Robert Berenson: appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to advise Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program.
Elizabeth Boris: named a Class of 2009 member of The Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50—her seventh year on the list.
Olivia Golden: appointed to the Board of Trustees for the William T. Grant Foundation. Received the 2009 Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award, awarded annually by the Society of Child and Family Policy and Practice of the American Psychological Association.
Jane Hannaway: appointed to the Aspen Institute's bipartisan commission on No Child Left Behind. Served as co-chair of a National Academy of Education committee on No Child Left Behind.
Robin Harwood: reappointed to the editorial board of Developmental Psychology, one of the premiere peer-reviewed journals in that field.
Harry Hatry: appointed to the board for the Center for Accountability and Performance of the American Society of Public Administration. Named a member of the Peer Review Workgroup, DHHS-CDC Division of State and Local Readiness, 2009.
Sharon Long: received the Urban Institute Presidential Award in Policy Research for her journal article evaluating the first year of Massachusetts's universal health care initiative.
Nancy Minter: named a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association. Also awarded, for the third time, the Special Libraries Association Washington, D.C., chapter's Board of Directors Award—the chapter's highest honor.
Cary Anne Nadeau: awarded two fellowships to attend the Joint Program for Survey Methodology Short Courses, given to survey professionals from groups traditionally under-represented in the field.
Robert Reischauer: Nominated by President Obama to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds.
John Roman, William Adams, and Carly Knight: received the Urban Institute Presidential Award in Policy Research for their innovative evaluation of the effectiveness of using DNA in property crimes.
Rob Santos: Elected annual program chair for the 2011 Annual Conference, American Association for Public Opinion Research. Appointed panel member: NCHRP 08-79: Identifying Credible Alternatives for Producing 5-year CTPP Data Products from the ACS, Transportation Research Bureau, National Academies, 2009.
C. Eugene Steuerle: named Urban Institute's Richard B. Fisher Institute Fellow. Celebrated in 2009 as a 2008 "Living Legend of Alexandria (VA)" nominee.
Eric Toder: Elected treasurer of the National Tax Association.
Roberton Williams and Howard Gleckman: received the Urban Institute Presidential Award in Public Communication for their high-impact work on the 2008 presidential candidates' tax plans.
Stephen Zuckerman: named to a three-year term on the Editorial Board of Health Services Research.