Stanley, William G. Tierney--Jamie Merisotis, Lumina Foundation, author of America Needs Talent: Attracting, Educating & Deploying the 21st-Century Workforce

Laura W. Perna is the James S. Riepe Professor and the executive director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a coauthor of The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership for Higher Education and the coeditor of The State of College Access and Completion: Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups.