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Steering committee

*the six co-founders

Norm Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin; former Undersecretary of the Army

Arne Carlson,  former Republican Governor of Minnesota; former chairman of American Express Funds board

Darlene Cavalier, Founder, ScienceCheerleader.com

*Matthew Chapman, writer/director, science writer; President of Science Debate, Inc.

*Austin Dacey, contributing editor, The Skeptical Inquirer magazine

Calvin DeWitt,  President, Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists

Vern Ehlers (co-chair),  Former Republican congressman from Michigan

Ira Flatow, Producer and Host of Science Friday on NPR's Talk of the Nation

David Guston, Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University

Rush Holt (co-chair), Democratic congressman from New Jersey

James Jensen, Director of Congressional and Government Affairs, The National Academies

*Sheril Kirshenbaum, marine biologist,  University of Texas; science blogger

*Lawrence Krauss, Professor of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics, Arizona State University

Alan Leshner, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Executive Publisher, Science magazine 

James McCarthy, Chairman, AAAS; board member, Union of Concerned Scientists; Professor of Oceanography, Harvard University

Angie McQuaig, Director, Camp Inquiry, Center for Inquiry

*Chris Mooney, science writer and science blogger, The Intersection

*Shawn Lawrence Otto, CEO of Science Debate, Inc; science writer, writer/director/producer; political consultant; entrepreneur

Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness 

 

 

Organizational cosponsors

The U.S. National Academies

The American Association for the Advancement of Science

The Council on Competitiveness

 

  *the six co-founders