Board Roster

2009 Board Members

Katharine G. Frase, NAE (Chair)
Vice President, Technology and Business Strategy
IBM Software Group

Lyle H. Schwartz, NAE (Vice Chair)
Consultant

Peter R. Bridenbaugh, NAE
Executive Vice President, Automotive
Alcoa, Inc., (retured)

L. Catherine Brinson
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Engineering
Northwestern University

Valerie Browning 
Owner/Senior Consultant
ValTech Solutions

John W. Cahn, NAE, NAS
Professor of Physics and Materials Science
University of Washington

Yet-Ming Chiang, NAE 
Kyocrea Professor 
Department of Materials Science and Engineering 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dianne Chong
Director, Materials and Process Technology
The Boeing Company

Paul Citron, NAE
Vice President of Science and Technology
Medtronic, Inc. (retired)

George (Rusty) T. Gray, III
Laboratory Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sossina M. Haile
Associate Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Carol A. Handwerker
Professor, Materials Engineering
Purdue University

Elizabeth Holm
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories

David W. Johnson, Jr., NAE
Senior Advisor and Adjunct Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology 

Thomas King 
Director, Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Electricity Program 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Robert H. Latiff
Chief Engineer and Technology Officer
Space and Geospatial Intelligence Business Unit
SAIC

Kenneth H. Sandhage
B. Miffin Hood Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Techology

Robert E. Schafrik
General Manager, Materials and Process Engineering Department
GE Aircraft Engines

Steven Wax
Consultant