Federal Panel

Presentations

Speakers

Dr. AnthonyHayward

Director

Division forClinical Research Resources

Dr. Hayward hasdirected the Division for Clinical Research Resources at the National Centerfor Research Resources since 2001. He obtained a first degree in Physiology atUniversity College, London, in 1964, followed by a medical degree in 1967. Hetrained as a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Stin London and obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology in 1972. He moved to theUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1978, where he was Professorof Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology with additional appointments atNational Jewish Center and The Children's Hospital.

His research focusedon immunity development, primary immunodeficiency syndromes and also onimmunization strategies to reduce the burden of post-herpetic neuralgia. He isauthor or co-author on over 160 original articles and contributed to over 40books. The Division for ClinicalResearch Resources at NCRR supports programs such as the Clinical andTranslational Science Awards and the General Clinical Research Centers, as wellas career development programs and specific initiatives in genotyping, genevector production and islet cell recovery.

Ms. Lili M. Portilla, MPA

Senior Advisor to the Director

National Center for Research Resources,NIH

Ms. Portilla hasworked in the area of technology transfer at the NIH since 1989. She serves as Senior Advisor to theDirector of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). Ms. Portilla advises NCRR on all facetsof technology transfer, intellectual property and public private partnershipsissues. She has extensiveexperience in negotiating and developing commercialization strategies forcomplex, and multi-party Collaborative Research and Development Agreements(CRADAs), Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), clinical trial agreements,software license agreements, and Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs). She also serves as the technologytransfer advisor for the Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Consortium and theNational Swine Research Resource Center funded by the NCRR.

She also served asthe Director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Officeof Technology Transfer and Development (OTTAD). In this capacity, Ms. Portilla supervised and managedprofessional and support staff as well as the OTTAD budget. She served as NHLBI main advisor forall Institute technology transfer law/policy and intellectual propertyissues. She established andchaired the NHLBI Technology Evaluation Advisory Committee that reviewsinventions reports submitted by NHLBI researchers. Ms. Portilla established an in-house training program fornewly hired intramural researchers which addressed invention reporting,conflict of interest issues, patent law and procedures, and NIH technologytransfer policy.

Ms. Portilla alsoestablished the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Technology Transfer ServiceCenter to provide technology transfer services to other NIH Institutes andPublic Health Service offices, which include the National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute of Deafness andCommunication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute Arthritis and MusculoskeletalSkin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), NationalInstitute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), and National Center forResearch Resources (NCRR). Ms.Portilla served as the Chair of the Public Health Service TechnologyDevelopment Coordinators Committee.

Ms. Portillareceived a Masters in Public Administration in 1992 from American UniversitySchool of Public Affairs, Washington, DC and a Bachelor in BusinessAdministration, majoring in both Finance and Spanish Literature in 1986 fromStephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.

Dr. Jason E. Boehm

Senior Analyst,Program Office

NationalInstitute for Standards and Technology

Dr. Boehm is theSenior Analyst in the Program Analysis and Evaluation Office in the Office ofthe Director at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Boehm is responsible forproviding objective analysis and evaluation to the Director of NIST on a portfolioof issues related to the biological sciences, homeland security, and programsthat enhance innovation and competitiveness, in support of NIST strategicplanning and budget development. Dr. Boehm came to NIST from the Office of Science and Technology Policy(OSTP), Executive Office of thePresident where he was responsible for consultation, analysis, and policydevelopment regarding science and technology related to multiple issues of homeland and national securityincluding: the development ofmedical and non medical countermeasures against WMD, domestic nuclear defense,engineered threats and emerging infectious diseases, biological and chemicalagent decontamination, nuclear defense and detection, internationalcollaborations on homeland security-related S&T, and a number of otherissues. Dr. Boehm originallyjoined OSTP as a AAAS/NTI Fellow in Global Security, an award that provided himthe opportunity to work anywhere within the U.S. government on issues relatedto biological terrorism.

Prior to joiningthe Federal Government Dr. Boehm was involved in cancer research at CornellUniversity, where he led a team of researchers studying the role of thecellular protein tissue transglutaminase in cell survival andtumorigenesis. Dr. Boehm received hisPh.D. in 2000 from the University Of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Institutefor Cancer Research, where he studied the role of receptor tyrosine kinasesignaling in cell survival.

Mr. Ron Buckhalt

On SpecialAssignment

Special ProjectsDirector

USDA'sBioPreferred Program

Office of AssistantSecretary for Administration

Ron Buckhalt hasover 40 years communications and public policy experience, working as aCongressional press secretary, executive branch political appointee, publicrelations executive, communications consultant, radio and televisionnewscaster, and video producer. As a lobbyist Ron also served as a "registeredforeign agent" representing foreign countries and domestic clients. As CEO ofhis own consulting firm, he provided legislative, public relations, educational,and management services to many small business clients and the federalgovernment. For the last 14 years, he has been a USDA advocate for biobasedindustrial products and is currently on assignment at USDA headquarters inWashington, DC with the Assistant Secretary for Administration working onBioPreferred^SM. He earned a degree in journalism from AuburnUniversity in 1969.

Dr.V. Celeste Carter

ProgramDirector

Divisionof Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation

Celeste Carter is Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education, NationalScience Foundation. She is at NSF on leave from her position as Director of theBiotechnology Program at Foothill College (California). At NSF she overseesprojects in biotechnology in the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programand is part of the leadership in planning for a small conference on the futureof biotechnology technician education in April 2008. She is also a ProgramOfficer in three other undergraduate programs at NSF: Course, Curriculum, andLaboratory Improvement (CCLI); Scholarships in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM); and The Robert Noyce ScholarshipProgram. She had previously served for two years in a similar position at NSF,and she was Acting Lead Program Director for the ATE program during some ofthat time.

Dr. Carter received a Ph.D. in microbiologyfrom the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, a Master's degree inmicrobiology and molecular genetics from Harvard University, and herundergraduate degree in bacteriology and immunology from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley.

Mr. Bill Valdez
Associate Director, Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists

Department ofEnergy

Bill Valdez hasbeen Director of Planning and Analysis at the Department of Energy's Office ofScience since 1999. He also has been the Acting Director of the Office ofWorkforce Development for Teachers and Scientists since November 2006. His responsibilities includecorporate strategic planning, R&D evaluation, Federal S&T policydevelopment, and managing the DOE's workforce development programs, whichprovide research experiences to undergraduate students and educators.

In addition, Mr.Valdez has been leading an interagency effort, coordinated by the White HouseOffice of Science and Technology Policy, that is designed to establish credibleoutcome measures for basic research, create new evaluation methods that focuson systems level analysis, and promote business models that will enable FederalR&D managers to improve investment decisions. Mr. Valdez was elected as a Fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science in 2007 and is Vice Chair of theSenior Executive Association's Board of Directors.

Mr. Valdez has heldvarious positions at the Department of Energy since 1994, including serving asexecutive director of the DOE R&D Council and developing evaluationtechniques for technology transfer programs. Mr. Valdez also servedon a detail at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from1998-99. His responsibilities included developing interagency technologyinitiatives and advising on scientific workforce and international energyinitiatives. Prior to working atDOE, Mr. Valdez worked as a Senior Project Manager in private industry where heprovided strategic planning services to Asian and European multinationalcorporations.

Mr. Valdez receiveda Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas and his Master of Arts inInternational Economics and Energy Policy from the Johns Hopkins School ofAdvanced International Studies.