The External Advisory Committee will meet with the leadership team to review the progress of the project as a whole, provide critical top-level input, and provide their recommendations to the program on a semi-annual basis.

Committee Members:

Sandra Degen - Professor, Univesity of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UC LEAF, EAC Chair)
Stephaine Goodwin - Program Director, LEADER Consortium-ADVANCE, Wright State University
Alice Hogan - Founder of NSF ADVANCE Program and first NSF ADVANCE Director
Peggy Layne - AdvanceVT Program Director
Jeanne Rosario - Vice President and General Manager, General Electric
Laura Schweitzer - President, Union Graduate College
Jan Schilling - Chief Engineer and General Manager, General Electric
Virginia Valian - Program Director, Gender Equity Project – CUNY ADVANCE
Nora Zorich - Vice President Research & Development, Procter & Gamble