COMMITTEE

J. Michael McGinnis, M.D., M.P.P. (Chair), Counselor to the President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC

Daniel R. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

J. Howard Beales III, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC

David Britt, M.P.A., President and CEO, Sesame Workshop (ret), Amelia Island, FL

Sandra L. Calvert, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Director, Children’s Digital Media Center, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Keith T. Darcy, M.B.A., Chairman, Darcy Partners Inc., Pound Ridge, NY

Aimee Dorr, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Dean, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles

Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D., Professor of Applied Health Science, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University

Dale L. Kunkel, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Paul Kurnit, M.A., President, KidShop and Kurnit Communications, Chappaqua, NY

Robert C. Post, Ph.D., J.D., David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT

Richard Scheines, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Head of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Frances H. Seligson, Ph.D., R.D., Nutrition Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA

Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D., Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Ellen A. Wartella, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 

Jerome D. Williams, Ph.D., F.J. Heyne Centennial Professor in Communications, University of Texas at Austin, Advertising Department, Austin, TX

STAFF

Jennifer Gootman, Co-Study Director, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Vivica Kraak, Co-Study Director, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Leslie Sim, Research Associate, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Shannon Wisham, Research Associate, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Linda Meyers, Director, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Rosemary Chalk, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies