National Advisory Committee (NAC)

The National Advisory Committee (selected by RWJF and managed by the NPO) is a broad-based diverse group of 8 experts who advise the Foundation on all aspects of the NPO to include:

• Developing grantee selection criteria
• Reviewing and rating grant applications
• Making site visits to applicants
• Making final funding recommendations to the Foundation
• Participating in the NPO's Annual Meeting, if appropriate
• Serving as advisors to the NPO
• Providing technical assistance to sites, when requested
• Assisting with dissemination of program activities and results

Members

• Victor Capoccia, Program Director, Open Society Institute, Baltimore, MD (Chairperson)
• Harneen Chernow, Director, Massachusetts Office of the 1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund, Roxbury, MA
• Diana Yazzie Devine, President and CEO, Native American Connections, Phoenix, AZ
• Barbara Dyer, President and CEO, The Hitachi Foundation, Washington, DC
• Paul Osterman, Deputy Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA
• M. LaVerne Reid, Chair, Department of Health Education, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
• Samuel Scott, Lead Behavioral Instructor, Methodist Family Health, Sherwood, AR
• Diane Troyer, President, Cy-Fair College, Cypress, TX