Sara Watson is the director of ReadyNation, a business membership organization whose 1,100 members advocate for investments in children and youth in order to improve the economy and workforce. She recently launched an initiative to work with other countries to help them create their own business champions for children. Her interests include economic evidence for early childhood investments and the wide range of business actions. She directed The Pew Charitable Trusts' 10-year national campaign to advance early education, which contributed to a doubling of state spending. She designed and launched two other Pew campaigns, on home visiting for at-risk families and on states using cost-benefit data to inform policy. She holds a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Carleton College, and a MPP and Ph.D. from the Harvard Kennedy School.