Regional Review Panels
Finalists will be invited to interview in a region based on the state of permanent residence listed in the application.
Information about each region is listed below. Dates for interviews are fixed early in the cycle and will not change unless absolutely necessary. Please check the date for your regional interview before applying; you cannot request another date for your interview.
Other details about the interviews are subject to change. All Finalists will be notified of any substantive changes. Finalists may wish to check this page in the days before their interview to ensure they have the most up to date information. Finalists are not expected to know more about their panelists than the information listed in these pages.
The Foundation reserves the right to relocate states with fewer than three Finalists when appropriate. If, for example, all Hawaii Finalists attend school on the east coast, the Foundation may arrange to interview these Finalists at an east coast location. These changes will not be made without consulting those students impacted. Finalists from American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the US Virgin Islands will generally be interviewed as part of Washington DC III, unless other arrangements are made.
Dates, location and panelist information for 2026 remain tentative and are published for informational purposes only. Please check back for updated information.
Regional Review Panels
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Georgia Institute for Technology, Bill Moore Student Success Center - Lower Level.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Adair Boroughs, Chair -- Former United States Attorney, District of South Carolina; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Ginny Bowen -- CDR, U.S. Public Health Service; Chief, Communicable Disease Response Team, Office of Refugee Resettlement; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Pam Cook -- Corporate Chaplain and Project Manager, Veritas Management Group; 1984 Truman Scholar
- John Tien -- Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Georgia Tech
- Nate Watson -- Senior Attorney, Federal Trade Commission; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 6, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Don Green, Chair -- Chief Financial Officer, Teachers Retirement System of Texas; 1977 Truman Scholar
- Lisa Doggett -- Family and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Omar El-Halwagi -- Founder & Managing Attorney, The Anti-Discrimination Attorney PLLC; 2011 Truman Scholar
- Sonal Shah -- CEO, Texas Tribune
- Ruben Vogt -- District Chief Advocacy Officer, University Medical Center of El Paso; 2005 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Garrett Martin, Chair --President and CEO, Maine Center for Economic Policy; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Prabal Chakrabarti -- Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Tad Heuer -- Partner, Foley Hoag LLP; 1998 Truman Scholar
- Myles Matteson -- Governor's Legal Counsel, State of New Hampshire; 2005 Truman Scholar
- Rachel Skerritt -- Chief Strategy Officer, Attuned Education Partners; 1998 Truman Scholar
- Maggie Super Church -- Director of Policies and Partnerships, MA Community Climate Bank; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila law firm.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Matt Crowl, Chair -- Founding Partner, Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila LLP; 1982 Truman Scholar
- Steven Cohen -- Cofounder & Board Director, Chicago Media Project; Former Trustee, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
- Ambassador Ertharin Cousin -- CEO and Managing Director, Food Systems for the Future; Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme; Legal Counsel, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
- Clifton Truman Daniel -- Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
- Manasi Deshpande -- Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; 2006 Truman Scholar
- William Godwin -- Managing Principal, Garard Strategies; PhD Student, Howard University; 2006 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 16, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Denver Federal Reserve.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholar alumni) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman alumni hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Wayne Williams, Chair -- City Councilman, Colorado Springs, former Secretary of State, State of Colorado; 1985 Truman Scholar
- Megan Ceronsky -- Founding Partner, Resilire Law; 1999 Truman Scholar
- Courtney Cowley -- Oklahoma City Branch Executive and Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; 2008 Truman Scholar
- Hetal Doshi -- Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; 2000 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 23, 2026
This panel will convene 9:00 am local time at the Kansas City Federal Reserve.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Dr. Kent Bradley, Chair -- Clinical Professor and Vice-Chair, Dept of OBGYN, KU-Wichita; 1986 Truman Scholar
- Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace -- President & CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Jeff King -- Vice-President & COO, Rodel Institute; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Matt Lindsey -- President, Kansas Independent Colleges Association and Foundation; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Tracy McFerrin -- Principal, Credo Philanthropy Advisors LLP; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Jennifer Schmidt -- Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- David Cooley, Chair -- Principal, Cooley Public Strategies; 1982 Truman Scholar
- Howard Hawk -- Former Judge, Alabama 27th Judicial Circuit; 1978 Truman Scholar
- Kendra Key -- Senior Vice-President, Community Engagement; Regions Bank; 2009 Truman Scholar
- Kalee Kreider -- President, Ridgely Walsh, Former Communications Director, Vice President Al Gore; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Travis McDonough -- U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Fund for the City of New York.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Lisette Nieves, Chair -- President, Fund for the City of New York; 1990 Truman Scholar
- Monica Bell -- Professor of Law; Yale University; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Richard Constable -- EVP, Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact, The Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Christine Curella -- Co-Founder, Hive; 2007 Truman Scholar
- Sara Shoener -- Health and Human Services Consultant, Bloomberg Associates; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
Friday, April 10, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Hon. Gail Weilheimer, Chair -- U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1990 Truman Scholar
- Bradley Bridge -- Former Assistant Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Hon. Renee Cardwell Hughes -- Former Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Steve Chanenson -- Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; 1986 Truman Scholar
- Akbar Hossain -- Secretary of Policy and Planning, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 2012 Truman Scholar
- Stefan Johnson -- Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the President, City Council; 2013 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 13, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at Arizona State University.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholars hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- G. Murray Snow, Chair -- Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Arizona; 1982 Truman Scholar
- Bill Gates -- Director, ASU Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory; 1992 Truman Scholar
- Judith Leonard -- General Counsel Emerita, Smithsonian Institute
- Marco Lopez -- President & CEO, Intermestic Partners
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Kevin Higgins, Chair -- Senior Justice of the Peace, State of Nevada; Former Chief Deputy Attorney General for Nevada; 1980 Truman Scholar
- Brooks Allen -- Education Policy Advisor to the Governor, Executive Director, California State Board of Education; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Sanjay Basu -- Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, Waymark Care; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Elizabeth Hill -- Superior Court Judge, State of California, County of San Mateo; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Ron Towns -- Principal, Oakland Unified School District; 2007 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 30, 2026
The panel will convene at 9:00 am local time and will be virtual. Finalists will receive log-in credentials for their interview time.
Panel Members
- Aida Orenstein-Cardona, Chair -- Assistant Chief Counsel at Customs and Border Protection for the Dept. of Homeland Security; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Frances Moran -- Attorney; Clerk of Court, United States District Court for Puerto Rico
- Tere Riera-Carrion -- Consultant; Writer-Editor; Public Speaking Coach; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 9, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Dwight Dively, Chair -- Chief Operating Officer, King County, WA; 1978 Truman Scholar
- Courtney Gregoire -- Vice President & Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft; 2000 Truman Scholar
- Brandon Hersey -- Former Seattle School Board President; 2013 Truman Scholar
- Andrew Lewis -- Attorney, Van Ness Feldman LLP; Former Councilmember, City of Seattle; 2011 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 27, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at St. Catherine University.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Judy Grew, Chair -- Management and Planning Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; 1986 Truman Scholar
- Katherine Blauvelt -- Executive Director, Full Circle Future; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Brendan Johnson -- Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP; 1997 Truman Scholar
- Rachel Paulose -- Senior Litigation Counsel, Upper Midwest Law Center; Former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Steve Simon -- Minnesota Secretary of State; 1990 Truman Scholar
- Karin Velez -- Associate Professor of History, Macalester College; 1995 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 2, 2026
This panel will begin at 9:00 am local time at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick Law Firm.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Darci Vetter, Chair -- Principal, Sower Strategies LLC; Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator, United States Trade Representative; 1995 Truman Scholar
- Bonnie Cohen -- Financial Consultant
- Tarek Ghani -- Assistant Professor of Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Preston Lee -- Co-Founding Member and Treasurer, Potomac Coalition, Inc.; 1981 Truman Scholar
- Andrew Rich -- President, Franklin & Marshall College; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Renee Stone -- Former Senior Advisor - Infrastructure; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 1983 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, April 13, 2026
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview meet ups prior to the finalist interviews. These are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman Scholar hosts (interview panelists do not attend). All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement.
Panel Members
- Hon. Laura Cordero, Chair -- Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Former Trustee, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
- Michael Gale -- Chief of Staff, Office of Employee Development, U.S. Department of the Interior; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Anjali Garg -- Senior Litigation Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Enforcement; 2004 Truman Scholar
- Jeff Navin -- Co-founder, Boundary Stone Partners; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Abbas Ravjani -- Director, Privacy and Public Policy, Meta; Arlington Traditional School PTA; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
This panel will convene on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ChST (Sunday, March 1, 2026/6:30 p.m. ET) and will be virtual.
Panel Members
- Jon Fernandez, Chair -- Chief Human Capital Officer for the Tucson Unified School District; Former Superintendent, Guam Department of Education; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar