Marsha Tyson Darling, Ph.D., is Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Director of the African American & Ethnic Studies Program, at Adelphi University. She joined Adelphi after working as a Rockefeller Fellow in the Oral History Research Office at Columbia University where she collected oral narratives to compile research on the development of formal and informal sector microenterprises by low income women of color in NYC. At Adelphi, Dr. Darling teaches about African American history and culture, the history of conscience and social justice movements, women and international development, and significant issues in globalization. Email: darling@adelphi.edu

Richard Hayes, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society. He has served as a political organizer for a wide range of environmental and social and economic justice organizations since the early 1970's. In the early 1980's he served on the campaign staff of the Democratic Party in California, and from 1983 through 1992 served on the national political and organizing staff of the Sierra Club. He and colleagues founded the Center for Genetics and Society in 2002. Email

Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D., is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning at Tufts University. Professor Krimsky's research has focused on the linkages between science/technology, ethics/values and public policy. He is the author of seven books, including Science and the Private Interest: Has the lure of profits corrupted biomedical research? He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Council for Responsible Genetics and as a Fellow of the Hastings Center on Bioethics.
Email: sheldon.krimsky@tufts.edu

Susan Lindee, Ph.D., is Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania and author of Moments of Truth: Genetic Disease in American Culture. Her research focuses on twentieth-century biological and biomedical sciences, particularly radiation biology, human genetics and genomics; her teaching on science and gender, science and war, and the history of American science. She was a journalist for ten years before she pursued graduate study at Cornell University. Email: mlindee@sas.upenn.edu

David Callahan, Ph.D, is Research Director for Demos. He has written extensively about American history, business, and public policy. He is author of The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead. Prior to co-founding Demos, David was a Fellow at the Century Foundation from 1994 to 1999, where he engaged in wide ranging public policy research and analysis. Email: dcallahan@demos-usa.org

Leif Wellington Haase is a Program Officer and Health Care Fellow at The Century Foundation. He holds M.Phil and M.A. degrees from Yale University. Haase served as staff director of the Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform and was the co-author of its final report, Medicare Tomorrow. He is also the author of Medicare Reform: The Basics. He is currently director of TCF's project on bioterrorism and public health preparedness. Prior to joining The Century Haase taught at Yale and at the Dalian University of Technology, People's Republic of China.


Sponsoring Organizations

Demos is dedicated to helping build a society where America can achieve its highest ideals. Demos believes that requires a democracy that is robust and inclusive, with high levels of electoral participation and civic engagement, and an economy where prosperity and opportunity are broadly shared and disparity is reduced. Founded in 1999, Demos' work combines research with advocacy -- melding the commitment to ideas of a think tank with the organizing strategies of an advocacy group. Web: http://www.demos-usa.org

The Center for Genetics and Society is a nonprofit information and public affairs organization working to encourage responsible uses and effective societal governance of the new human genetic and reproductive technologies. It works with a growing network of scientists, health professionals, civil society leaders, and others. The Center works in a context of support for the equitable provision of health technologies domestically and internationally; for women's health and reproductive rights; for the protection of our children; for the rights of the disabled; and for precaution in the use of technologies that could alter the fundamental processes of the natural world. Web: http://www.genetics-and-society.org

Since The Century Foundation's founding in 1919 (known throughout most of its lifetime as the Twentieth Century Fund), it has called attention to facts and analyses that have corrected widespread misconceptions and provided policymakers with new ideas for addressing the challenges facing the nation. The Foundation's mission is to persuade those who care about issues such as economic inequality, population aging, homeland security and national security, that significant improvements are possible even when the conventional wisdom says they are not. Web: http://www.tcf.org