Our Advisors
Lumina Foundation's goal is to raise the proportion of the U.S. adult population that earns high-quality college degrees to 60 percent by the year 2025, an increase of 16 million graduates above current rates. Lumina relies on its leaders and experts in the field to help the Foundation reach this "Big Goal."
Research Advisory Committee
National higher education experts help the Foundation use research to inform policy and practice in higher education. See our Research Advisory Committee members ↓.
Clifford Adelman
Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (Washington, D.C.)
Jorge Balan
Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education (Canada)
Brian Bosworth
President, FutureWorks (Seattle, WA)
Anthony Carnevale
President, Center on Education in the Workforce, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)
Sally Clausen
Commissioner of Higher Education, Louisiana Board of Regents (Baton Rouge, LA)
Peter Ewell
Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (Boulder, CO)
Patricia Gandara
Co-Director, UCLA Executive Information Studies (Los Angeles, CA)
Stan Jones
President, National Consortium for College Completion
Paul Lingenfelter
President, State Higher Education Executive Officers (Boulder, CO)
David Longanecker
President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Boulder, CO)
Laura Perna
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Sheri Ranis
Senior Research Officer, Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA)
Stephen J. Reno
Chancellor Emeritus, University System of New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.)
Dave Spence
President, Southern Regional Education Board (Atlanta, GA)
Investment Strategy Group
Lumina Foundation relies on investment strategy experts to help guide our investment allocation decisions to preserve and grow the endowment with which Lumina Foundation has been entrusted. See our Investment Strategy Group members ↓.
Dr. Allan S. Bufferd
Treasurer Emeritus, MIT
Marsha Edmunds
Assistant to Dr. Bufferd
Rian Dartnell
Chief Investment Officer, Granite Associates
570 Lexington Ave
30th Floor
New York, NY 10022
rdartnell@granitelp.com
(212) 759-3234
Deirdre Murphy
Assistant to Mr. Dartnell
Stephen McMenamin
Executive Director, The Greenwich Roundtable, Inc.
One River Road, Garden Level
Cos Cob, Connecticut 06807
steve@greenwichroundtable.org
(203) 862-0410
Laura Barrow
Assistant to Mr. McMenamin
Board