corroborates the December 18, 2025 board meeting was hosted at Andrea Wynn’s Palm Beach home.
11. Columbus Dispatch, “Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty says she was muted for Kennedy Center renaming vote,” December 19, 2025 (quoting Beatty’s December 18, 2025 social post).
12. CourtListener, full party-list lookup, Beatty v. Trump, U.S. District Court, D.D.C., No. 1:25-cv-04480, docket ID 72069932 (the complete 155-entry docket record — a separate, incomplete duplicate docket index entry exists at ID 72493354 and should not be cited), run 2026-09-19; filed December 22, 2025, Judge Christopher R. Cooper; partial summary judgment and preliminary injunction for plaintiff, May 29, 2026; motion to stay denied June 12, 2026.
13. CourtListener / U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Notice of Appeal, Joyce Beatty v. Donald Trump, No. 26-5224, filed June 12, 2026 — Andrea Wynn individually named as appellant.
14. CourtListener / U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Joyce Beatty v. Donald Trump, No. 26-5322, filed September 16, 2026 — Andrea Wynn individually named as appellant.

Last Updated: September 19, 2026