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New Center Associates Fifteen mid-career professionals have been selected by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education as Program Associates for 2009-10. They include faculty members, administrators, legislative staff members and postsecondary education specialists. They will attend three formal meetings during the academic year and also will work with National Center staff members on a variety of projects. The goal of the program, financially supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education, is to engage emerging leaders in the examination of critical higher education policy performance. Jennifer Engle Assistant Director, Higher Education Education Trust Warren von Eschenbach Chief of Staff and Director, Higher Education Committee Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini Brock Grubb Program Analyst, Post Secondary Success Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Anne Hickey Associate Director, Government Relations American Council on Education Su Jin Jez Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration California State University, Sacramento Cassius Johnson Director, National and Federal Policy Jobs for the Future Ioanna Kohler Director of Policy Programs French-American Foundation, NYC Neil Matkin President San Jacinto College, Central Campus Erik Ness Assistant Professor, Institute of Higher Education University of Georgia Christopher Rasmussen Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis Midwestern Higher Education Compact Zakiya Smith Confidential Assistant Office of the Deputy Undersecretary Jeffrey M. Stanley Associate Vice President State Higher Education Executive Officers Monty Sullivan Executive Vice President Louisiana Community and Technical College System David Tandberg Special Assistant at Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education Dawn Wallace Policy Advisor for Education for the Arizona House Majority Arizona House of Representatives

National Center’s Policy Studies Group Effective this fall, The National Center’s policy studies is housed at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research on Higher Education, which is directed by Joni Finney, vice president of the National Center and professor of practice at Penn. Laura Perna, associate professor of higher education at Penn, has been appointed the National Center’s director of policy studies. Michael Armijo, Awilda Rodriguez and Jamey Rorison have been appointed research associates. In 2009 and 2010 the policy studies group will conduct intensive studies of five states to identify factors that account for higher education performance. Joni Finney Vice President Laura Perna Director of Policy Studies Michael Armijo Research Associate Awilda Rodriguez Research Associate Jamey Rorison Research Associate

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National CrossTalk December, 2009

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