Selection Committee

Elaine Allensworth
Lewis-Sebring Director of the Consortium on School Research
University of Chicago

Marc Atkins
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago

Leah Bricker
Director of Programs
Spencer Foundation

Ana Mari Cauce*
Professor of Psychology
President Emeritus
University of Washington

Timothy Eatman
Inaugural Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community
Professor of Urban Education
Rutgers University – Newark

Kara Finnigan
Selection Committee Chair
Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
University of Michigan

Adam Gamoran
President
William T. Grant Foundation

Tiffany Graydon*
Director of Workforce Development and Education
Focus:HOPE

Carolyn Heinrich
Professor of Public Policy and Education
Vanderbilt University

Christine James-Brown
Former CEO
Child Welfare League of America

Ritu Khanna
Chief of Research, Planning, and Assessment
San Francisco Unified School District

Rebecca A. London*
Professor of Sociology
Faculty Director of Campus + Community
University of California, Santa Cruz

Sumie Okazaki
Professor of Counseling Psychology
New York University

Jody Rosentswieg
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Bezos Family Foundation

Stephanie J. Rowley
Dean and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education
School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia

Nathaniel Schwartz*
Director of Applied Research and Professor of Practice
Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University

Robert Sellers*
James S. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
Professor of Education
University of Michigan

Mark Soler
Former Executive Director
Center for Children’s Law and Policy

Laura Tach*
Professor of Public Policy and Sociology
Cornell University

Gautam Yadama*
Professor and Dean
Boston College School of Social Work

*One year appointment for 2025-26