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Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members
Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members
Pages 65-72
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She began her career at DuPont in 1988 as a marketing manager and went on to assume positions of increasing responsibility; in 2008 she was tapped to lead the company's focus on growth in emerging international markets. She is a member of the US-India CEO Forum, the Business Council, the executive committee of SCI-America, the board of directors of United Technologies Corp., and the board of overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering.
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He also served as head of the Department of Civil Engineering and dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and as provost at the University of Washington. He has received nine national awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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She initiated the DiscoverE K–12 volunteer program for Engineers Week 1990; National Engineers Week Future City Competition in 1993; Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day in 2001; Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering in 2005; and the foundation's Diversity Council in 2008. She began her career in public relations at the American Gas Association and went on to become public relations director for the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
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The firm achieved national visibility for successful branding efforts on behalf of Rockport footwear, the New York Daily News, Prudential Retirement Services, M assachusetts General Hospital, Grolsch beer, and Boston's Museum of Science. Gearon Hoffman has also assisted a number of academic institutions, including Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Simmons College.
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Kramer is executive creative director at the advertising and public relations firm Keiler & Company, where she oversees print and broadcast advertising, collateral, direct mail, and interactive projects. She is an award-winning copywriter who has broad experience working with clients in a variety of industries: financial services, banking, insurance, health care, aerospace, high technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, publishing, and the performing arts.
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Prendergast is executive director and COO of IEEE, leading a staff of approximately 1,100 employees in US and overseas locations. He was previously corporate vice president and chief technology officer for DuPont Electronic and Communication Technologies, where he accelerated growth in the electronics and communications high-tech markets, and before that he was vice president and director of Motorola's Physical Sciences Research Laboratories, where he directed long-range research in future integrated systems, energy, lab-on-a-chip, and speculative "reach-out" initiatives.
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She is president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives and in 2012 was named one of STEMConnector's "100 Women Leaders in STEM." She is also a certified association executive and a member of the IEEE, ASCE, and ASME. She earned a BS in electrical engineering from Michigan State University, a master's in software engineering from the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, and an MBA in strategic management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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