 NMSI Chief Executive Officer, former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
An attorney, Tom Luce received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern Methodist University and has been honored with the SMU Law School and University Distinguished Alumni Awards. He was a founding partner and managing partner of the law firm of Hughes & Luce, LLP until his retirement from the firm in 1997.
In addition to his active law practice, at various times Mr. Luce has served on the boards or as guest lecturer at a number of schools of higher education, including the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, and Southern Methodist University.
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Former President of the National Academy of Sciences
Bruce Alberts, a respected biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and math education, has returned to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, after serving two six-year terms as the president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
During his tenure at the NAS, Alberts was instrumental in developing the landmark National Science Education standards that have been implemented in school systems nationwide. The type of "science as inquiry" teaching we need, says Alberts, emphasizes "logical, hands-on problem solving, and it insists on having evidence for claims that can be confirmed by others. It requires work in cooperative groups, where those with different types of talents can discover them - developing self confidence and an ability to communicate effectively with others."
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Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Norman R. Augustine was raised in Colorado and attended Princeton University where he graduated with a BSE in Aeronautical Engineering, magna cum laude, and an MSE. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi.
In 1958 he joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in California where he worked as a Research Engineer, Program Manager and then Chief Engineer. Beginning in 1965, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He joined LTV Missiles and Space Company in 1970, serving as Vice President, Advanced Programs and Marketing.
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Gaston Caperton, a former two-term governor of West Virginia, is the eighth president of the College Board, a not-for-profit membership association founded in 1900 that consists of 5,000 of the nation's leading schools, colleges, and universities. Among its best-known programs are the Advanced Placement Program (AP) and the SAT*.
Since his appointment in 1999, Caperton has transformed the College Board into a resolutely mission-driven, values-oriented organization that takes bold steps to connect greater numbers of students to college success and opportunity while raising educational standards. In his successful effort to expand equity within programs that foster academic excellence, he has more than doubled the size of the College Board's staff, modernized its management structure, and established collegeboard.com, the nation's predominant comprehensive Web site serving nearly 4 million students a year as they plan their paths to college.
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Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Steven Chu is Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Professor of Physics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was at Stanford and Bell Laboratories. His research includes tests of fundamental physics, the development of methods to laser cool and trap atoms, polymer physics, and single molecule biology. He is active in the energy problem and is co-chairing an InterAcademy Council (IAC) study "Transitioning to Sustainable Energy".
Chu has numerous awards, including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academia Sinica, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Korean Academy of Science and Engineering. At Stanford, he helped start Bio-X, a multi-disciplinary initiative linking the physical and biological sciences with engineering and medicine.
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Chairman of Dreamworks Animation SKG and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo
Roger Enrico is the chairman of the board of DreamWorks Animation SKG, a developer and producer of computer-generated animated feature films. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, Inc., having served as chief executive officer from April 1996 until May 2001, chairman of the board from November 1996 to May 2001, and vice chairman from May 2001 until April 2002. Roger joined PepsiCo in 1971 and held numerous other senior positions. Roger is a member of the boards of directors of Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Belo Corporation, The National Geographic Society, The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and The Eisenhower Fellowships. |
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Superintendent, Maryland State Department of Education
Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick is Maryland's first female state superintendent and the U.S.'s longest serving appointed schools chief. Dr. Grasmick is known for her strong focus on student achievement, teacher quality, parent involvement, public school funding, and early care and education. In fact, it is this commitment to high-quality early learning that has made Maryland the only state in the nation to have consolidated all its early childhood programs at the state department of education.
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President and Founder, The Harris Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Harris is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesalius Ventures, Inc., a venture capital accelerator, that invest in early-stage companies in Medical Informatics and Technology (Telemedicine).
Prior to Vesalius Ventures, Dr. Harris was at NASA for 10 years, where he conducted research in musculoskeletal physiology and disuse osteoporosis. Later, as Head of the Exercise Countermeasure Project, he conducted clinical investigations of space adaptation and developed in-flight medical devices to extend astronaut stays in space, which involved the use of telemetry. A veteran astronaut for over 15 years, he has logged more than 438 hours and traveled over 7.2 million miles in space.
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President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Hockfield has served as the sixteenth president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since December 2004. A strong advocate of the vital role that science, technology, and the research university play in the world, she believes that MIT can best advance its historic mission of teaching, research, and service by providing robust and sustained support for the ideas and energies of its faculty and students.
A noted neuroscientist whose research has focused on the development of the brain, Dr. Hockfield is the first life scientist to lead MIT and holds a faculty appointment as professor of neuroscience in the Institute's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
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President, University of Texas at El Paso
Diana Natalicio was named president of UTEP in 1988. During her long and distinguished career with the university, Dr. Natalicio has served as vice president for academic affairs, dean of liberal arts, chair of the modern languages department, and professor of linguistics. Her sustained commitment to provide all residents of the Paso del Norte region access to outstanding higher education opportunities has made UTEP a national success story.
During Dr. Natalicio’s tenure as president, UTEP’s enrollment has grown to nearly 20,000 students, who reflect the demographics of the Paso del Norte region from which 90 percent of them come: More than 70 percent are Mexican-American, and another 10 percent commute to the campus from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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 Sally K. Ride, Ph.D., a former NASA Astronaut and the first American woman in space, is the President and CEO of Sally Ride Science, and a Professor (Emeritus) at the University of California, San Diego. Sally Ride Science is an innovative company dedicated to supporting girls’ and boys’ interests in math, science and technology, through their programs and publications.
Dr. Ride grew up in Los Angeles, California. She attended Stanford University where she earned her B.S. in Physics and B.A in English in 1973, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics in 1975 and 1978, respectively. Shortly thereafter, she was selected for NASA's astronaut corps. Her first space flight was aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983; her second was also aboard Challenger, in 1984. During those flights, she deployed communications satellites, operated the robot arm, and conducted experiments in materials, pharmaceuticals, and Earth remote-sensing.
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Chairman, CEO, and President, Prudential Financial, Inc.
Arthur F. Ryan is chairman and chief executive officer of Prudential Financial, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world.
Prior to joining Prudential in December 1994, Mr. Ryan had been president and chief operating officer of Chase Manhattan Bank since 1990. Mr. Ryan ran Chase's worldwide retail bank between 1984 and 1990.
Mr. Ryan was named Chairman of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) in October 2003. Mr. Ryan is also co-chair of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, on the boards of trustees of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., co-chair of the board of Achieve, Inc., an organization created by U.S. governors and business leaders to drive high academic standards for public schools in the U.S., and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.
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President, Spelman College
Scholar, teacher, author, administrator and race relations expert Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum is the ninth president of Spelman College. Prior to her appointment to the Spelman presidency in 2002, she spent 13 years at Mount Holyoke College, serving in various roles during her tenure there - as professor of psychology, department chair, dean of the College, and acting president.
Dr. Tatum is a clinical psychologist whose areas of research interest include black families in white communities, racial identity in teens, and the role of race in the classroom. For over 20 years, Dr. Tatum taught her signature course on the psychology of racism. She has also toured extensively, leading workshops on racial identity development and its impact in the classroom.
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Roy Vagelos, Former Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.
Roy Vagelos is Retired Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc. He received an AB in 1950 from the University of Pennsylvania and an MD in 1954 from Columbia University. Following a residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he joined the National Institute of Health where from 1956-66 he served as Senior Surgeon and then Section Head of Comparative Biochemistry. In 1966 he became Chairman, Department of Biological Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and in 1973 founded the University's Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. He joined Merck Research Laboratories in 1975 where he was president until 1985 when he became CEO and later Chairman of the company. He retired in 1994.
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Pesident, National Academy of Engineering
President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles M. Vest hails from Morgantown, West Virginia. He earned a B.S.M.E degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University in 1963, and M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, in 1964 and 1967, respectively. Dr. Vest is president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), having stepped down in December 2004 after 14 years in that post, and is a member of the MIT mechanical engineering faculty.
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