President Biden announced two additional appointees to leadership roles in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco will serve as Deputy Director for Climate and Environment. An accomplished environmental scientist, Dr. Lubchenco is a professor at Oregon State University and formerly served as US Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of NOAA, as well as the US Science Envoy for the Ocean. She is also a UW alum, having received her Masters degree in Zoology (’71)!
Dr. Jason Matheny will serve as Deputy Director for National Security. He has served as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence since 2018. Prior to that role, he served as Assistant Director of National Intelligence and Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency.