Donald Kennedy (committee chair and member, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine), editor in chief emeritus, Science; president emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science emeritus, Stanford University.

Barbara Schaal (committee vice-chair and vice president, National Academy of Sciences), Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University.

Gregory Andorfer, Emmy-winning producer, and former executive director, Maryland Science Center.

Pablo J. Boczkowski, associate professor, program in media, technology, and society, department of communication studies, Northwestern University.

Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author; professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Robert W. Lucky (member, National Academy of Engineering), retired corporate vice president for research, Telcordia Technologies Inc., Fair Haven, N.J.

Joe Palca, science correspondent, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

Henry Petroski (member, National Academy of Engineering), Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering, and professor of history, Duke University; and engineering columnist, American Scientist.

Gregory A. Petsko (member, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine), Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry, Brandeis University.

Cristine Russell, president, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing; senior fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

Dan Vergano, science and medical reporter, USA Today.