This year, 103 outstanding candidates were interviewed in March and April by nine regional panels. As usual, it was difficult to choose among them, but we now have chosen the following 30 finalists who will be interviewed in June by the commission members:

Jonathan S. Aronie, Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen, Washington, DC

Yvette Camille Brown Wahler, Commander, U.S. Navy, The Pentagon, Washington, DC

Tina Choi, Director, Global Teaching & Learning Project, United Nations, New York, NY

Samuel A. Cole, Management Consultant, McKinsey & Co., New York, NY

Kimberly A. Connors, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County, CA

Lorelei Coplen, Major, U.S. Army, The Pentagon, Washington, DC

Randall A. Fine, CEO, SmartMouth Technologies, Watertown, MA

Daniel A. Fletcher, Research Scientist, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Jennifer A. Franke, Director of Consumer Marketing and Products, Embark, San Francisco, CA

Frederick W. Kacher, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, USS PRINCETON

Kathryn S. Kissam, Director, Public Affairs and Corporate Marketing, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO

Kris W. Kobach, Law Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

Michael S. Lynn, Physician, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Bruce H. McClintock, Major, U.S. Air Force, Schriever AFB, CO

Ross T. McNutt, Major, U.S. Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington, DC

Martha McSally, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Anne L. Meneghetti, M.D., Vice President, Health Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield,
Boston, MA

Ricardo O. Morales, Major, U.S. Army, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY

Jeffrey T. Oppenheim, Major, U.S. Army, Hanscom AFB, MA

Catherine H. Osman, Captain, U.S. Navy, National Defense University, Washington, DC

Claudia Peters, MBA Candidate, Marshall School of Business, USC, Los Angeles, CA

Stephen Poizner, President, SnapTrack, San Jose, CA

Mary E. Sarotte, Professor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

John E. Shaw, Major, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Roberta L. Shea, Major (Select), U.S. Marine Corps, Miramar, CA

Jonathan S. Spaner, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard, Clearwater, FL

Anthony J. Vogt, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC

David O. Washington, Psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Katherine E. White, Law Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Howard A. Zucker, Physician, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY