Miriam John, former vice president of the California Division
of the Sandia National Laboratories, has been named the new
chair of the California Council on Science and Technology effective
January 1. Council member Peter Cowhey has been named
the new vice chair.
"Mim brings to the position a depth and breadth of experience
as a senior executive with Sandia, together with significant advisory
roles for Department of Defense agencies," said CCST Board
Chair Karl Pister. "I look forward to her tenure as chair."
Prior to her position as vice president at Sandia, John served in
a number of managerial and technical roles for the laboratory,
whose principal programs include nuclear weapons stewardship,
weapons demilitarization, chemical/biological weapons
defense, combustion and materials research, advanced lithography
development, micro-chemical and remote laser based
chemical detection, and distributed, secure advanced computational
and information systems. She served two terms as a CCST
Council member (2003-2007) and as the Council vice chair from
2008-2010.
Newly appointed vice chair Cowhey is the Qualcomm professor
of Communications and Technology Policy and dean at the University
of California, San Diego's Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies. For the past year he has also served
as senior counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative on strategy and negotiations, an appointment that concluded in February.
Cowhey has been a member of the CCST Council since 2007.
"Peter's presence as vice chair will bring an important balance to
the work of the Council, thanks to his distinguished career as a
social scientist and academic administrator," said Pister.
John succeeds outgoing Council member Charles F. Kennel,
distinguished professor of Atmospheric Science, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography; founding director and chairman, International
Advisory Board, Environment and Sustainability Initiative,
University of California, San Diego. Kennel, who is also
a CCST Senior Fellow, served as Council chair from 2008-2010.
Mory Gharib, Vice Provost (research),
Hans W. Liepmann Professor of
Aeronautics and Professor of Bio-Inspired
Engineering, California Institute of
Technology
Bruce Margon, Vice Chancellor for
Research and Professor of Astronomy
and Astrophysics University of California,
Santa Cruz
Samuel Traina, Vice Chancellor for
Research and Graduate Dean, University
of California, Merced
Sally Benson, Professor (research) of
Energy Resources Engineering and
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for
Energy, Stanford University
Richard Levy, Chairman of the Board,
Varian Medical Systems
Jean-Louis Gassée, Partner, Allegis
Capital
Milton Gordon, President, California
State Univeristy Fullerton
Jeffrey Bradbury, Chemistry Professor,
Cerritos Community College
Heidi Haugen, Science Teacher, Florin
High School
Jennifer Howard, Kindergarten
Teacher, Miraloma Elementary School
