Community Group Co-Chairs

Doctoral Students Co-Chairs 

• Jake Nicoll, University of Chicago
• Leah Register, Florida State University
• Colby Woods, University of Pennsylvania

First-Generation Scholars Co-Chairs 

• Christopher Saldana, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Rachel White, University of Texas at Austin

LGBTQ+ Co-Chairs 

• Trevor Baisden, Columbia University 
• Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
• Taylor Odle, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Annaliese Paulson, University of Michigan

Policymakers & Practitioners Co-Chairs 

• Matthew Duque, Maryland State Department of Education
• Yuxin Lin, Maryland Higher Education Commission
• Marshall Ogier, Seeding Success

Qualitative Policy Scholars Co-Chairs 

• Laura Rogers, University of Virginia
• Kim Sterin, Drexel University

Scholars of Color Co-Chairs 

• Jeehee Han, Texas A&M University 
• Preeya Mbekeani, American Institutes for Research
• Tuan Nguyen, University of Missouri
• Rachel Perera, Brookings
• Lam Pham, North Carolina State University

Scholars of Education in Developing Countries Co-Chairs 

• Todd Pugatch, University at Buffalo
• Minahil Asim, University of Ottowa