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About Us

The Science & Technology Action Committee is a group of 25 non-profit, academic, foundation, and corporate leaders working to dramatically strengthen U.S. science and technology.

Co-Chairs

Bill Noveolli Headshot

Bill Novelli

  • Professor Emeritus and founder of Business for Impact at Georgetown University and
  • former CEO of AARP
    • Sudip Parikh Headshot

    Sudip Parikh, Ph.D.

  • CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Executive Publisher of Science Family of Journals
    • Mary Wolley Headshot

    Mary Woolley

  • President and CEO, Research!America
    • Keith Yamamoto Headshot

    Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D.

  • Vice Chancellor of Science Policy and Strategy at UCSF and
  • Immediate Past President of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

    • Members

    Georges Benjamin

    Georges C. Benjamin, M.D.

    Executive Director, American Public Health Association
    Bob Conn

    Bob Conn, Ph.D.

    Distinguished Policy Fellow, School of Public Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego

    Michael M. Crow

    President, Arizona State University
    Charlie Dent

    The Honorable Charlie Dent

    Former Republican Representative from Pennsylvania

    Victor Dzau, M.D.

    President, National Academy of Medicine

    Arthur C. Evans, JR., Ph.D.

    CEO, American Psychological Association
    Harvey Fineberg

    Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D.

    President, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
    Dario Gil

    Dario Gil, Ph.D.

    IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research
    Bart Gordon

    The Honorable Bart Gordon

    Partner, K&L Gates LLP and former representative from Tennessee, 1985-2011
    Margaret Hamburg

    Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, M.D.

    President of InterAcademy Partnership and former FDA Commissioner

    John J. Hamre, Ph.D.

    President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies

    India Hook-Barnard, Ph.D.

    Executive Director, Engineering Biology Research Consortium
    Kristina Johnson

    Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D.

    Founder and CEO of KMJ and Associates, and former President of the Ohio State University and former Under Secretary, US Department of Energy

    Tom Kalil

    CEO, Renaissance Philanthropy
    Neal Lane

    Neal Lane, Ph.D.

    Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former Director, National Science Foundation
    Alan Leshner

    Alan Leshner, Ph.D.

    CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Marcia McNutt

    Marcia McNutt, Ph.D.

    President, the National Academy of Sciences
    Erin O'Shea

    Erin K. O’Shea, Ph.D.

    President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Euan Robertson

    Chief Operating Officer, Simons Foundation
    Rafael Reif

    Rafael Reif, Ph.D.

    President Emeritus, Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Elias Zerhouni

    Elias Zerhouni, M.D.

    Professor Emeritus Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University and former Director, National Institutes of Health, 2002-2008

    Funders

    We wish to express our thanks to the many organizations and individuals who provide funding for the Science & Technology Action Committee. Your contributions and support are very much appreciated.

    Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

    Kavli Foundation

    The Johns Hopkins University

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    IBM Corporation

    Lyda Hill Philanthropies

    Breakthrough Energy Action

    Sergey Brin Family Foundation

    Schmidt Futures

    Kristina M. Johnson, PH.D

    Simons Foundation International (SFI)

    Staff

    Sheila Murphy

    Vice President, Advocacy Programs and Initiatives, Research!America

    Shilpa Rajan

    Director, Science and Technology Action Committee, Research!America

    The Science & Technology Action Committee (STAC) is a group of 25 non-profit, academic, foundation, and corporate leaders working to dramatically strengthen U.S. science and technology. The Committee is co-chaired by: Bill Novelli, Professor Emeritus and founder of Business for Impact at Georgetown University and former CEO of AARP, Sudip Parikh, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Executive Publisher of the Science Family of Journals, Mary Woolley, President & CEO of Research!America, and Keith Yamamoto, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy at UCSF and Immediate Past President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).