Maxine L. Savitz (NAE) (Chair) is a retired general manager of technology partnerships at Honeywell, Inc., and has more than 35 years of experience in managing research, development, and implementation programs for the public and private sectors, including the aerospace, transportation, and industrial sectors. From 1979 to 1983, she was deputy assistant secretary for conservation in the US Department of Energy. She is vice president of the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the Governing Board of the National Research Council. Since 2009, she has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and is its vice chair. She serves on advisory bodies for the Sandia National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Dr. Savitz served on the National Academies Committee on America’s Energy Future and was vice chair of the Panel on Energy Efficiency. She is a fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology. Her past board memberships include the National Science Board, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, the Defense Science Board, the Electric Power Research Institute, Draper Laboratories, and the Energy Foundation. Dr. Savitz has a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1992.
Jonathan Z. Cannon (Vice-Chair) is the Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and director of the Environmental and Land Use Law Program of the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law. He served on President-Elect Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team. Before joining the faculty of UVA, Mr. Cannon worked in EPA as general counsel, assistant administrator for administration and resources management, and chief financial officer. His scholarly interests include the design and implementation of environmental programs, the Supreme Court’s environmental jurisprudence, and protection of watersheds and landscapes. Mr. Cannon holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Patricia A. Berge is the deputy associate director for operations in the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). For the previous 6 years, she led the Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division of LLNL where she managed about 150 scientists who were conducting basic and applied research in energy, environment, and national security. Division scientists support LLNL centers and programs, including the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS), the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), and the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC). Her own research has been in measurement and modeling of elastic and fluid transport properties of porous and cracked rocks. She holds a PhD in geology and geophysics from the University of Hawaii.
Lynda T. Carlson is the recently retired director of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation. Previously, she was director of the Statistics and Methods Group Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy. Dr. Carlson has substantial professional experience in survey design, development, and operation; in innovative techniques for surveying unique populations; and in the organization and management of statistical groups and projects. She received the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award and the Roger Herriot Award of the American Statistical Association for Innovation in Federal Statistics. Dr. Carlson is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association. She was vice-chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Group on National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Illinois.
Philip E. Coyle is a private consultant and senior science adviser to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Coyle served as the associate director for national security and international affairs in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In that position, he had primary responsibility for supporting President Obama and the director of OSTP in developing and executing a wide variety of science and technology initiatives, including those in universities and laboratories that made up the R&D capabilities of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies. In 2005 and 2006, Mr. Coyle served on the nine-member Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC). During the 1995 BRAC, he was cochairman of the DOD Joint Cross-Service Group for Test and Evaluation. From September 1994 through January 2001, Mr. Coyle was assistant secretary of defense and director of operational test and evaluation in DOD. During the Carter administration, he was principal deputy assistant secretary for defense programs in DOE and had oversight responsibility for the nuclear-weapons research, development, production, and testing programs of the department and DOE programs in arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear safeguards and security. From 1959 to 1979 and again from 1981 to 1993, Mr. Coyle worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). His work included serving as deputy associate director of the LLNL laser program. In recognition of his years of service to LLNL and to the University of California, the university named Mr. Coyle laboratory associate director emeritus. The International Test and Evaluation Association awarded him its Allan R. Matthews Award, its highest award, for his contributions to the management and technology of testing and evaluation. He was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal by DOD Secretary Perry and the Bronze Palm of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal by DOD Secretary Cohen. Mr. Coyle received an MS in mechanical engineering from Dartmouth College.
Frank W. Davis is a professor in the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis of the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests are in landscape ecology and conservation planning. Dr. Davis’s research focuses on the landscape ecology of California plant communities, design of protected-area networks, biodiversity implications of renewable-energy development, and biologic effects of regional climate change in the western United States. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a trustee of the Nature Conservancy of California. Dr. Davis has served on a number of National Research Council committees, starting with the Committee on the Formation of the National Biological Survey in 1993. He served on the Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem and as chair of the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress. Most recently, he served on the Committee on Science for EPA’s Future and on the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. Dr. Davis earned a PhD in geography and environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Donald J. DePaolo (NAS) is a professor of geochemistry in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science of the University of California, Berkeley and associate laboratory director for energy and environmental sciences at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He directs the Center for Isotope Geochemistry and the Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2. He was previously on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on the use of naturally occurring isotopes to explore a variety of Earth-science questions related to mantle dynamics and magma-chamber processes and on tracking fluids moving through groundwater systems to trace contaminates. He holds numerous fellowships, including that of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the recipient of the Harold Urey Medal from the European Association of Geochemistry and the MacElwane Award from the American Geophysical Union. Dr. DePaolo was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1993. He holds a PhD in geology from the California Institute of Technology.
Paul Gilman is senior vice president and chief sustainability officer of Covanta Energy Corporation. Previously, he served as director of the Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies and as assistant administrator of the Office of Research and Development in the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He also worked in the Office of Management and Budget, where he had oversight responsibilities for the US Department of Energy (DOE), EPA, and all other science agencies. In DOE, he advised the secretary of energy on scientific and technical matters. From 1993 to 1998, Dr. Gilman was the executive director of the National Research Council Commission on Life Sciences and the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has served on numerous National Research Council committees. Dr. Gilman received a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Johns Hopkins University.
Carol J. Henry is a professorial lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and an adviser and consultant to public and private organizations. She focuses on issues in toxicology, public and environmental health, risk assessment, risk management, research-management strategies, green chemistry and engineering technology, and sustainable practices. She is consultant and secretary for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Green Technology Steering Committee and Environmental Health Advisor to Cummins, Inc. Dr. Henry was previously vice president of industry performance programs in the American Chemistry Council, director of the Health and Environmental Sciences Department of the American Petroleum Institute, associate deputy assistant secretary for science and risk policy in the US Department of Energy, and director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, certified in general toxicology. Dr. Henry is a member of the NSF International Council of Public Health Consultants, the National Research Council Committee on the Design and Evaluation of Safer Chemical Substitutes, the Environmental Health Perspectives Editorial Board, and the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement. Dr. Henry received a PhD in microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Philip K. Hopke is the director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment and the Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of Clarkson University. He is also the director of the university’s Center for Air Resources Engineering and Sciences. His research interests are primarily related to particles in the air, including particle formation, sampling and analysis, composition, and origin. His current projects are related to solid-biomass combustion, receptor modeling, ambient monitoring, and nucleation. Dr. Hopke has been elected to membership in the International Statistics Institute and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Association for Aerosol Research; he has been vice president, president, and a member of the Board of Directors of the latter. He is a member of the National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the International Society of Exposure Science, and the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate and
has been a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. Dr. Hopke has served on a number of National Research Council committees, including the Committee on Energy Futures and Air Pollution in Urban China and the United States, the Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, and the Committee on Air Quality Management in the United States. He received a PhD in chemistry from Princeton University.
Sally Katzen is a visiting professor of the New York University School of Law and a senior adviser to the Podesta Group in Washington, DC. She previously taught in the University of Michigan Law School, George Mason University Law School, George Washington University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Smith College, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Michigan in Washington Program. Ms.Katzen was administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1993–1998, deputy director of the National Economic Council in the White House in 1998–1999, and deputy director for management in OMB in 2000–20001. Before her government service, she was a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and specialized in regulatory and legislative matters. After graduation from law school, she clerked for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ms. Katzen is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States. She served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government and the Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency. She received a JD from the University of Michigan.
Gary S. Sayler is Beaman Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Institute for Biological Sciences. He is also the founding director of the University of Tennessee Center for Environmental Biotechnology. Dr. Sayler’s research interests are in multidisciplinary laboratory and field environmental research; biodegradation of such organic pollutants as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and trichloroethylene; and the ecologic and toxicologic effects of environmental contaminants on the structure and function of microbial communities. He holds 16 patents, including ones for the extraction and analysis of nucleic acids from soils, environmental gene-probe analysis, and bioluminescence biosensor technology. Dr. Sayler is a past chair of the Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors, a former member of the Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee, and a member of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Advisory Board. He holds a PhD in bacteriology and biochemistry from the University of Idaho.
Deborah L. Swackhamer is a professor of science, technology, and public policy in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs of the University of Minnesota, codirector of the university’s Water Resources Center, and a professor of environmental health sciences in the School of Public Health. She studies the processes that affect the behavior of and exposures to toxic chemicals in the environment and works on policies to address potential risks. In 2012, Dr. Swackhamer completed a 4-year term as chair of the Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and she is a member of the Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada. She recently served on the National Research Council Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government. She is also a governor appointee to the Minnesota Clean Water Council. She was president of the National Institutes for Water Resources in 2011–2012. Dr. Swackhamer is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Environmental Science & Technology. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK. Dr. Swackhamer received the 2007 Harvey G. Rogers Award from the Minnesota Public Health Association. In 2009, she received the Founders Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry for lifetime achievement in environmental sciences. She was the 2010 recipi-
ent of the University of Minnesota’s Ada Comstock Award. She received a PhD in limnology and oceanography from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark J. Utell is a professor of medicine and environmental medicine, director of occupational and environmental medicine, and former director of pulmonary and critical-care medicine in the University of Rochester Medical Center. His research has centered on the effects of environmental toxicants on the human respiratory tract. Dr. Utell has published extensively on the health effects of inhaled gases, particles, and fibers in the workplace and other indoor and outdoor environments. He was the co-principal investigator of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Particulate Matter Center and former chair of the Health Effects Institute’s Research Committee. He has served as chair of EPA’s Environmental Health Committee and on the Executive Committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board. He is a former recipient of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Academic Award in Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Utell is a member of the National Research Council Committee on a Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. Previously, he chaired the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Review of the Department of Labor’s Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database, the National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and its Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, the IOM Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service during the Persian Gulf War, and the IOM Committee on Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures. Dr. Utell received an MD from Tufts University School of Medicine.
