Members of the NPC’s National Advisory Board represent a diverse set of senior researchers, policy analysts, and policymakers. The National Advisory Board provides broad input on our research agenda and helps shape the strategic direction of the NPC.

Eloise Anderson, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

Gordon Berlin, President, MDRC

Maria Cancian, Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Demography and Ecology and Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of California-Irvine

Susan Golonka, Program Director, Human Services, National Governors Association Social, Economic, & Workforce Programs Division

Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution

Sara McLanahan, William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs; Faculty Associate, Office of Population Research; Director, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University

Ronald Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Columbia University, School of Social Work

Katherine Newman, James B. Knapp Dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Melvin Oliver, Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

LaDonna Pavetti, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Donald Winstead, Principal, Winstead Consulting