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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members
Pages 109-128

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From page 109...
... Adkins has held a number of development and management roles in his IBM career, including general manager positions for the PC Company, UNIX Systems, and Pervasive Computing. Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2005, Adkins is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council, and the National Society of Black Engineers, which in 2001 awarded him the Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Industry.
From page 110...
... In 1982 Atkins assumed academic leadership positions as associate dean for research and graduate programs and later interim dean of engineering at the University of Michigan. As part of a leadership team with James Duderstadt and Charles Vest, he presided over the rapid rejuvenation of the UM College of Engineering.
From page 111...
... Atkinson has also served as president of the National Business Education Association and the National Association of State Directors for Career-Technical Education Consortium. She is currently serving as the president of the National Council of Chief State School Officers.
From page 112...
... Hooks, executive director of the NAACP, on an IBM social service leave from March 1982 to September 1983. He is a graduate of West Virginia State University, a member of the board of directors and a past president of the university's foundation, and a life member of the West Virginia State University National Alumni Association.
From page 113...
... She has published more than 150 scientific papers. In 1997, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
From page 114...
... He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, former chairman of the board of the University Corporation Atmospheric Research, former member of the Microsoft Research Corporation External Advisory Board, and current member of the boards of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Foundation, Council on Governmental Relations, National Weather Museum and Science Center, and Norman, Oklahoma, chamber of commerce. He also is a trustee of Southeastern Universities Research Association.
From page 115...
... Gibbs conducts policy-relevant research aimed at strengthening the research enterprise. His work focuses on: biomedical graduate and postdoctoral training, workforce development and workforce diversity (specifically, understanding the mechanisms of career development among recent biomedical Ph.D.
From page 116...
... Kimberly A Green has worked extensively on federal policy impacting career and technical education (CTE)
From page 117...
... He has been recognized for his outstanding technical contributions to cloud computing and service-oriented architecture. Greer has been appointed fellow of the National Cybersecurity Institute where he assists government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cybersecurity policy, technology, and education.
From page 118...
... , a U.S. Department of Energy national lab, which is the largest research facility of Princeton University and one of the largest alternative energy research facilities in the country.
From page 119...
... Holt served 8 years on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and, from 2007 to 2010, chaired the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, which worked to strengthen legislative oversight of the intelligence community. His legislative work earned him numerous accolades, including being named one of Scientific American magazine's "50 National Visionaries Contributing to a Brighter Technological Future" and a "Champion of Science" by the Science Coalition.
From page 120...
... Most recently, he was senior vice president of Education Policy and Strategic Alliances. During Livingston's time at McGraw-Hill, he variously held general management responsibility for intervention, career and technical education, supplemental publishing, advanced placement, adult basic education, workforce training, fine arts, and college readiness.
From page 121...
... Mary Alice McCarthy joined the Higher Education Policy Team at the New America Foundation, where she serves as a senior policy analyst and focuses on the intersection between higher education, postsecondary career and technical education, and workforce development programs. Most recently, she was a member of the Policy, Research and Evaluation Staff team at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
From page 122...
... Ortiz has served on the editorial boards of Science, Advanced Biomaterials, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Applied Mechanics Reviews. She has served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the U.S.
From page 123...
... Pollard is a member of the Community College Advisory Panel at the College Board and the Higher Education Research and Development Institute Advisory Board. Closer to home, Pollard serves on several boards, including Montgomery County Business Development Corporation, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Universities of Shady Grove, the Tech Council of Maryland, IMPACT Silver Spring, and Generation Hope.
From page 124...
... He has developed innovative partnerships with local and global businesses that have resulted in Montgomery College becoming a center for continuing education and training for already skilled workers, as well as an on-ramp for people starting or changing careers. He is currently serving as chair of the Maryland Council of Community College Chief Academic Officers (CAOs)
From page 125...
... Rudman also served as the director of the Health Information Technology Core for the Delta Regional Institute and oversaw implementation of an electronic record exchange in rural Mississippi. He served on the state of Mississippi Task force for health information exchange and chaired the education committee.
From page 126...
... Board, the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, the Board of Directors of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and the board of directors of CGS. She also served as vice chair of the ETS Board of Trustees, Trustee of the Triangle Center for Advanced Studies, and member of the American Council on Education Board and several National Research Council Committees.
From page 127...
... Her portfolio includes a focus on improving outcomes of developmental education, increasing degree completion for returning adults with prior college/no credential, and statewide approaches to reverse-transfer degrees through the national Credit When It's Due initiative. Zanville's work experience spans the educational pipeline with prior service in K-12, community colleges, universities, and higher education governance systems.


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