Ralph J. Cicerone became president of The National Academy of Sciences in 2005. His research in atmospheric chemistry and climate science has involved him in shaping science and environmental policy at the highest levels, nationally and internationally.

Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr. is an American engineer. On May 1, 2001, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the objective application of science and technology toward the solution of critical issues in the nation’s space program. He previously worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Martin Marietta Corporation and was director of NASA's Ames Research Center.

Michael Zyda Director, USC Viterbi School of Engineering's GamePipe Laboratory, Information Sciences Institute From Fall 2000 to Fall 2004, Michael Zyda was the Founding Director of The MOVES Institute, located at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NPS as well. From 1986 until the founding of the MOVES Institute, he was the Director of the NPSNET Research Group.

Ralph E. Gomory Ralph E. Gomory Ralph E. Gomory has been President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since June 1989. Dr. Gomory received his B.A. from Williams College in 1950, studied at Cambridge University and received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1954. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957. Dr. Gomory was Higgins Lecturer and Assistant Professor at Princeton University, 1957-59.

Dr. David received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University (1975), an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University (1976), and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University (1981). Dr. David frequently provides speeches, interviews, lectures, briefings, and articles on the many facets of homeland security. She is the coauthor of three books on signal processing algorithms and has authored or coauthored numerous papers.

Thomas E. Everhart From his early research at Cambridge University in England, in the 1950s forward, Dr. Thomas E. Everhart has developed indispensable tools for the electronics industry—scanning electron microscopes and electronbeam microwriters. This type of equipment is used for research on semiconductors, integrated circuits, microfabrication and more.

William F. Banholzer is Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, located in Midland, Michigan. He is a member of the Dow’s Management Committee, chairs the company’s Innovation Committee, and leads Dow’s research and development activities across the globe. Banholzer serves on Dow’s Venture Capital Board, Dow AgroSciences' Members Committee, the Dow Foundation, and the governing Council of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

Elsa M. Garmire (2008) Sydney E. Junkins Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College

Matthew Meselson , for his work in genetics, molecular biology, and on chemical and biological agents. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology; faculty chair, Chemical & Biological Weapons Studies at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and co-director, Harvard Sussex Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He is also an adjunct scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

Carla J. Shatz , Ph.D. Director, BioX James H. Clark Center Stanford University Dr. Carla Shatz graduated from Radcliffe College in 1969 with a B.A. in Chemistry. She was honored with a Marshall Scholarship to study at University College London, where she received an M.Phil. in Physiology in 1971. In 1976, she received a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Harvard Medical School, where she studied with the Nobel Laureates David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel .

William Brinkman , Chair, Princeton University William F. Brinkman [NAS] is currently a Senior Research Physicist in the Physics Department at Princeton University. He retired as Vice President, Research from Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, on September 30, 2001. In that position his responsibilities included the direction of all research to enable the advancement of the technology underlying Lucent Technologies’ products.

Lawrence T. Papay (2010) (Retired Sector Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation)

Robert F. Sproull Vice President and Sun Fellow, Director Sun Microsystems Inc.

Brian J.L. Berry is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his B.Sc. (Economics) degree at University College, London in 1955, the M.A. in geography from the University of Washington in 1956 and the Ph.D. in 1958.

C. Dan Mote Jr . (2008) President and Glenn Martin Institute Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland

Edward C. Wells Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Emeritus, Stanford University

John B. Slaughter (2009) President and CEO, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

George Bugliarello (NAE) ex officio Chancellor Polytechnic University

Mary Lou Zoback is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the USGS Western Earthquake Hazards Team, Menlo Park, CA and serves as the Regional Coordinator for the USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazard Program. She is also chair of the Steering Committee for the "1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance". Dr Zoback joined the USGS in 1978 after receiving her Ph.D. in geophysics from Stanford University.