Judith M. Gueron

Judith Gueron is an Independent Scholar in Residence and President Emerita at MDRC. She joined MDRC at its founding in 1974 and served as its President from 1986 through 2004. At MDRC, Gueron directed many of the largest federal and state evaluations of interventions for low-income adults, youth, and families and was a pioneer in developing research methods that have made it possible to base social programs on rigorous evidence of effectiveness. She is past President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and recipient of the American Evaluation Association's Myrdal Prize for Evaluation Practice, the Richard E. Neustadt Award from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and APPAM's Peter H. Rossi Award for Contributions to the Theory or Practice of Program Evaluation. Gueron received her B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Radcliffe College and her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.