Shirley Malcom is a Regent at Morgan State University and senior advisor and director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In more than 45 years at AAAS she has worked to improve the quality and increase access to education and careers in STEMM for all.

Dr. Malcom is also a trustee of the California Institute of Technology.  She was a member of the National Science Board, policymaking body of the NSF, and served on President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.  Malcom, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, holds a PhD in ecology from Penn State, and M.A. from UCLA and B.S. from the University of Washington, both in zoology. She is a fellow of the AAAS and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences where she serves as International Secretary. She has received 19 honorary degrees.

Malcom was co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development and co-chair of Gender InSITE, an international collaboration to support application of a gender lens in policymaking in science, technology and innovation. She serves on the boards of the Heinz Endowments and Kavli Foundation and also chairs the board of the National Math-Science Initiative. In 2003, Malcom received the Public Welfare Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the highest award given by the Academy.