Working to Advance Postdoc & Graduate Student
​Support & Professional Development at the National Level

I hold leadership positions in two of the main organizations focused on supporting graduate student and postdoctoral scholar career and professional development in the United States:

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) & Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)

NPA Board of Directors, 2020 - 2025
Vice Chair of Board of Directors, 2024
Treasurer and Chair of Finance Committee, 2023
​Chair of Strategic Planning Committee, 2021-2023

• Read our 2021-2024 NPA Strategic Plan

Postdoc Industry Council liaison
​Member of Resource Development & Advocacy Committees
Former liaison to The POSTDOCket, the online newsletter of the NPA, & Advocacy Committee

GCC Communications Officer, Aug 2020 - July 2022
Communications Committee Chair, Aug 2022 - July 2023​
​Follow GCC on Twitter & LinkedIn

• Read our GCC Newsletter & Quarterly Committee & Leadership Updates

Member of the Education Research Committee
Member of the Benchmarking Committee
Non-academic career readiness assessment working group

Recently, I was selected to serve on a National Academies roundtable focused on mentorship, well-being, and professional development of graduate students and postdocs.

Member, Roundtable on Mentorship, Well-being, and Professional Development
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
2023 - 2025

This group will will seek out examples of improvements and innovations in supportive services and effective mentorship to ultimately catalyze the creation of a more inclusive and equitable higher education and science, technology, engineering, and medicine (STEMM) research ecosystem.
More on our project scope