Evaluation
Evaluation
Meet the 2022 Blue Ribbon Panel and Alumni Judges
All submitted applications undergo a thorough and comprehensive review that begins with a peer review process. For the applications that move on, they will be reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of highly regarded peer-reviewers, esteemed and accomplished contributors to the education and entrepreneurial communities, and leaders in the Yass Prize alumni cohort. The review process concludes with a Blue Ribbon Panel, a select group of top-industry leaders whose perspective is invaluable to select the final group of awardees.
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Leslye Arsht
Former Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Education in Iraq

Bob Bellafiore
Founder and President, Stanhope Partners

Joni Bessler
Co-Founder, Full STEAM Forward

Rob Blevins
Executive Director, Discovery Center of Springfield

Patricia Brantley
CEO of Friendship Schools
Yass Prize Fellow

Michelle Brown
Founder & CEO, CommonLit, Inc.

Janine Caffrey
Executive in Residence/Senior Advisor, Avathon Capital

Susie Miller Carello
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institute, Stanford University

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

Ben DeGrow
Senior Policy Analyst, Independence Institute

Tillie Elvrum
Founder, Elvrum Consulting

Robert C. Enlow
President and CEO, EdChoice

Jim Goenner
President and CEO, National Charter Schools Institute

Jonathan Harber
Chairman, StartEd Inc.

Rick Hess
Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

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,

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

John Schilling
Founder/President, 2020 Strategies LLC

Carl Schramm
University Professor, Syracuse University

Taylor Shead
CEO of STEMuli
Yass Prize Fellow

Allan Sherer
Founder, New Way Global

Brian Smith
Principal, Catalyst Academy Charter School

Jane Swift
President and Executive Director, LearnLaunch

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
