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THE CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE - PRINCIPALS

Lynn Goldman (co-chair)
Assistant Administrator
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Environmental Protection Agency

Duane Alexander (co-chair, September 1996 to Present)
Director
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health

Anne C. Petersen (co-chair, May 1996 to September 1996)*
Deputy Director
National Science Foundation

Wendy Baldwin
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health

Caroline Becraft
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense
for Personnel Support, Families and Education
U.S. Department of Defense

Jeremy Ben-Ami
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
White House Domestic Policy Council

Barbara Broman
Director, Children and Youth Policy
Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Claire Broome
Deputy Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Peter Edelman (May 1996 to September 1996)
Assistant Secretary
Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Henry Foster
Senior Advisor to the President on Teen Pregnancy and Youth Issues

Olivia Golden
Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ellen Haas
Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Affairs
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Helen Howerton
Director, Division on Child and Family Development
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Carolyn Huntoon
Science Division
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Joyce Justus
Assistant Director for Social and Behavioral Sciences (May 1996 to August 1996)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Alan Levitt
Special Assistant
Office of Demand Reduction
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Ricardo Martinez
Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Sheila Newton
Director
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Martha Farnsworth Riche
Director
U.S. Bureau of the Census

Marshall Smith
Acting Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Education

Michael Stegman
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Ruby Takanishi
Assistant Director for Social and Behavioral Sciences (August 1996 to November 1996)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Jeremy Travis
Director
National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice

Michael Trujillo
Director
Indian Health Services

Katherine Wallman
Chief Statistician
U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Luther Williams (September 1996)** Assistant Director
Education and Human Resources
National Science Foundation

Catherine E. Woteki
Under Secretary
Research, Education, and Economics
U.S. Department of Agriculture

THE CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE - COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rajen Anand
Director, Program Development
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Bennett Bertenthal
Assistant Director
Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation

Gary Christopherson
Senior Advisor for Health Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense

Joseph Conaty
Director
National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
U.S. Department of Education

Jaleh Daie
Science Liaison to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
Research, Education, and Economics
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Lorna English
Program Analyst
Office of Program Planning and Evaluation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jeffrey Evans
Health Scientist Administrator
Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch
Center for Population Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health

Nancy Gordon
Associate Director for Demographic Programs
U.S. Bureau of the Census

Jeanne Jehl
Senior Associate
Institute for Educational Leadership Policy Exchange

Robert Kominski
Assistant Division Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics
Population Division
U.S. Bureau of the Census

Karen Kovacs
Science Office
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Donna Leno
Chief, Health Education Program
Indian Health Service

David Lloyd
Family Advocacy Program Manager
Office of Family Policy
U.S. Department of Defense

James Marks
Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bill Mollerstrom
Director of Research
Quality of Life Office
U.S. Department of Defense

Martha Moorehouse
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Scott Nelson
Chief
Mental Health Program Branch
Indian Health Services

Belinda Seto
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health

Jeanine Smartt
Policy Analyst
White House Domestic Policy Council

Kenneth Tolo
Senior Advisor to the Secretary
U.S. Department of Education

Maria Vegega
Policy Advisor
Traffic Safety Programs
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

Christy Visher
Science Advisor to the Director
National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice

Katherine Wallman
Chief Statistician
U.S. Office of Management and Budget

STAFF OF THE CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE

Donna I. Coleman
Science Division
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Kim Dennis
Report Specialist
National Science Foundation

Michael Fernandez
Special Assistant
Environmental Protection Agency

David Grissmer
Consultant to The Children's Initiative
Senior Management Scientist
RAND, Critical Technologies Institute

Leila Harris
Executive Secretary
National Science Foundation

Victoria Spears
Liaison to the Committee on Fundamental Science
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Jon-Andrew Whiteman
Research Intern
National Science Foundation

MEETINGS OF THE CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE

May 10, 1996 Planning Meeting
May 30, 1996 Steering Committee
June 11, 1996 Steering Committee
June 26, 1996 Full Committee
July 19, 1996 Steering Committee Meeting with RAND/CTI
June 26, 1996 Full Committee
August 7, 1996 Full Committee
August 19, 1996 Steering Committee
September 12, 1996 Full Committee
September 25, 1996 Steering Committee
October 9, 1996 Steering Committee
October 16, 1996 Steering Committee
October 28, 1996 Full Committee
* Anne Petersen served as co-chair until her departure as Deputy Director from NSF to become Senior Vice President for Programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. At that time, Duane Alexander, Director of NICHD, assumed the co-chair position for the remainder of the Initiative.

**Luther Williams was appointed as NSF representative after departure of Anne Petersen.


Appendix B: Methodology


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National Research Initiative - Appendix A

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