The NTAR Leadership Center has established a National Research Advisory Panel to provide advice to the center and to play a critical role in shaping its research activities designed to advance state and local knowledge, policy, and practice. Members of the Panel are:

Co-Chairs

Dr. Carl Van Horn, Professor and Director, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University

Dr. Doug Kruse, Professor, Department of Economics and the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University

Panelists

Dr. Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University

Kate D. Brady, Employment Policy and Programming Director, DHR-Division of MHDDAD, Office of Developmental Disabilities

Rex Davidson, President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of New York and Northern New Jersey

John Dorrer, Director, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor

Dr. William G. Johnson, Professor and Director, Center for Health Information and Research, Arizona State University

Elaine Katz, Vice President of Grant Programs and Special Initiatives, The Henry H. Kessler Foundation

Dr. Christopher King, Director, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Richard G. Luecking, President, TransCen, Inc.

Dr. David Mank, Professor and Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University

Jack Mills, Director, National Network of Sector Partners

Steve Miranda, Chief Human Resource and Strategic Planning Officer, Society for Human Resource Management

William Palmer, Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Florida Department of Education

Dr. Wendy Parent, Research Associate Professor and Assistant Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, Lawrence Site, University of Kansas

Toni Riccardi, Senior Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer, The Conference Board, Inc.

Martin Simon, Program Director, Social, Economic and Workforce Development Program Division, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association

Sheila Zedlewski, Director, Income and Benefits Policy Center, The Urban Institute