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In 2010 I served as the President of the Council for Chemical Research (CCR), a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve chemical innovation through collaboration and advocacy. Before joining CCR I worked for The Dow Chemical Company for three decades in various positions in the R&D organization. From 2006 to 2010 I served as Senior Director of External Science & Technology Programs. In that capacity I was responsible for Dow’s sponsored research programs at over 150 universities, institutes, and national laboratories worldwide and also for Dow’s contract research activities with U.S. and European government agencies. I also had responsibility for U.S. recruiting and hiring for R&D. I worked on issues related to science policy and government funding for research from Dow’s office in Washington, DC. Prior to that I held several other positions at Dow in Midland, Michigan including Director of Cooperative and Contract Research, Senior Resource Leader for Atomic Spectroscopy and Inorganic Analysis within the Global Analytical Sciences Laboratory, Manager of Ph.D. Hiring and Placement, Safety and Regulatory Affairs Manager for Central Research, and Principal Investigator on various catalysis research projects in Central Research. I am past president of the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, an organization in the National Academies which works to strengthen research collaborations between universities and industry. I am also a member of the Council of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable in the National Academies and a member of the board of directors of the Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America. I am a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, and the Association of Women in Science.I hold the degrees of B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University.