We invited people from a variety of backgrounds to meet and evaluate entries and help select potential winners in each Ruckus Nation competition category (Round 3 judging). Keep reading to meet our judges!
For more on how Ruckus Nation judging works, read our Judging Process Overview page.
To see judge bios and photos, click on the category titles below.
Middle School Category Judges
Steve W. Cole, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Fred Dillon
Director of Product Development, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Ellen H. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Matt Marsh
Founder and Director, firsthand, London, England
Emily Murphy, Ph.D.
Childhood Obesity Researcher, West Virginia University
Carrie Ellis Williams
Director of Field Management, KaBOOM!, Washington, D.C.
Daniel Winter
Student, London, England
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, California
High School Category Judges
Brett Bullington
Angel Investor & Board Member, San Francisco Bay Area
Taylor Carol
Student and Cancer Survivor, Orange County, California
Jim Cuthbertson, MD
Pediatrician, San Francisco Bay Area
Fred Dillon
Director of Product Development, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Chris Economos, Ph.D.
Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
Patricia Gutiérrez
Psychologist, Guadalajara, Mexico
Janis Nakano Spivack
Vice President, Experience Design, Reactrix, Redwood City, California
Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Ph.D.
Virtual Reality Researcher, University of Southern California
Michael R. Rosenfield
Vice President, CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Lalita Suzuki, Ph.D.
Senior Research Analyst, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
College/University Category Judges
Pat Christen
President, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Dennis Crowley
Entrepreneur and Game Developer, New York, New York
Fred Dillon
Director of Product Development, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Ford Hickson
HIV/AIDS Researcher, Sigma Research, Portsmouth, England
Scott Kerslake
CEO, Carrot Centers for Brain and Body Vitality, Berkeley, California
Chinwe Onyekere, MPH
Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey
Katie Salen
Executive Director, Institute of Play, New York, New York
Jennifer Tenney, MD
Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Bay Area
Brendesha Tynes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Max Vieira
Student, Hamden, Connecticut
Other Category Judges
Lucy Bernholz, Ph.D.
President, Blueprint Research & Design, Inc, San Francisco, California
Fred Dillon
Director of Product Development, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Noah Falstein
Game Designer and Producer, The Inspiracy, Greenbrae, California
Debra Lieberman, Ph.D.
Communication Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ann Maloney, MD
Research Psychiatrist, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine
Ernie Medina, Jr., DrPH
Preventive Care Specialist, Beaver Medical Group, Redlands, CA
CEO/Co-founder, XRtainment Zone LLC, Redlands, California
Chris Murchison, MEd
Vice President, Staff Development, Learning and Innovation, HopeLab, Redwood City, California
Miriam Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
Mariah Tate
Student, Edmond, Oklahoma
Austin Wade
Student, Corona, California
List of All Judges | Middle School Category Judges | High School Category Judges | College/University Category Judges | Other Category Judges
Facilities for Ruckus Nation judging provided by San Francisco State University, Executive MBA Program.
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