To build a center of excellence in Washington DC that convenes scientists,innovators, policymakers, academics, funders, and other stakeholders to address international research challenges that improve global development, security,prosperity, and diplomacy missions – utilizing impact and innovation driven discussions, tools, & platforms

Astute,versatile, and tenacious senior executive with expertise in U.S. Executive Branch and Congressional affairs, offering more than 30 years of experience in building and managing global science and innovation policy and programs.Exceptional track record in visioning, strategic planning, networking,partnering, raising funds, and utilizing team building, advocacy campaigns,public speaking, and listening skills to implement impactual initiatives to successful completion impacting global scientific, development, economic,security, and diplomacy missions.

• Helped established CRDF Global by building campaign to take from legislation to actual organization and then helped ensure organization’s success with first USG match from NIH.

• Founded and directed U.S. - North Korea Science Engagement Consortium (2007-2012) creating non governmental consortium credible with US and DPRK governments, meeting with North Koreans on more than 15 occasions, negotiating and signing numerous agreements, building partnerships, and securing over $800,000 to implement science capacity and research engagements.  Significant public speaking and publications.

• Represented U.S. in Global Science Forum in Paris (OECD) identifying areas for global engagement and bringing together key stakeholders that led to implementation of GBIF (biodiversity informatics) and NBIF (neuroscience informatics): http://www.gbif.org/ and http://www.incf.org/

• Visioned and led science diplomacy campaign with CRDF Global, Partnership for a Secure America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science to broaden public understanding of science diplomacy:  helped develop a statement signed by leading scientists, Nobel laureates, and foreign affairs experts; published opinion editorials throughout country; organizing targeted events across the U.S.

• Developed campaign in 2008 targeting presidential candidates Obama and McCain to focus on international science; proposed a Global Science Fund that was unveiled in testimony on Capitol Hill

• Conceptualized and co-authored study for RAND’s Science and Technology Policy Institute entitled “Linking Effectively:  Learning Lessons from Successful Collaborations in Science and Technology” resulting in multi-country initiative at OECD Global Science Forum in Paris; as part of this study wrote analysis on human genome collaboration interviewing leading scientists in UK, China, US, and France

• Directed ten year campaign to build Congressional support for CRDF Global resulting in greater appreciation of science diplomacy on Capitol hill, new Congressional champions, and the first major science engagement authorizing legislation to be voted out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

• Worked for ten years with House and Senate appropriations committee to raise awareness of science engagements and CRDF Global, resulting in annual report language for CRDF Global each of ten years -- and an eventual two year appropriation totaling $10M resulting in creation of the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, a signature Presidential initiative building a new generation of early start up innovation entrepreneurs throughout 50 countries

• Rendered high level of assistance in the establishment of Women in International Security (WIIS), as a MacArthur Fellow and then twenty years later was asked to join board and became Vice President and Co-President

• Managed U.G. government interagency on global science engagement at White House for President’s Science Advisor resulting in broad array of initiatives focusing particularly on the Americas, Russia, Japan, and China

• Launched effort to engage Myanmar by bringing together key stakeholders, consulting with Myanmar government/university leaders and designing strategy for engaging in scientific capacity building and research

• Cultivated strong relations and/or significant funding from key foundations, including Gates Foundation, Ploughshares Fund, MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Google Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Soros Foundation, Luce Foundation, and Lounsbury Foundation

Direct small team managing U.S. government outreach for $25M non-governmental organization

• Lead organization in outreach to Capitol Hill:  secured two annual directives totaling $10 million that is now signature international innovation initiative of Obama Administration; engaged CRDF Global stakeholders in hundreds of meetings and major events on Capitol Hill; designed key input and recruited Congressional leadership of House Foreign Affairs Committee to sponsor and approve first significant science diplomacy authorizing legislation; helped design testimony calling for a Global Science Fund
• Developed targeted campaigns for raising CRDF Global visibility both in private sector and US Government sector, particularly with the USG (State Department, DOD, USAID, NSF and NIH)

Serve as the principal of consulting practice specializing in advising,building and funding significant public/private sector partnerships - clients included: 

• RAND/Science and Technology Policy Institute – authored reports on international science for the White House
• Yosemite National Institutes - represented environmental education organization in Washington, D.C.
• CRDF Global – advised on fundraising resulting in significant funding from NIH and Gates Foundation

Directed 12 person office of professionals managing numerous initiatives, including a biotechnology grants program with Egypt, fellowship program with Japan, biomedical engagements with South Africa, Mexico, and Chile

• Represented and assisted 24 NIH institutes with engaging US and global policy and health communities to advance global biomedical agendas
• Helped fund CRDF Global with first of 10 annual contributions from NIH
• Initiated and identified talent to engage OECD global science forum on bioinformatics and neuroinformatics resulting in two organizations

Managed US government technical agencies working with the Department of State addressing key issues for the President’s science advisor, including strategic approaches and initiatives with Russia, Japan, China, Korea, India,South Africa, Canada, and Mexico

• Represented White House on delegation with Secretary of Commerce to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt to further S&T relations
• Conceptualizing strategies for worldwide collaboration and cost sharing on large scale “megascience” projects
• Worked with NSF and DOD to establish $10M Civilian R&D Foundation (CRDF)

Managed US governmental agencies in developing long-term science and technology relations with Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Philippines; served as Executive Secretary of US-Japan Science and Technology Agreement

• Negotiated first US-Korea and US –Slovenia S&T Agreements; re-negotiated US-Japan S&T Agreement
• Earned promotion to a management position, directing $4.2 million S&T joint fund with countries of Central and Eastern Europe

• Master in Public Management, with Focus on National Security Affairs, 1988
  • School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Bachelor of Arts in International Development, 1983
  • Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle WA