Taylor Scott, PhD Directs the Research Translation Platform in Penn State’s Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative.

Max Crowley, PhD directs the Evidence-to-Impact Collaboration as a Professor of Human Development, Family Studies, and Public Policy at Penn State.

Karen Bogenschneider, PhD is the Former Director of the Family Impact Institute and Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Dr. Apryl Alexander, PsyD, is the Director of the UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center, as well as the Metrolina Distinguished Scholar of Health and Public Policy and Associate Professor at UNC Charlotte.

Elizabeth Day, PhD is Assistant Director of Outreach and a Research Assistant Professor at the HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on bridging research, practice, and policy to support students and families, with a particular focus on evidence use in state and local policymaking.

Dr. Lauren Supplee is a senior leader of a federal research, evaluation and data office. Previously, she worked as a senior program officer at the William T. Grant Foundation, leading initiatives to approaches for improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice, as well as the institutional challenge grants program. 

Ryan is the Deputy Director of the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices, where he assists in the Center’s work to help states develop effective solutions to public policy challenges. Previously, Ryan spent 10 years working with members of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and U.S. Senate Finance Committee to develop and advance legislation to reduce poverty, protect children, improve maternal and child health, and ensure social programs achieve results.

Itzhak Yanovitzky, PhD is Professor of Communication and Public Health at Rutgers University. He is an expert in the areas of behavior change communication, public policymaking, translational research, and program evaluation.

Adam Seth Levine is the SNF Agora Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Many questions pique his interest and excitement, such as when ordinary citizens become engaged in civic life and how people with diverse forms of expertise such as researchers, practitioners, and policymakers collaborate to tackle problems.

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