Appendix A
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.
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