Individuals

The Barron Prize is grateful for the support and counsel of the following advisory board members:

* T. A. Barron, Author, founder of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. For more information, visit: www.tabarron.com

* Ben Barron, Youth Advisory Member

* Brooks Barron, Youth Advisory Member

Kelita Svoboda Bak, Chief Executive Officer, National Youth Leadership Council

Kylene Beers, Senior Reading Researcher, School Development Program at Yale University

Robert Bisi, Communications Strategist, Corporation for National and Community Service

Robert Coles, M.D., Child Psychologist, author of The Spiritual Life of Children

Allison Deines, Director, Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute

Gary Dixon, President, The Foundation for a Better Life

Barbara Elleman, Former Editor, Booklist and BookLinks (publications of the American Library Association)

* Michaella Gallina, Former Barron Prize Winner, Youth Advisory Member

Flip Hagood, Senior Vice President, Student Conservation Association

Shawn Henry, Student Advisor, FEGS Health and Human Services, Young Adult Borough Center (Former Barron Prize Winner), Youth Advisory Member

Gail Klapper, Chairperson, Colorado Forum

Teri Lesesne, Professor, Sam Houston State University

* Sophia Linn, Geography Education Consultant, Fort Collins, CO

Carole MacNeil, Carole MacNeil Consulting

Nancy Weiss Malkiel, Dean of the College, Princeton University

Jeanne E. McCarty, Executive Director, REAL School Gardens

* David Miller, Executive Director, The Denver Foundation

* Barbara Ann Richman, Executive Director, The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Dan Ritchie, Chancellor, University of Denver

Judith Rovenger, Faculty, The Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University

Ralph Sorenson, Former Professor, Harvard Business School

* Anita Southwick, Communications Coordinator, The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Deborah Taylor, School and Student Services Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library

* Ellie Wen, Former Barron Prize Winner, Youth Advisory Member

* Susan Zimmermann, Founder, Public Education and Business Coalition

* These members also serve on the Barron Prize judging committee.