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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Presenters and Facilitators
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Presenters and Facilitators
Pages 69-84
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He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Education, the American Philosophical Society, and a mountain in Antarctica has been named in his honor. Holly Harris Bane has been the associate vice president for strategic initiatives and engagement at the University of Akron, Ohio, since 2006.
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Those responsibilities included serving as a member of the senior executive board, having oversight for more than $100M a year in discretionary research funds, having oversight over all external scientific reviews and strategic science planning, serving as the laboratory's principal contact with universities and other institutions, and ensuring the vitality of the scientific staff. Bowles came to Los Alamos in 1979 to establish an effort in weak interaction physics that has gone on to be recognized as one of the leading efforts in the world.
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with honors in political science and history from West Virginia University. Jay is a 1993 Truman scholar, a 1995-1996 foreign language and area studies fellow, a Spencer Foundation fellow from 1996-2000, an international leader delegate to the European Union Visitors Program in 2005, and a 2007 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Academies.
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Current activities: ex officio member, Board of Trustees, the Ohio Academy of Science; ex officio member, Board of Trustees, The Ohio Historical Society; Board of Directors, archivist, and Academy representative, National Association of Academies of Science; past Chair, Central Ohio Technology Day Awards Committee; member of both the State Science Education Standards Advisory Committee and the Technology Education Standards Advisory Committee of the Ohio Department of Education; a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1969; a member of the National Science
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Sackler colloquia and Frontiers of Science symposia; the Koshland Science Museum; and the Office of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs, which brings art exhibits and concerts to the Washington community. He is also the publisher of the Proceedings (PNAS)
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Department of State (2005-2006) working as a senior science advisor for the Office of Korea Affairs and the Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation.
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He has won the National Association of Science Writers' Science-in-Society Award, the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award, the American Chemical Society's Grady-Stack Medal, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Church Medal, the IEEE Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering the Public Understanding of Engineering, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Service to Society Award, the American Society of Engineering Education's President Award, and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters' Silver Reel for National News and Commentary. William C
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Doug is a consultant to the California Economic Strategy Panel, California's first state economic strategy process linked to industry clusters and regions. He helped launch collaborative regional efforts in Sacramento and San Diego.
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In 1986 he came to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department where he rose to the director of resource protection in 1988 and to senior director for aquatic resources in 1990. His programmatic responsibilities include a broad range of natural resource issues: water policy, coastal fisheries; assessing and securing freshwater inflows to estuaries; wetland conservation and restoration; endangered species conservation; and, other issues related to the ecological health of Texas aquatic ecosystems.
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In this research, Nisbet studies how news coverage reflects and shapes policy, how strategists try to mold public opinion, and how citizens make sense of controversies. He has analyzed a wide range of debates, including those over stem cell research, global warming, intelligent design-creationism, plant biotechnology, and hurricanes.
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As the senior executive responsible for the Research Division, he started a unique program to stimulate and nurture interdisciplinary research. He initiated numerous public-private partnerships, such as between Carilion Health Services, Virginia Tech, and the University of Virginia to create the Carilion Biomedical Institute.
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He recently served on the Advisory Board for Washington State University's College of Engineering and Architecture, the Board of Directors for Heritage University (Toppenish, WA) , the Board of Directors of the Kadlec Health System, Washington Technology Alliance, Washington Roundtable, and Washington State University Research Foundation; and currently serves on the Board of Directors for VITEX Systems, Inc.
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As a board member, he helped in the planning and establishment of the West Virginia Institute for Service Learning. John Unger also helped to establish the West Virginia Campus Compact and WVU's Office of Service-Learning Program.
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that strengthen economic ties between the tri-county region and other countries; founder of the Employment and Training Search Program, the Office of Service Learning at West Virginia University, the West Virginia Campus Compact; a founding Trustee to the Mountain Milestone Summer Day Camp for Mentally and Physically Disabled Youth in West Virginia; founding member of the Board of Directors for the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Berkeley and Morgan Counties; former Chairman of the Disaster Assistance Team–Berkeley County American Red Cross and member of the Disaster Assistance Team; Board of Directors for the Jefferson County American Red Cross; Habitat for Humanity; Family Resource Network for the Eastern Panhandle; EVAK K9 Search and Rescue Team; United Way of Berkeley and Morgan Counties; Chamber of Commerce; Martinsburg Rotary; Eastern Panhandle Business Association; and the West Virginia Farm Bureau. From April to July 2003, Senator Unger served as the director of communications for Save the Children International in Iraq.
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Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory regarding homeland security and economic development. Also, he is producer and host of WEPM Panhandle Live, a public affairs radio talk show in the Eastern Panhandle.
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