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Biographies of Planning Committee Members

GARY MARCHANT, Chair, is a Regents Professor of Law and the director of the Center for Law, Science and Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests include legal aspects of genomics and personalized medicine, the use of genetic information in environmental regulation, risk and the precautionary principle, and governance of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, neuroscience, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. He teaches courses in law; science and technology; genetics and the law; biotechnology: science, law, and policy; health technologies and innovation; privacy; big data and emerging technologies; and artificial intelligence: law and ethics. He was named a Regents Professor in 2011 and also is a professor in ASU’s School of Life Sciences, a Distinguished Sustainability Scientist in ASU’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, and is a Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies Law and Ethics with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU. Prior to joining ASU in 1999, Marchant was a partner at the Washington, DC, office of Kirkland & Ellis, where his practice focused on environmental and administrative law. During law school, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology and the editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, and was awarded the Fay Diploma (awarded to the top graduating student at Harvard Law School). Marchant frequently lectures about the intersection of law and science at national and international conferences. He has authored more than 150 articles and book chapters on various issues relating to emerging technologies. Among other activities, he has served on five previous National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committees (including the Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase 2, February 2013-present; the Committee on Assessment of Solid State Lighting, May 2011-February 2013; and the Committee on State Practices in Setting Mobile Source Emission Standards, 2004-2006), has been the principal investigator on several major grants, and has organized numerous academic conferences on law and science issues. He has a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of British Columbia.

CARLA BAILO is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). Bailo is a leader in engineering and vehicle program management with 35 years of experience in the automotive industry. In addition to her role at CAR, Bailo is the 2016-2018 vice president of automotive for SAE International, a global association of more than 138,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. Prior to joining CAR, Bailo was the assistant vice president for mobility research and business development at The Ohio State University. In that capacity, she assisted the university in accelerating sustainable mobility and transportation innovation, while integrating related research and education

across Ohio State’s academic units. She also helped coordinate Ohio State’s involvement as the primary research partner for Smart Columbus, a $140 million program to transform central Ohio into a premier transportation innovation region. Bailo has 25 years of experience at Nissan North America, Inc., where in her most recent role at Nissan she served as the senior vice president of research and development (R&D). She was responsible for vehicle engineering and development operations in Michigan, Arizona, Mexico, and Brazil, managing a $500 million budget and 2,500 employees. In this role, she improved the efficiency of Nissan’s R&D functions. Bailo has an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kettering University.

NADY BOULES is the president of NB Motors, LLC. He began his engineering and management consultancy practice with a focus on electrified, connected, and autonomous vehicles in September 2013 after 45 years of engineering experience (32 years with General Motors and Delphi), including 14 years as the director of R&D and innovation. In his most recent capacity as the director of GM’s Research & Development’s Electrical & Control Systems Research Lab, Boules was responsible for the development of advanced electrical systems and components for electrified, connected, and automated vehicles to enhance vehicle safety, comfort, and efficiency. He led all R&D activities in the areas of electronics and control software globally and coordinated research in this area, internally with sister research laboratories and engineering customers; and externally with collaborators at universities, national laboratories, suppliers, and other automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) (United States Council for Automotive Research). Boules first joined General Motors Research Laboratories in 1982. He held several positions leading and managing research activities in automotive mechatronic and electric drive systems. In September 1999, he was named the director of R&D for Delphi Steering Systems in Saginaw, Michigan. His responsibilities expanded to cover brakes and suspension when he was named the director of the dynamics innovation center in 2002. In 2005, he was named the director, dynamics innovation center and materials engineering and his responsibilities expanded to materials for the Energy and Chassis division. From May 2006 until returning to GM, he held the position of director, innovation and technology leadership. Boules received his doctorate of engineering degree in 1978 from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. He is the author of numerous patents and technical and invited papers and has received several awards from GM in recognition of his accomplishments, including the John Campbell Award (for scientific accomplishments), the Charles McCuen Award (recognizing contributions to the business success of GM), the Extraordinary Accomplishment Award, and the President’s Council Honors Award. Boules has been a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 1991 and was named a life fellow in January 2015. He is also the recipient of the 2011 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award. He is a member of the Industry Applications Society and a past member of its executive board. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS-A) and a member of the executive board of several university consortia, and currently serves on the Committee on Review of the U.S. DRIVE Research Program of the National Academies.

ZHENHONG LIN is a senior R&D staff member at the National Transportation Research Center of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a joint associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Tennessee. As the principal investigator and manager of the Transportation Energy Evolution Modeling program, he is interested in analyzing technologies, strategies, and policies that can transform the transportation energy system for societal objectives. Lin received the 2017 Vehicle Technologies Office Distinguished Achievement Award for his contributions to a joint study on Connected and Automated Vehicle energy impact. He also received the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office R&D Award for his work on modeling consumer choices of advanced powertrain technologies. Having authored more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, Lin has studied electric vehicle (EV) market acceptance, range optimization for battery and fuel cell EVs, on-road fuel economy, alternative fuel infrastructure optimization, diesel engine injection control, and fuel cell powertrain simulation. Lin is a member of the Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies’ Committee of the Transportation Research Board and a senior member of IEEE. He received his Ph.D. in transportation engineering in 2008 and his M.S. in transportation technology and policy from the University of California (UC), Davis. Before that, Lin obtained his B.E. and M.S. in automotive engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

JOSHUA LINN is an associate professor at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF). Linn’s research centers on the effect of environmental regulation and market incentives on technology, with particular focus on the electricity sector and markets for new vehicles. His work on the electricity sector has compared the effectiveness of cap and trade and alternative policy instruments in promoting new technology, including renewable electricity technologies. Studies on new vehicles markets investigate the effect of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and fuel prices on new vehicle characteristics, technology, consumer well-being, and manufacturer profits. He has published in leading general interest and field journals in environmental, energy, and health economics. Linn, who joined the University of Maryland in 2018, joined RFF in March 2010, was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Linn holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and a B.A. in astronomy and physics from Yale University.

ANNA STEFANOPOULOU is the William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing at the University of Michigan. She has been on the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2000. She obtained her diploma (1991, National Technical University of Athens, Greece) in naval architecture and marine engineering and her Ph.D. (1996, University of Michigan) in electrical engineering and computer science. She served as the director of the Automotive Research Center, a multi-university U.S. Army Center of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicles (2009-2018). She was an assistant professor (1998-2000) at UC Santa Barbara, and a technical specialist (1996-1997) at Ford Motor Company, where she developed and implemented multivariable controllers for advanced engines and powertrains. She has been recognized as a fellow of three different societies; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2008), IEEE (2009), and SAE (2018). She is an elected member of the executive committee of the ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Division and the board of governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society. She is the founding chair of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Energy Systems Technical Committee and a member of the National Academies’ Committee on Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3. She is a recipient of the 2018 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, the 2017 IEEE Control System Technology award, the 2012 College of Engineering Research Award, the 2009 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, a 2008 University of Michigan Faculty Recognition award, the 2005 Outstanding Young Investigator by the ASME DSCD, a 2005 Henry Russel award, a 2002 Ralph Teetor SAE educational award, a 1997 National Science Foundation CAREER award and selected as one of the 2002 world’s most promising innovators from the MIT Technology Review. She has co-authored a book, 20 U.S. patents, and more than 250 publications (5 of which have received awards) on estimation and control of internal combustion engines and electrochemical processes such as fuel cells and batteries.

DEIDRE STRAND is the chief scientific officer at Wildcat Discovery Technologies. Strand has more than 25 years of experience in materials research, development, and commercialization, primarily in the areas of energy storage (lithium ion batteries) and electronic applications. Prior to joining Wildcat in 2012, she served as a research fellow at Dow Chemical, where she was the technical lead in Dow Energy Materials, as well as the principal investigator on external research programs with universities and national labs on battery materials. Strand also has extensive experience in patent analysis and technical due diligence of new technologies. She completed her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the supervision of Professor John Schrag. Her Ph.D. research focused on rheology and birefringence of polymeric solutions. Strand also holds an M.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S. in chemistry from North Dakota State University.

KATE WHITEFOOT is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She is a thrust leader of Technology Commercialization for the Next Manufacturing Center and a faculty affiliate at the Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. Prior to her current position, she served as a senior program officer and the Robert A. Pritzker fellow at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), where she directed the NAE’s Manufacturing, Design, and Innovation program. Whitefoot’s research bridges engineering design theory and analysis with that of economics to study the design and manufacture of energy efficient and low-carbon products and processes and their adoption in the marketplace. Her areas of

expertise include vehicle fuel efficiency, consumer choice, design and adoption of green products, energy-efficient and productive manufacturing, and energy and environmental policies. Whitefoot has gained recognition nationally and internationally for her research and teaching. She served on the National Academies’ Committee on the Review of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory. Her research is featured in The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics, Bloomberg Business, and Business Insider, and referenced in the 2017-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy rulemaking. She has worked with several companies in automotive, aerospace, and high-tech industries, and has been invited to present briefings at the White House, Capitol Hill, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Whitefoot earned three degrees from the University of Michigan: a B.S. and an M.S. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in design science—a multidisciplinary program where she concentrated in mechanical engineering and economics, completing course sequences and having an advisory committee across both disciplines.