Science Advisors in the Government

Science Advisors in the Government

Organizations:

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) :

Congress established OSTP in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the impacts of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.

Provides technical support to the office of Homeland Security
National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 calls for the OSTP to serve as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgement for the president with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal Government.
The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology is the director of OSTP.
The director and associate directors of OSTP are invited to testify at congressional subcommittees to advise them on current topics. They also convey the Administration’s thought on policy and/or funding to various academies, universities, and other organizations

A Senate-confirmed Associate Director leads each of OSTP’s four divisions covering the areas of Environment, National Security and International Affairs, Science, and Technology.

See PEOPLE section for membership

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) :

First established in 1990 by George Bush to enable the president to receive advice from the private sector and academic community on technology, science research priorities, and math and science education:
PCAST terminates after two years unless it is extended by the President
PCAST is composed of 24 nonfederal members nominated by the President. One of these members co-chairs PCAST with the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, who is the only federal member
PCAST is a cabinet level organization, and its expenses are paid by OSTP.
PCAST can request information from heads of agencies and executive departments.
PCAST advises the president and assists NSAT in securing private sector involvement.
Members are not compensated but are allowed travel expenses.
See PEOPLE section for membership

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC):

Established by Executive Order in 1993.
Cabinet level council that is the principal means of coordinating science, space, technology in the Federal research and development enterprise
Chaired by the President. Members consist of the Vice President, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Cabinet Secretaries and Agency heads with significant science and technology responsibilities.

Council on Environmental Quality:

Council Chair James L. Connaughton is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate

The Council's Chair serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President.

Coordinates federal environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives.

CEQ reports annually to the President on the state of the environment; oversees federal agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process; and acts as a referee when agencies disagree over the adequacy of such assessments.

Ensures that all federal agencies meet their obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)

Established the National Environmental Policy Act Task Force ( in May 2002 to review the current NEPA implementing practices and procedures in the following areas:
technology and information management;
interagency and intergovernmental collaboration including joint-lead processes;
programmatic analyses and subsequent tiered documents
adaptive management.

See PEOPLE section for membership

Other Agencies with environmental impacts:

(click on links for various advisory committees within these agencies)

Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
John L. Howard:

promotes sustainable environmental stewardship throughout the federal government. These efforts focus on

Waste Prevention and Recycling
Green Purchasing
Electronics Stewardship
Sustainable Buildings
Industrial Ecology and Green Jobs
Environmental Management Systems

Department of the Interior :
Office Of Human Resources:
Department of Energy:
Environmental Protection Agency :
Advisory committees:
Science Advisory Board:
Department of Health and Human Services :
Center for Disease Control:
National Science Foundation:

Food and Drug Administration:
Advisory Committee:
Department of Agriculture:
Agencies, Services, and Programs:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration:

Senate Committees with environmental science responsibilities: (Click on links for membership):

House Committee on Agriculture

Subcommittee on Conservation Credit Rural Development and Research
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs

Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture
Subcommittee on Department Operations Oversight Nutrition and Forestry

House Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Subcommittee on Interior
Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services and Education

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Subcommittee on HealthInvestigations
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet

House Committee on Government Reform

Subcommittee on Energy Policy Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs
Subcommittee on the Technology and Procurement Policy

House Committee on Resources

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation Wildlife and Oceans
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
Subcommittee on National Parks Recreation and Public Lands
Subcommittee on Water and Power

House Committee on Science

Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on Research
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Subcommittee on Environment Technology and Standards

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment

House Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Subcommittee on Forestry Conservation and Rural Revitalization

Subcommittee on Marketing Inspection and Production Promotion
Subcommittee on Research Nutrition and General Legislation

Senate Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development and Related Agencies

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Subcommittee on Interior
Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education
Subcommittee on Interior

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications
Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries

Subcommittee on Science Technology and Space

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Subcommittee on National Parks
Subcommittee on Water and Power

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Clean Air Wetlands and Climate Change
Subcommittee on Transportation Infrastructure and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Superfund Toxics Risk and Waste Management
Subcommittee on Fisheries Wildlife and Water

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Subcommittee on Public Health

PEOPLE

For more information on corporate ties of people of scientists, academics, and non-profit organizations in the fields of nutrition, environment, toxicology, and medicine, please consult the Center for Science in the Public Interest Database The aim of the database is to encourage transparency in the conduct, oversight, and reporting of science and to make information available to the public.

People in CEQ

Council Chair James L. Connaughton

partner in the law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, in its Environmental Practice Group

advised trade groups and corporations on Environmental Law

environmental management and compliance assurance systems, legislation, regulation, international trade and standards, and ecological risk and natural resource damages assessment

From 1993 until 2001, Mr. Connaughton served as one of the lead U.S. negotiators of the ISO 14000 series of international environmental standards

People in OSTP:

Director: John Marberger III (also Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, co-chair PCAST, member NSCT)

BA Physics 1962. PhD Applied Physics 1967

Prof. Physics and Electrical Engineering, Department Chair and Dean, USC 1967-1980

Third president of SUNY Stony Brook 1980-1994.
Director of Brookhaven Laboratories from 1998

Associate Director: Kathie L. Olsen

Serves as the director’s deputy of science

B.A. Biology and Psychology. PhD Psychobiology
Research Assistant at Long Island Research Institute and associate Prof. In Dept. Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at SUNY Stony Brook Medical School

Senior Staff Associate for the Science and Technology Centers in the National Science Foundation’s Office of Integrative Activities and Acting Deputy Director for the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at NSF

Chief Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1999

Associate Director for Technology: Richard M. Russell
Serves as the director’s deputy of technology

B.A. Biology
Research fellow for the Conservation Foundation

Professional staff member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceanography

From 1995-2001, Russell worked for the House of Representatives Committee on Science

His tenure on the Committee began as a professional staff member for the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. He was promoted to staff director for the Subcommittee on Technology and finally to deputy chief of staff for the full Science Committee.

People in PCAST:

Floyd Kvamme, co-chair with John Marburger III

a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a high technology venture capital firm

Currently serves on the boards of Brio Technology, Gemfire, Harmonic, National Semiconductor, Photon Dynamics, Power Integrations, and Silicon Genesis.

one of five members of the team that began at National Semiconductor in 1967

BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an MSE specializing in Semiconductor Electronics from Syracuse University.

Charles J. Arntzen

Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Chair, Department of Plant Biology at Arizona State University
President/CEO Emeritus of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that is affiliated with Cornell University.
member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences in India
Ph.D. in cell biology from Purdue University.

Norman R. Augustine

former Chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation
currently serves on the Board of Directors for Phillips Petroleum, Proctor & Gamble, Black and Decker, and Lockheed Martin.
Former Under Secretary of the Army.
taught at Princeton University in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton.

Carol Bartz
Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Autodesk, Inc.
previously held positions at Sun Microsystems and serves on the boards of several other organizations including BEA Systems, Cisco Systems, Network Appliance, TechNet and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science and Technology.
Honored in the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame.
Bartz holds honors degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from William Woods University.

M. Kathleen Behrens
Managing Director of RS Investments. responsible for investing venture capital in young biotechnology and healthcare companies.
Previously worked at the firm of Robertson Stephens & Co. for 17 years ( medical, health care, and biotechnology groups )
director of Abgenix, Inc. and HealthTrio and has been a board member of Protein Design Labs, Inc., Cell Genesys, InSite Vision, Inc. and COR Therapeutics.
Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of California, Davis.

Erich Bloch
Director of the National Science Foundation from 1984–1990.
Previous IBM Corporate Vice President for Technical Personnel Development.
Awarded the National Medal of Technology for “developments that revolutionized the computer industry” and is a recipient of the IEEE Founders Medal.
Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Buffalo in 1952.

Stephen B. Burke
President of Comcast Cable Communications
Previously served with The Walt Disney Company as President of ABC Broadcasting 1982
graduate of the Harvard Business School.

G. Wayne Clough
President of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech
Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Faculty at Duke University, Stanford University, Virginia Tech and the University of Washington. Dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and as Provost at the University of Washington.
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Serves on the boards of the Noro-Moseley Venture Fund and the TSYS Corporation Special consultant to the Bechtel Corporation for the seismic retrofit of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System.

Michael S. Dell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Dell Member of the World Economic Forum, the Computerworld/Smithsonian Awards, the Business Council
Member of Computer Systems Policy Project, an affiliation of CEOs of the top computer companies that advocates public policy positions on trade and technology affecting the computer industry and ultimately the United States.
Attended the University of Texas at Austin.

Raul J. Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer of Dimension Data North America.
Founded Proxicom in 1991
Member of the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, a trade organization
Director of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
BA in economics from the University of Maryland.

Marye Anne Fox
Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry at North Carolina State University
Previously served as Vice President for Research and Waggoner Regents Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.
Served as a member and vice chair of the National Science Board as an appointee of President George H.W. Bush and as a member of the Texas Science and Technology Council as an appointee of George W. Bush.
Co-chair of the National Academies' Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable Chair of the Board of MCNC, the non-profit corporation responsible for microelectronics, networking, and supercomputing in North Carolina.
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society
Currently serves as President of Sigma Xi.
Ph.D. in chemistry from Dartmouth College in 1974.

Martha Gilliland
Chancellor of University of Missouri-Kansas City B.A. geology and mathematics, M.A. geophysics, Ph.D. environmental engineering and systems ecology
Research focus is energy alternatives, energy policy, and environmental technologies.
Current work in Kansas City, as Chancellor, is centered on partnerships that bring research outcomes to the commercial marketplace.

Ralph Gomory
President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1989.
Previously Senior Vice President for Science and Technology at the IBM Corporation.
Served on PCAST under President George Bush Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
Director of The Washington Post Company and of Lexmark.
B.A. from Williams College and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Bernadine Healy
President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross.
Former Dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health and Professor of Medicine at the Ohio State University
Vice-Chair of PCAST, and Director of the National Institutes of Health under former-President Bush
Former Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Reagan.
M.D. from Harvard Medical School
Postgraduate training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Robert J. Herbold
Recently retired Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Corporation Managing director of the consulting firm Herbold Group, LLC, focused on profitability.
Serves on the board of directors of Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Agilent Technologies, and Cintas Corporation
M.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in computer science.

Bobbie Kilberg
President of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).
White House fellow during the Nixon Administration and Associate Counsel to the President during the Ford Administration.
Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Deputy Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs for former President Bush.
M.A.Political Science from Columbia University, and a J.D. from Yale.

Walter E. Massey
President of Morehouse College.
Former Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs for the University of California.
Served as the Director of the National Science Foundation
Former Vice President for Research at the University of Chicago and former Dean of the college and full Professor of Physics at Brown University
Former member of President Bush’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Member of Board of Directors for BP Amoco and Non-executive Director of Motorola, Bank of America, McDonald's Corporation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Commonwealth Fund.
B.S. physics and mathematics, M.A. and Ph.D. physics

Gordon E. Moore
Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation.

Widely known for "Moore's Law," in which he predicted that the number of transistors that the industry would be able to place on a computer chip would double every year.
Adirector of Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IEEE and a Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology.
Recipient of the National Medal in Technology
B.S. in Chemistry, Ph.D. in Chemistry and Physics

E. Kenneth Nwabueze
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SageMetrics Corporation, a leading outsourced business intelligence provider.
Currently, his company, SageMetrics, is providing data mining, integration, and analysis for companies including Cox Interactive, Washingtonpost.com, Tesco, and Forbes.com.

He served in 1998 as Chairman, Technical Committee for Internet Protocols Onboard Aircrafts for World Airline Entertainment Association
Currently serves on the boards of SageMetrics and Novantus Corporation
B.S. in Engineering

Steven G. Papermaster

Chairman of Powershift Ventures, a technology venture development company that focuses on building software and technology companies.
Currently serves on the boards of directors for several public and private companies.
Served as a co-chairman of the Information Technology Advisory Council for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.
Co-founder and co-chairman of Technology Network Texas (TechNet), a national high-technology advocacy group for policy issues
B.A. of Business

Luis M. Proenza