Advisors

The Project on Student Debt benefits greatly from the experience and feedback of our advisors. This nonpartisan group enables us to view and discuss issues from a variety of perspectives. Views expressed on the Project web site or in Project publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of our advisors. Organizational affiliations are provided for identification purposes only.

Bridget Burns
Member of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and graduate student at Oregon State University; former student body president at OSU and vice president at North Idaho College; former National Chair of the State Student Association Alliance.

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Theresa Fay-Bustillos
Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation and Vice President for Worldwide Community Affairs of Levi Strauss & Co.; former Vice President, Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund.

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Kevin A. Hassett
Director of Economic Policy Studies and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; former Senior Economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; former Chief Economic Advisor to the 2000 presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain.

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Charles E. M. Kolb
President of the Committee for Economic Development; former General Counsel and Secretary of United Way of America; former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (President George H.W. Bush); former Deputy Undersecretary for Planning, Budget and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Education.

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Raymund A. Paredes
Commissioner of Higher Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; former Vice President for Programs at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund; former Director of Creativity & Culture at The Rockefeller Foundation; former Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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Ian Rowe
Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for MTV Networks; former Director of Strategy for President George W. Bush�s USA Freedom Corps; founder and former President of Third Millennium Media.

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Blenda Wilson
Former president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation; former President of California State University, Northridge; former Chancellor of the University of Michigan, Dearborn; former Executive Director of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.

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