CI Member Dr. Patricia Galloway Elected Vice Chair of National Science Foundation
At its May 7th meeting, the National Science Board (NSB) elected Dr. Patricia D. Galloway, CEO of the international consulting firm The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc., to serve as Vice Chair. Dr. Galloway replaces outgoing Vice Chair Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan.
The National Science Board was established by Congress as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Act of 1950 and provides oversight for, and establishes the policies of, NSF while also serving as an independent body of advisors to both the President and Congress on broad national policy issues related to science and engineering research and education. Members of the National Science Foundation are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate based on their eminence in basic, medical or social sciences, engineering, agriculture, education, research management, or public affairs. Dr. Galloway was appointed to the NSF in 2006 by President Bush for a six-year term, and her appointment as a board officer allows her to serve as Vice Chair for the next two years.
Dr. Galloway is a Civil Engineer, having received her bachelor's degree from Purdue University, her MBA from New York Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from Kochi University of Technology in Japan. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in 14 US States; Manitoba, Canada; and the Country of Australia and has won numerous awards, including Purdue's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award and the Society of Women Engineers' Upward Mobility Award. In addition to being a member of Construction Institute, she belongs to the National Academy of Construction and the Pan-American Academy of Engineering. Dr. Galloway is Past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the first woman in the 152-year history of ASCE, the largest civil engineering society in the world, to ever hold this position.