Three New Members to join 快播视频 Honorary Board

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥 Today, 快播视频 named three new members to its Honorary Board. Consisting of 28 distinguished scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators, Honorary Board members are elected by the 快播视频鈥檚 Board of Trustees to provide strategic guidance and input on scientific issues important to the 快播视频鈥檚 mission.

The new members are:

Raj Chetty, Ph.D.
William A. Ackman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard University
Science Talent Search 1997
International Science and Engineering Fair 1997

Tom Leighton, Ph.D.
CEO & Co-Founder, Akamai Technologies
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Member, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), MIT
Science Talent Search 1974
International Science and Engineering Fair 1972 and 1973
Former member of 快播视频 Board of Trustees

Alan Leshner, Ph.D.
CEO Emeritus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Former Executive Publisher of Science, and the Science family of journals
Former member of 快播视频 Board of Trustees

鈥淭he expertise and guidance these new members will lend to our Honorary Board is crucial to advancing the 快播视频鈥檚 mission of informing, educating and inspiring the next generation of 快播视频 leaders,鈥 said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO, 快播视频 and Executive Publisher, Science News. 鈥淚 look forward to working with them as we continue to expand scientific literacy and access to our 快播视频 programs.

鈥淚 am thrilled to welcome these three distinguished 快播视频 leaders as new members of the 快播视频鈥檚 Honorary Board,鈥 said Mary Sue Coleman, 快播视频 Board of Trustees Chair. 鈥淭heir dedication to the 快播视频 and our mission is invaluable.鈥

The Honorary Board assists the 快播视频 in thinking through strategic organizational questions, speaking to students who compete in our science competitions and nominating next generation of scientists and engineers for the SN 10, an honor granted by Science News to 10 early and mid-career scientists on their way to widespread acclaim.

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