Meet the Members
Examiner Club members are drawn from academia, science, the arts, media, and civic life.
Emeritus membership is available for those over age 65 who have been Examiners for at least 10 years. They are welcome to present at or participate in meetings.
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Alfred M. Ajami
Retiree in the rural mid-coast of Maine
Emeritus member -
Jabari Asim
Professor, Emerson College
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James Carroll
Writer
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Chuck Collins
Author
Examiner Club Head of Nominating Committee -
Bonnie Costello
Professor and Author
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Marion Dry
President and Co-Chair, ClassACT HR73
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David Ellis
Former President and Current Trustee Emeritus, Museum of Science
Emeritus member
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Stephen Flynn
Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
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William (Ned) Friedman
Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Examiner Club President -
Kevin Gallagher
Professor and Director, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
Examiner Club Treasurer -
Nancy Gertner
U.S. District Court D. Mass. Judge (Ret.)
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Christopher Hasting
Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer, WORLD Channel
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J. Bryan Hehir
Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion in Public Life, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Emeritus member -
Emily Hiestand
Director of Communications, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Emeritus member -
Gerald Holton
Professor of Physics and of the History of Science, Emeritus, Harvard University
Emeritus member -
Ellen Hume
Journalist, Teacher, Civil Society Activist
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Derrick Z. Jackson
Journalist, Author, and Photographer
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Robert L. Jaffe
Morningstar Professor of Science, Post-Tenure at MIT
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Penelope Jencks
Sculptor
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Thomas Forrest Kelly
Morton B. Knafel Research Professor of Music, Harvard University
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Andrew Knoll
Fisher Research Professor of Natural History, Harvard University
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Kristo Kondakçi
Conductor and Creative Entrepreneur
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Christine Kondoleon
Chair of Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Robert Kuttner
Journalist and Writer
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Renée M. Landers
Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Suffolk University Law School
Examiner Club Vice President -
Andrea P. Leers
Architect and Educator
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Susan Linn
Founding Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (Fairplay)
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Renée Loth
Journalist
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Lisa M. Lynch
Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University
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Juan Mandelbaum
Filmmaker
Examiner Club Head of Programming and Editor of the Monthly Newsletter -
Ranganath Nayak
Chairman and CEO (retired)
Examiner Club Historian -
M Lee Pelton
President & CEO, the Boston Foundation
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Steven Pinker
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
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Dan Rasmussen
Founder, Verdad Advisors
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Donald Shambroom
Visual Artist and Writer
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Deborah Stone
Professor Emerita, Brandeis University
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James M. Stone
Chairman, Plymouth Rock Company
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Kannan Thiruvengadam
Executive Director, Eastie Farm
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Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
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Peter Vanderwarker
Photographer and Author
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Judith Vecchione
Media Maker
Examiner Club Editor for Website Content -
Rosanna Warren
Writer and Professor
Emeritus member -
Dan Wasserman
Cartoonist
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Judith Wechsler
Professor Emerita
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Bob Weinberg
Professor of Biology, MIT
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Deborah Weisgall
Writer
Examiner Club Secretary -
Rick Weissbourd
Senior Lecturer and Faculty Director, Making Caring Common
Emeritus Members
Alfred Ajami
Marcia Angell
Bonnie Costello
David Ellis
Owen Gingerich
J. Brian Hehir
Emily Hiestand
Gerald Holton
Florence Ladd
Christopher Lydon
Rosanna Warren
Frederick Wiseman
Douglas Woodlock