Staff Biographies    

 Peter H. Henderson is Director of the National Research Council’s Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW).  His areas of specialization include higher education policy, labor markets for scientists and engineers, and federal science and technology research funding. He currently directs BHEW's Study on Research Universities and COSEPUP’s Study on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline, both of which are follow-ups to the National Academies’ Rising Above the Gathering Storm. He has previously contributed as study director or staff to a variety of education and workforce studies including:

• Science Professionals: Master’s Education for a Competitive World;
• Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers; 
• Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States;
• Assessment of NIH Minority Research Training Programs;
• Evaluation of the Markey Scholars Program; and
• Building a Workforce for the Information Economy.

He has also contributed to studies of the research enterprise, including: 

•  Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future,
•  Measuring the Science and Engineering Enterprise,
•  Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education, and 
• Observations on the President's Federal Science and Technology Budget.

Dr. Henderson holds a Master in Public Policy (1984) from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D. in American Political History from The Johns Hopkins University (1994).  He is a former Presidential Management Intern (1984-1986).  He joined the National Academies staff in 1996 and is the recipient of the National Academies' Distinguished Service Award (2003).

Gail Greenfield, Senior Program Officer, specializes in the study of higher education and workforce issues, with specific emphasis on science and engineering.  Current studies include: Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base; and Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries.  Dr. Greenfield received a Ph.D. in Economics from Claremont Graduate University and a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Prior to joining the National Academies staff in 2011, Dr. Greenfield worked for 10 years as a consultant in Mercer’s human capital business and, prior to that, was an Assistant Professor of Economics at The College of Wooster.  

               
   
 Sabrina E. Hall, Program Associate, provides logistical support for the Board on Higher Education.  Before coming to the Academies, Ms. Hall was an office manager for the humanitarian organization CARE.  She received her BA in Theater at Morgan State University (2002) and is currently obtaining a M.S.A. in Non-Profit Management at Trinity University.