Who We Are
Board of Trustees
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Robert E. Denham, Esq., Chair Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP |
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Shelley E. Taylor, Treasurer Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Kenneth D. Brody Co-founder, Taconic Capital Advisors |
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W. Bowman Cutter Senior Fellow and Director, Economic Policy Initiative, The Roosevelt Institute |
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John A. Ferejohn The Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University School of Law |
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Larry V. Hedges Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University |
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Lawrence F. Katz Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics, Harvard University |
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Nicholas Lemann Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism |
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Sara S. McLanahan William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University |
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Nancy Rosenblum Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, Harvard University |
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Claude M. Steele I. James Quillen Dean, Stanford University's School of Education |
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Richard H. Thaler Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago |
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Mary C. Waters, M. E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology, Harvard University |
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Eric Wanner President, Russell Sage Foundation |
Permanent Staff
Eric Wanner, President
Christopher Brogna, Chief Financial Officer
Patricia Woodford, Director of Administration and Secretary
David Haproff, Director of Communications
John Lee, Director of Computing Services
Claire Gabriel, Director of Information Services
Suzanne Nichols, Director of Publications
James Beglan, Building Manager
Aixa Cintrón-Vélez, Senior Program Officer
James Wilson, Senior Program Officer
Kelly Westphalen, Program Officer
Robert M. Solow, Robert K. Merton Scholar
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