HONORARY CHAIR
CHAIRS
Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.
COMMITTEE
Lawrence Aber, Ph.D.
Nancy C. Andreasen M.D., Ph.D.
Patricia Bauer, Ph.D.
Laura Berk, Ph.D.
Clancy Blair
Elena Bodrova, Ph.D.
Stuart L. Brown, MD
Virginia Casper Ph.D.
Adele Diamond, Ph.D.
David Dickinson
Susan Engel
David Elkind, Ph.D.
Martha Farah, Ph.D.
Kurt Fischer
Ellen Galinsky
Herbert P. Ginsburg
Alison Gopnik, Ph.D.
Susan Levine, Ph.D.
Angeline Lillard, Ph.D.
James Davis
Lilian G. Katz, Ph.D.
Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.
Lynn S. Liben, Ph.D.
Samuel J. Meisels, Ph.D.
Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D.
Peter A. Ornstein, Ph.D.
Anthony D. Pellegrini, Ph.D.
Laura Petitto Ph.D.
Mitchel Resnick, Ph.D.
Jack P. Shonkoff, MD
Dorothy G. Singer
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.
Paula A. Tallal, Ph.D.
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Christopher W. Tyler, Ph.D.
Ellen Winner, Ph.D.
Samuel J. Meisels, Ph.D., is president of Erikson Institute and holds the Irving and Neison Harris President’s Chair. One of the nation's leading authorities on the assessment of young children, Dr. Meisels’ research focuses on the development of alternative assessment strategies for young children, the impact of standardized tests on children, and developmental screening in early childhood. A former preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teacher, he also served as senior advisor in early childhood development for the Developmental Evaluation Clinic of Boston's Children's Hospital.