A jury of former elected officials and other prominent national business, labor, education and civil rights leaders will review quantitative and qualitative data to select a winner and runners-up. The Prize Jury is co-chaired by two former governors, one who is also a former Secretary of Education, with deep experience in education and the workforce:

• The Honorable John Engler (Co-chair), Business Roundtable, former Governor of Michigan
• The Honorable Richard Riley (Co-chair), Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP and EducationCounsel LLC; former Secretary of Education; former Governor of South Carolina
• Esther Aguilera, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
• Dr. Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
• David Leonhardt, The New York Times
• Dr. Michael Lomax, United Negro College Fund
• Joe Loughrey, Cummins, Inc. (retired)
• Wes Moore, Author, The Other Wes Moore
• John Morgridge, Cisco Systems, Inc. (emeritus)
• Dr. Charlene Nunley, University of Maryland University College; Montgomery Community College (emeritus)
• Jon Schnur, America Achieves
• General Anthony Zinni, Former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command (CENTCOM); United States Marine Corps (retired)

Affiliations of Prize Jury members listed solely for purposes of identification, and do not reflect organizational endorsement of the Aspen Prize.