Project Launch Committee Members
The Project Launch Committee, which consists of eight individuals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, was recruited to provide strategic guidance for the launch phase of the Frontiers of Innovation initiative.
Philip A. Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Director, Stress Neurobiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, University of Oregon
Senior Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center
Stephanie M. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Representative Ruth Kagi, M.P.A.
State Representative serving the 32nd District, Washington State
Chair, House Early Learning & Children's Services Committee
Geoffrey Nagle, Ph.D., M.P.H, L.C.S.W.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine
Director, Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
State Director, BrightStart, Louisiana's Early Childhood Advisory Council
Tonya Russell
Director, Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services
Martha Zaslow, Ph.D.
Director, Office for Policy & Communications, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Senior Scholar, Child Trends
