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Many of our engagements require expertise in a specific area or field, and The Washington Advisory Group draws on an extensive network of professional colleagues to meet these needs. This network includes emeritus Directors who provide advice and counsel on projects that are suited to their background and expertise. Emeritus Directors include:

C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., Director and CEO of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Alexander Flax, Ph.D., former Director, National Reconnaissance Office, former President of the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA), and former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force

Robert A. Frosch, Ph.D., former Vice President of General Motors Corporation (GM) in charge of Research Laboratories

Daniel Tosteson, M.D., former Dean of the Harvard Medical School

Joe B. Wyatt, Chancellor Emeritus of Vanderbilt University

James B. Wyngaarden M.D., former Director of the National Institutes of Health and Professor Emeritus, Duke University

The Affiliates of The Washington Advisory Group work closely with Directors of Washington Advisory Group projects but are not exclusive to our organization. Affiliates can lead as well as support our consulting engagements. The Affiliates include:

Molly Corbett Broad
Raymond E. Bye, Jr.
Edward E. David, Jr.
Micki Leder
Gilbert S. Omenn
Charles T. Owens

In addition, over the past decade more than 350 experts from our consultant network have worked with The Washington Advisory Group on projects tailored to their specific interests and expertise. The following list indicates the breadth of experience and knowledge of the colleagues who participate in our consulting engagements:

Gerald J. Chader, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Doheny Eye Institute
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

J. Fredrick Cornhill, D. Phil.
Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of Oxford

John E. Dowling, Ph.D.
Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences
The Biological Laboratories
Harvard University

Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff
Science Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Former Willaman Professor Life Sciences and Evan Pugh Professor
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Pennsylvania State University

Charles H. Fine, Ph.D.
Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stanley O. Ikenberry, Ph.D.
Regent Professor, Education Organization and Leadership,
    University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
President Emeritus, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
President Emeritus, American Council on Education

Trevor O. Jones
Chairman & CEO
BIOMEC, Inc.

Linda P. B. Katehi, Ph.D.
Provost
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Joshua LaBaer, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Harvard Institute of Proteomics

Marcia K. McNutt, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Jerry M. Melillo, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Co-Director
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole)

Ernest J. Moniz, Ph.D.
Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems
Co-Director, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Earll M. Murman, Ph.D.
Ford Professor of Engineering
Deputy Department Head, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert M. Nerem, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology

Peter Raven, Ph.D.
Engelmann Professor of Botany, Washington University in St. Louis
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden

Roy F. Schwitters, Ph.D.
S.W. Richardson Foundation Regental Professor of Physics
Director, Center for Particle Physics
University of Texas at Austin

Brian Sweeney
Chairman, Siemens Ireland, Ltd

Dr. Joseph S. Takahashi
Glass Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University

Scott W. Tinker, Ph.D.
Director, Bureau of Economic Geology & State Geologist of Texas
Professor, Edwin Allday Chair of Subsurface Geology
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Robert S. Waterman
Professor, Molecular and Computational Biology
University of Southern California

Marina v. N. Whitman, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan