HIGHER EDUCATION PANEL

Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, formerly chaired the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A theoretical physicist, she has conducted research at AT&T Bell Laboratories and held a professorship at Rutgers. She is a life member of the MIT Corporation, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the first woman to win the Black Engineer of the Year award. (Panel Chair)

Willie Pearson, Jr. chairs the School of History, Technology and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, he also chairs the AAAS Committee on Science and Engineering Public Policy and is vice chair of the NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering. (Panel Expert Leader)

Margaret E. Ashida, director of corporate university relations at IBM, is responsible for developing the corporation's relationship programs with targeted universities worldwide. She has held line management and headquarters staff positions at IBM, the ROLM Company, and Xerox.

Cathleen A. Barton, education program manager for Intel Corporation, is responsible for developing Intel's strategy for improving student achievement in mathematics. Serving previously as a loaned executive to the Semiconductor Industry Association, she has developed collaborative education and workforce development initiatives covering K-12 through higher education.

Walter E. (Skip) Bollenbacher, professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is executive director of the Partnership for Minority Advancement in the Bio-molecular Sciences. He is the principal investigator in NIH's Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) program.

Salvatore "Tory" Bruno is vice president of engineering for Lockheed Martin's Space Systems Company. Previously, he served as chief engineer for the strategic missile program. He has been awarded invention disclosures and patents for his work on thrust vector, reaction, and inertial control systems.

Jane Zimmer Daniels, program director of the Clare Booth Luce Program for Women in Science and Engineering at The Henry Luce Foundation, is past president of Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN). She is former program officer for the NSF Gender Equity in Science and Engineering Program. For 22 years she directed the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue University.

Cinda-Sue Davis directs the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program at the University of Michigan. Recipient of the 2000 Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award, she has been a principal investigator on numerous NSF and foundation grants focusing on gender equity in science and engineering education.

Alfredo de los Santos, Jr., research professor for the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University, is the former vice chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District, the second largest community college district in the U.S. He is the principal investigator of several comprehensive education and workforce development initiatives.

Mary Frank Fox is professor in the School of History, Technology and Society and co-director of the Center for Study of Women, Science and Technology at Georgia Tech. A specialist on gender, science, technology and academia, she has been a consultant to the National Research Council/National Academy of Science (NRC/NAS) and is former president of the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS).

Judy R. Franz, executive officer of American Physical Society, is past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. A condensed matter physicist who spent her previous career as a university faculty member, she is associate secretary general of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

Angela Ginorio is associate professor in the Department of Women Studies at the University of Washington, where she directs the Rural Girls in Science program. She specializes in educating Latinas and girls living in rural areas, with a particular focus on science and engineering.

Evelynn M. Hammonds, associate professor of History of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a historian of science specializing in history of medicine and public health in the US, with a special focus on race and gender in science and medicine. Professor Hammonds is founding director of the Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology, and Medicine at MIT.

Robert Ibarra, senior associate at the Ibis Consulting Group, is assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has conducted extensive research on multi-contextuality and Latinos in higher education.

Alex Johnson is president of the metropolitan campus of Cuyahoga Community College. He was a fellow with the American Council on Education (ACE) and served as chairman of the ACE Council of Fellows Executive Committee. He is a commissioner with the American Association of Community Colleges.

Saundra Johnson, executive director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering (GEM), is former director of the Minority Engineering Program at Pennsylvania State University.

Wayne Johnson is executive director of Hewlett-Packard Company's worldwide university relations, including programs in research, recruitment, continuing education, and public affairs. He joined HP from the university relations program of Microsoft, and earlier held a variety of positions at Raytheon.

Kenneth Maton, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, evaluates mathematics and science intervention programs at the pre-K through 12 and college levels. His research focuses on how inner-city youth cope with stress.

Lionel "Skip" Meno, dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University, served as commissioner of education for the state of Texas from 1991-1995. Earlier, he was deputy commissioner of education for the state of New York. He recently co-chaired California's Professional Development Task Force.

Carol B. Muller is founder and executive director of MentorNet, the national electronic mentoring network for women in engineering and science. She is also a consulting associate professor of engineering, Stanford University.

Ken Pepion is executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program. His research interests include higher education administration, student retention, and minority and faculty issues. He is a member of the board of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Clifton Poodry directs the Minority Opportunities in Research Division of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. A biologist, he has written extensively on research and education issues affecting under-represented groups. He is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

James H. Stith, a physicist and physics education researcher, directs the Physics Resources Center at the American Institute of Physics. He specializes in program evaluation and teacher preparation. He is past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the National Society of Black Physicists.

Dan Sullivan, corporate executive vice president of human resources at QUALCOMM, has direct responsibility for all human resources functions including: organization planning, learning, employee relations, and staffing and management development for the company's more than 6,500 employees.

Orlando L. Taylor, dean of Howard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, created Howard's Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program. He specializes in sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, and intercultural communication.

Isiah M. Warner is professor and chair of the Chemistry Department at Louisiana State University. He has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring for his innovative work with under-represented minorities in these fields.

Melvin R. Webb, professor of biology and science education, directs the Program for Research Integration and Support for Matriculation to the Doctorate (PRISM-D) at Clark Atlanta University. He has received the Making Mathematics Work for Minorities Award.

James H. Wyche is co-founder and executive director of Brown University's Leadership Alliance, a widely recognized coalition of institutions to advance the number of under-represented going into academe and industry. A biochemist, he is currently serving as interim president of Tougaloo College.