ADVANCE Implementation Committee (AIC)

ADVANCE was established in 2001 by the NSF’s Office of the Director as an NSF-wide program.  Representatives from the participating NSF Directorates and Offices serve on the ADVANCE Implementation Committee (AIC), which works with the ADVANCE program office to manage and implement the program. 

PARTICIPATING NSF DIRECTORATES AND OFFICES

• Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
• Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)
• Directorate for Education & Human Resources (EHR)
• Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
• Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
• Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
• Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE)
• Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI)
• Office of International Science & Engineering (OISE)
• Office of Polar Programs (OPP)

ADVANCE PROGRAM OFFICE

• Jessie DeAro, ADVANCE Program Director
• Kelly Mack, ADVANCE Program Director
• Patricia Simms, ADVANCE Integrative Activities Specialist

ADVANCE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE (AIC)

• Michael Mishkind, BIO
• Sara Patterson, BIO
• Joan Peckham, CISE
• Janice Cuny, CISE
• Elizabeth VanderPutten, EHR
• Jolene Jesse, EHR
• Omnia El-Hakim, ENG
• Rosemarie Wesson, ENG
• Sonia Esperanca, GEO
• Wendy Fuller-Mora, MPS
• Bruce Sagan, MPS
• Christopher Tolbert, OCI
• Jong-on Hahm, OISE
• Anna Kerttula, OPP
• Fahmida Chowdhury, SBE

Chair - Kelly Mack, Program Director for ADVANCE
Pat Simms, Integrative Activities Specialist for ADVANCE
Erin Seney, AAAS Fellow for ADVANCE