Acknowledgments

Results for America gratefully acknowledges all the individuals and organizations who contributed their insight, advice, and expertise throughout the development of the 2024 Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence. Results for America would like to thank its State Advisory Committee Members for their guidance.

Meet the Results for America State Advisory Committee

The Results for America State Advisory Committee is composed of leading experts in the field of evidence-based policy. The Advisory Committee provides expertise to help increase the value, credibility, visibility, and relevance of Results for America’s State Standard of Excellence. The members of the advisory committee provide advice during the research, writing, analysis, and scoring of the State Standard of Excellence.

Shelby Kerns
State Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers

Plinio Ayala
President and CEO
Per Scholas

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
President and CEO
Data Quality Campaign (DQC)

Beth Blauer
Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation
Johns Hopkins University

Kailey Burger
Managing Director of the Procurement and Economic Mobility Practice
Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab

Darci Cherry
Director, Center for Results-Driven Governing
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

Yvette Chocolaad
Workforce Policy and Research Director
National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)

Michael Donovan
Associate Director
Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative

Sara Dube
Director
Fiscal and Economic Policy
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Louise Geraghty
Government Partnerships Lead
J-PAL North America

Della Jenkins
Executive Director
Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP)

Chris Kingsley
Director, Data Tools and Measurement
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Ryan Martin
Deputy Director, Center for Best Practices
National Governors Association (NGA)

Christopher Ruszkowski
Chief Executive Officer
Meeting Street Schools
Former Secretary of Education
State of New Mexico

Shrupti Shah
Managing Director
Deloitte

Kathryn Vesey White
Director of Budget Process Studies
National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)

Garrett Warfield
Chief Research and Impact Officer
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)

J.B. Wogan
Senior Strategic Communications Specialist
Mathematica

David Yokum
Director
The Policy Lab at Brown University