Matt Kalinowski for Life Biosciences

Meet the Council

Uniting Leaders to Foster Prosperity

Competitiveness is about increasing national productivity and delivering inclusive prosperity for every American.

Since 1986, the Council on Competitiveness has used its position as a unifier across the competitiveness ecosystem—bringing together members from academia, business, labor, and the national labs—to champion a nonpartisan action agenda that fuels entrepreneurship and spurs the commercialization of new ideas. Through pragmatic policies and priorities that prepare our workforce, attract investment, accelerate the deployment of new technologies, and enhance our innovation infrastructure, the Council works to make our nation more productive in a global marketplace.

Council on Competitiveness Board

Executive Committee

Mung Chiang

Purdue University

Jim Clifton

Gallup

Michael M. Crow

Arizona State University

Daniel Diermeier

Vanderbilt University

Taylor Eighmy

University of Texas at San Antonio

Suresh V. Garimella

University of Arizona

Jeffrey Gold

University of Nebraska System

Sheryl Handler

Ab Initio

Rajeeb Hazra

Quantinuum

Farnam Jahanian

Carnegie Mellon University

Mehmood Khan

Hevolution Foundation

Laurie Locascio

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Gary S. May

University of California, Davis

John May

Deere & Company

Jennifer Mnookin

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jere W. Morehead

University of Georgia

Josh Parker

Ancora

Mark Peters

The MITRE Corporation

Nicholas T. Pinchuk

Snap-on Incorporated

Donde Plowman

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Justin Schwartz

University of Colorado Boulder

Randi Weingarten

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

David Kwabena Wilson

Morgan State University

Paul A. Yarossi

HNTB Holding Ltd.

Pradeep K. Khosla

UC San Diego

Craig H. Martell

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Kwasi Mitchell

Deloitte

General Membership

Jonathan Alger
American University

Michael D. Amiridis
University of South Carolina

Joseph E. Aoun
Northeastern University

Sandy K. Baruah
Detroit Regional Chamber

Stuart R. Bell
The University of Alabama

Rick Bierschbach
Wayne State University

John Bravman
Bucknell University

Jill Bray
ARCS Foundation, Inc.

Elizabeth Cantwell
Washington State University

Laura Carlson
University of Delaware

Rehan Chaudhri
Altan Partners LLC

David Cook
Iowa State University

La Jerne Terry Cornish
Ithaca College

Gregory Crawford
Miami University

Jennifer Crowley
University of Texas at Arlington

Rebecca Cunningham
University of Minnesota

Ernest J. Dianastasis
The Precisionists, Inc.

Jeff Donofrio
Business Leaders for Michigan

Joan Ferrini-Mundy
University of Maine

Mike Freeman
Innosphere Ventures

Melissa Gilliam
Boston University

Deborah Gracio
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Ellen M. Granberg
George Washington University

David A. Greene
Colby College

Kevin Guskiewicz
Michigan State University

Bill Hardgrave
University of Memphis

Kevin Howell
North Carolina State University

S. Jack Hu 
University of California, Riverside

Garry Jenkins
Bates College

Harrison Keller
University of North Texas

Timothy Killeen
University of Illinois System

Sunil Kumar
Tufts University


Linda Livingstone
Baylor University

Prabhas V. Moghe
University of Texas at Dallas

Brad Mortensen
Utah State University

Jayathi Y. Murthy
Oregon State University

Mark Nemec
Fairfield University

Ajikumar “Ali” Parayi
Manus

Darryll J. Pines
University of Maryland

Susan Poser
Hofstra University

David Ricks
Eli Lilly and Company

Rory Riggs
Balfour, LLC

Rodney Rogers
Bowling Green State University

Timothy Sands
Virginia Tech

Leah Ward Sears
Emory University

Edward Seidel
University of Wyoming

Gustavo Sergi 
Sustainea

Thomas Sheehan
Bank of America

Claire Shipman
Columbia University

Gunjan Sinha
Opengrowth Ventures

Paul P. Skoutelas
Amercian Public Transport Association

G. Gabrielle Starr
Pomona College

Elisa Stephens
Academy of Art University

Jim Stutelberg
Primient

Gayle Terry
Domestic & General

Satish K. Tripathi
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Marlene Tromp
University of Vermont

Gerald Turner
Southern Methodist University

Mark Warner
Liberation Bioindustries

Gregory Washington
George Mason University

Olin L. Wethington
Graham Biosciences LLC

Mary Ellen Wiederwohl
Accelerator for America

National Lab Partners

Kimberly Budil
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Paul Kearns
Argonne National Laboratory

Thomas Mason
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Stephen K. Streiffer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Deb Gracio
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jud Virden
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Michael Witherell
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

National Affiliates

Dean Bartles
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group

David Oxtoby
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished Fellows

France Córdova
Science Philanthropy Alliance

James G. Foggo, USN (Ret.)
Allied Joint Force Command, Naples, Italy

Paul J. Hommert
Sandia National Laboratories

Steve Isakowitz

Ray O Johnson
Bessemer

Martha Kanter
College Promise Campaign

Alexander A. Karsner
Elemental Labs
Jon McIntyre
Nodl Advisors

Nolan Pike
Sauder Woodworking Co.

Harris Pastides

Kimberly Reed

Branko Terzic
Berkeley Research Group

Anthony J. Tether

Andrew Thompson
Lifespeed

Steve Walker

Senior Fellows

Jennifer S. Bond
National Science Foundation

Margaret Brooks

Thomas A. Campbell
FutureGrasp, LLC

C. Michael Cassidy
Emory University

Dona L. Crawford
Livermore Lab Foundation

Tommy Gardner
HP Federal

Jerry Haar
Florida International University
Dominik Knoll
AVA Ventures

Abbott Lipsky
Latham & Watkins LLP

Julie Meier Wright
Collaborative Economics

Mark Minevich
Going Global Ventures

Toby Redshaw
Verus Advisory, LLC

David B. Williams
The Ohio State University

Dr. Michael Wolf

Office of the President

Deborah L. Wince-Smith
President & CEO
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Chad Evans
Executive Vice President &
Chief Operating Officer
Secretary and Treasurer to the Board
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Michael Nelson
Vice President
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Marcy Jones
Director, Member Services,
Office Manager, &
Special Assistant to the President
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