Class
| • | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | [X] |
Subdivision
| • | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | [X] |
| | 1 | Name: | Dr. France Córdova | | | Institution: | Science Philanthropy Alliance; National Science Foundation; Purdue University | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1947 | | | | | | |
France Anne Córdova is a leader in science, engineering and education with more than three decades experience at universities and national labs. She is currently president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. She has served in five presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican. She is an internationally recognized astrophysicist for her contributions in space research and instrumentation. She has served on both corporate and nonprofit boards.
Córdova was the 14th Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), an $8.5 billion independent federal agency. It is the only government agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery, technological innovation, and STEM education and workforce development.
She is the only woman to have served as president of Purdue University, where she led the university to record levels of research funding, reputational rankings, and student retention and graduation rates.
Córdova is also chancellor emerita of the University of California, Riverside, where she was a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy. She laid the foundation for a medical school, California's first public medical school in over 40 years.
Previously, Córdova served as NASA's chief scientist, representing NASA to the larger scientific community. She was the youngest person and first woman to serve as NASA's chief scientist and was awarded the agency's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal.
Córdova has published more than 150 scientific papers. She has been awarded a dozen honorary doctorates. She was awarded the Kennedy-Lemass Medal from Ireland, and (soon) the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins from Chile, its highest civilian award. She is a Kilby Laureate for "significant contributions to society through science, technology, innovation, invention and education." She was inducted into the California Hall of Fame and the Stanford University Multicultural Hall of Fame. She has been elected to the National Academy of Science, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Córdova received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University and her PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology. | |
| 2 | Name: | Ms. Suzan Shown Harjo | | | Institution: | The Morning Star Institute | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1945 | | | | |
| 3 | Name: | Mr. Alberto Ibargüen | | | Institution: | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1944 | | | | |
| 4 | Name: | Mr. Nicholas Lemann | | | Institution: | Columbia University | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1954 | | | | |
| 5 | Name: | Ms. Leslie Anne Miller | | | Institution: | Philadelphia Museum of Art | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1952 | | | | | | |
Leslie Anne Miller is an attorney who has been a leader in her profession and community for over thirty years. During her twenty-five years as a civil litigator, she compiled a list of "firsts": the first woman partner in her law firm, the first woman elected as President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the first woman to serve as General Counsel of the Commonwealth under Governor Rendell.
Her broad and deep record of civic engagement is notable for the number of leadership positions she has held. She is the current Chair of the Board of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was Chair of the Board of Mount Holyoke College, her alma mater. She also served as interim President of the Kimmel Center for the performing arts and Chair of the Philadelphia Flower Show. In addition, she has been an active member of the Boards of numerous academic and not for profit institutions, including the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple Law School and the Mayor's Cultural Advisory Board.
Equally important has been her work as a mentor and role model for countless women in both the legal profession and broader community. She was the first Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Commission on Women and the Profession and is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Women, along with the Pennsylvania Women's Forum and the Forum of Executive Women. In that same spirit, she has also worked tirelessly to help elect women (and a few good men) to local, state and federal offices.
Her contributions have been recognized with a variety of honors and awards. Among them: selection as a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania; the Philadelphia Bar Association's Sandra Day O'Connor Award; the Alumnae Medal of Honor from Mount Holyoke College and the Globy Award for Lifetime Achievement. She has also received honorary degrees from the Drexel University School of Law, Thomas Jefferson University's College of Health Professionals and Wilson College.
A cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College (1973), Miller received a MA from the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University (1974), a JD from the Dickinson School of Law (1977) and an LLM with honors from Temple University Law School of law (1994). | |
| 6 | Name: | Ms. Tracy P. Palandjian | | | Institution: | Social Finance | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1971 | | | | | | |
Tracy Palandjian is CEO and Co-Founder of Social Finance, a national impact finance and advisory nonprofit that builds innovative partnerships and investments to measurably improve lives. Since 2011, the organization has pioneered the use of innovative public-private partnerships and impact investment strategies, including the Social Impact Bond and the Career Impact Bond, to mobilize capital at scale and deliver sustainable impact in communities across the United States. Prior to Social Finance, Tracy was a Managing Director at The Parthenon Group from 1999 to 2010, where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice and worked with foundations and NGOs to accomplish their missions in the U.S. and globally. Tracy also worked at Wellington Management Company and McKinsey & Company. A frequent speaker and writer on ESG, impact investing, and policy innovation, Tracy is Vice Chair of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. A native of Hong Kong, Tracy is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. magna cum laude in Economics and holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. Tracy previously served as Chair of the Board at Facing History and Ourselves and currently serves on the boards of The Surdna Foundation, The Boston Foundation, and Mass General Brigham. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected to the Harvard Corporation in 2022. | |
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