Committee chair
Sioban Harlow
Professor Emerita of Epidemiology
Professor Emerita of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Professor Emerita of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School
Voting ex officio members
Steven R. Ratner
Director, Donia Human Rights Center
Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law
Johanna Eriksson
Director, Scandinavian Studies Program
Collegiate Lecturer and Lecturer IV in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Non-voting ex officio members
John Godfrey
Committee chair emeritus
Special Assistant to the Dean, Rackham Graduate School
Lynnetta Smith
Committee observer
Project Manager, President’s Office
Community members
Irene Butter
Co-founder of the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture and Wallenberg Endowment
Professor Emerita of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Judie Lax
Co-founder of the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture and Wallenberg Endowment
University faculty members
Omolade Adunbi
Director, African Studies Center
Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies
Yazier Henry
Lecturer IV, Ford School of Public Policy
Ivette Perfecto
James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice, School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker
Associate Professor, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Alumni
Zachary Petroni
University of Michigan Wallenberg Fellow, 2013
BA ’13
Students
Nina Naffziger
Undergraduate Donia Center Fellow (BA ’24)
Ariana Carolina Peruzzi
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Philosophy