Leadership Based on Diversity and Talent

•25+ Years as CEO of Health Forum. Cofounder of the Center for Global Service  

•Former Board Chair for the Institute for Research on Learning and the American Society of Association Executives 

•Served on boards of the UN’s World Food Program-USA, Global Women’s Leadership Program at Santa Clara Univ. Business School, the Health Technology Center, the International Leadership Association and RENEW 

•Active board member of the Food Commons, IP3, Carol Emmot Fellows for Women in Health and OmniMed

•Serves on Advisory Boards of Safety Nest, Living Goods, We Care Solar, MedShare and UN Women of Northern California 

•W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellow and recipient of the UN Women of Northern California’s “She’s Got My Back Award” 

•Co-chaired the development of Collective Impact Partnership (CIP) for Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls 

•Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana Univ. and Master’s in Organizational Development, Boston Univ. 

 •Former City Manager for Garland, TX, Burnsville MN, and Virginia Beach, VA 

•During tenure in Virginia Beach the city was recognized as the “Best place to Live in America,” top five “Best Managed Cities in the Nation,” “Most Livable Large City for Women,” winner of U.S. Senate Medallion of Excellence for Productivity and Quality 

•Member of American Institute of Certified Planners, American Planning Association, American Society for Public Administration, Alliance for Innovation, International City Management Association (ICMS) 

•Recipient of ICMS 2004 City Employee of the Year for Career in Excellence, Julian Hirst Award for Mgmt.

 •Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Univ. of Colorado, Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Urban Planning from the Univ. of Illinois   

•20+ years of biology teaching and research  

•Sr. Advisor for Education and Communication at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine; Staff Director of the National Academies of Teacher Advisory Council 

•Education Fellow of the Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), National Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation 

•Associate Editor for CBE Life Sciences Education and Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 

•Recipient of the Leadership in Science and Engineering award, Distinguished Service to Science Education award, John A. Moore Lectureship for Lifetime Achievement award 

•Education consultant to the National Academy of Engineering, George Mason Univ., and the Explorer’s Guide to Biology website initiative  

•BA in Biology, Univ. of Miami; MS in Zoology and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the Univ. of Rhode Island  

•40+ years of college and university teaching experience 

•Fellow: Assoc. for Women in Science (AWIS), Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and American Chemical Society (ACS) 

•Editor-in-Chief, Chemistry in Context 

•Director for Sustainability Education and Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

•Fulbright Specialist, Haifa, Israel 

•Danforth Fellowship for graduate study 

•Phi Beta Kappa Society member, BA in Chemistry, Cornell Univ. and PhD in Chemistry and MS in Education, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison