Evaluation
Evaluation
Meet the Blue Ribbon Panel and Alumni Judges
All Yass Prize applications undergo a thorough and comprehensive review process that begins with a panel of judges comprised of highly regarded peer-reviewers, esteemed and accomplished contributors to the education and entrepreneurial communities, and leaders in the 2021 Yass Prize alumni cohort. We are excited to introduce our Blue Ribbon Panel and Alumni Judges.
Bob Bellafiore
Founder and President, Stanhope Partners
Ashley Berner
Director and Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy
Joni Bessler
Co-Founder, Full STEAM Forward
Rob Blevins
Executive Director, Discovery Center of Springfield
Jim Blew
Policy Consultant and Co-Founder, Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies
Wally Boston
President, American Public University System
Patricia Brantley
CEO of Friendship Schools
Yass Prize Fellow
Janine Caffrey
Executive in Residence/Senior Advisor, Avathon Capital
Andrew Campanella
President, National School Choice Week
Jamie Candee
CEO, Edmentum
Dennis Cariello
Shareholder & Education Group Co-Chairman, Hogan, Marren, Babbo & Rose, Ltd.
Laura Cassidy
Co-Founder and Board Chair, Lousiana Key Academy
Sam Caucci
Founder & CEO, 1Huddle
Joy Chen
Entrepreneur In Residence, GSV Ventures
Ulrik Christensen
CEO, Area9 Lyceum
Vinice Davis
Impact Investor, Imaginable Futures
Sharif El-Mekki
CEO, The Center for Black Educator Development
David Ellis
Program Founder, High School for Recording Arts
Tillie Elvrum
Founder, Elvrum Consulting
Robert C. Enlow
President and CEO, EdChoice
Jim Goenner
President and CEO, National Charter Schools Institute
Khalil Graham
CEO, Kairos Academy
Emily Anne Gullickson
CEO and Founder, A for Arizona
Jonathan Harber
Chairman, StartEd Inc.
David Hardy
Former CEO and Co-Founder, Boys' Latin of Philadelphia
Michael Horn
Chair, The Clayton Christensen Institute
Colleen Hroncich
Policy Analyst, Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom
Jeffrey Imrich
Co-Founder, Rock by Rock
Renee Johnson
Principal, New Testament Christian Academy
John F. Kirtley
Founder and Chairman, Step Up For Students
Erica Komisar
Clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach and author,
Sandy Kress
Consultant, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jeffrey Moss
Founder and CEO, Parker Dewey
Stefin Pasternak
Co-Founder, Living School
Michael Petrilli
President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Anita Rehman
Partner, Global Silicon Valley
Darla Romfo
President, Children's Scholarship Fund
Peter Ruppert
Founder/CEO, Fusion Education Group
John Schilling
Founder/President, 2020 Strategies LLC
Taylor Shead
CEO of STEMuli
Yass Prize Fellow
Allan Sherer
Founder, New Way Global
Christopher Simmonds
Principal, CARE Elementary
Brian Smith
Principal, Catalyst Academy Charter School
Sarah Tantillo
Creator of Literacy Cookbook, Educational Consultant
Anne Wicks
Ann Kimball Johnson Director, Education and Opportunity, George W. Bush Institute
Patrick Wolf
Distinguished Professor of Education Policy, University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions
Susan Wolford
Former Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets
