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.
Location and panelist information are subject to change. Please check back for updated information.
Regional Review Panels
Friday, March 17th, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Georgia Institute for Technology.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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 -- United States Attorney, District of South Carolina; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Ginny Bowen -- Lead Epidemiologist, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Lieutenant Commander, US Public Health Service; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Pam Cook -- Corporate Chaplain and Project Manager, Veritas Management Group; 1984 Truman Scholar
- Marilyn Metzler -- Senior Analyst, Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/TJFACT; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Nate Watson -- Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia; 2003 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 6, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in the library classrooms.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Fred Slabach, Chair -- President, Texas Wesleyan University; 1977 Truman Scholar
- Cheryl Burtzel -- Counsel, Haynes Boone LLP; 1980 Truman Scholar
- Lisa Doggett -- Senior Medical Director, HGS-AxisPoint Health; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Omar El-Halwagi -- Founder & Chief Advocate, The Anti-Discrimination Attorney PLLC; 2011 Truman Scholar
- Don Green -- Chief Financial Officer, Teachers Retirement System of Texas; 1977 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Boston Federal Reserve.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Tad Heuer -- Partner, Foley Hoag LLP; 1998 Truman Scholar
- Myles Matteson -- Chief, Criminal Bureau, New Hampshire Attorney General's Office; 2005 Truman Scholar
- Rachel Skerritt -- Chief Strategy Officer, Attuned Education Partners; 1998 Truman Scholar
- Maggie Super Church -- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 24, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at Resolution Studios.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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, 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 -- Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; 2006 Truman Scholar
- William Godwin -- President, Gary City Council; Owner, Godwin Realty Company; 2006 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Beatty and Wozniak law firm.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholar alumni) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Robert Burkhardt, Jr. -- Former Head of School, Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center
- Mark Chalfant -- Senior Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency; 1982 Truman Scholar
- Megan Ceronsky -- Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to the President, Executive Office of the President; 1999 Truman Scholar
- Hetal Doshi -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; 2000 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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 virtual 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 -- OB/GYN Physician; KU-Wichita; 1986 Truman Scholar
- Lacy Clay -- Senior Advisor, Pillsbury Law Firm; Former U.S. Representative, Missouri 1st District
- Matt Lindsey -- President, Kansas Independent Colleges Association and Fund; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Tracy McFerrin -- Principal, Credo Philanthropy Advisors; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Jennifer Schmidt -- President, Apricity Programs; Lecturer, KU School of Law
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 20, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at Vanderbilt University.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Jennifer Bailey -- Founder and Executive Director, Faith Matters Network; 2008 Truman Scholar
- Howard Hawk -- Former Judge, Alabama 27th Judicial Circuit; 1978 Truman Scholar
- Kalee Kreider -- President, Ridgely Walsh, 1991 Truman Scholar
- Travis McDonough -- U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Holly Peña -- CEO, Peña Search
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 31, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the City College of New York.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Richard Constable -- EVP, Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact, The Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Christine Curella -- Lecturer, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, City College; 2007 Truman Scholar
- Andrew Rich -- Dean, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, City College of New York; 1991 Truman Scholar
- Sara Shoener -- Director EquityNYC, City of New York; 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
Monday, April 3, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the University of Pennsylvania.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Chair -- President, Amachi, Inc.; Former Mayor of Philadelphia
- Bradley Bridge -- Assistant Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Steven Chanenson -- Professor, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; 1986 Truman Scholar
- Akbar Hossain -- Secretary of Policy and Planning, Governor Josh Shapiro; 2012 Truman Scholar
- Renée Hughes -- President & CEO, Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
- Hon. Gail Weilheimer -- Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; 1990 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
Monday, March 13th, 2023
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 virtual 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
- Ernest Calderón --Attorney and Counselor-at-Law; 1977 Truman Scholar
- Jon Fernandez, Chair -- Chief Human Capital Officer for the Tucson Unified School District; Former Superintendent, Guam Department of Education; 1994 Truman Scholar
- Vicki Fimea -- Senior Analyst, Northern Arizona University; Office of Equity and Access; 1981 Truman Scholar
- Marco Lopez -- President & CEO, Intermestic Partners
- Kris Mayes -- Arizona Attorney General; 1993 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Friday, March 10, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Intercontinental San Francisco Hotel.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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 -- Chief Judge, Sparks, Nevada Justice Court; Former Chief Deputy Attorney General for Nevada; 1980 Truman Scholar
- Brooks Allen -- Executive Director, California State Board of Education; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Sanjay Basu -- Director of Clinical, Waymark; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Elizabeth Hill -- Superior Court Judge, State of California; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Ron Towns -- Principal, Oakland Unified School District; 2007 Truman Scholar
- Heidi Williams -- Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Stanford University; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the King County Chinook Building.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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 -- General Manager and Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft; 2000 Truman Scholar
- Nazir Harb -- Senior Qualitative Researcher, Remitly; 2007 Truman Scholar
- Brandon Hersey -- President, Seattle School Board; Political Director, PROTEC17; 2013 Truman Scholar
- Betty Jang -- Attorney; Trustee, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
- Andrew Lewis -- Councilmember, 7th District, City of Seattle; 2011 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
Monday, March 27, 2023
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 virtual 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 -- Circular Economy Campaign Director, Industrious Labs; 2001 Truman Scholar
- Brendan V. Johnson -- Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP; 1997 Truman Scholar
- Rachel Paulose -- General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Strive Asset Management
- Steve Simon -- Secretary of State of Minnesota; 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
Friday, March 3, 2023
This panel will begin at 9:00 am local time at the Mayer Brown Law Firm.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Ambassador Darci Vetter, Chair -- Global Head for Policy and Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy; 1995 Truman Scholar
- Gabe Amo -- Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House; 2009 Truman Scholar
- Chiraag Bains -- Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Bonnie Cohen -- Financial Consultant
- Preston Lee -- Founding Member, Potomac Coalition inc; 1981 Truman Scholar
- Renee Stone -- Senior Advisor - Infrastructure; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 1983 Truman Scholar
- Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Foundation; 1996 Truman Scholar
- Tara Yglesias -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 am local time at the Mayer Brown Law Firm.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholars) has hosted pre-interview virtual 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
- Dr. Monica Bell -- Professor, Yale Law School; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Michael Gale -- Chief of Staff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; 2002 Truman Scholar
- Abbas Ravjani -- Privacy and Public Policy Manager, Meta; 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
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
This panel will convene at 9:00 a.m. ChST
(Wednesday, March 1st, 2023/6:00 p.m. ET)
Via Zoom
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