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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★IAPP Leadership Award 2026 for privacy and AI governance
★IEEE Fellow (1997) for semiconductor manufacturing leadership
★National Academy of Engineering member
★Texas Tech Distinguished Engineer
★California Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumna
★Notable Women in Computing cards
★William D. Carey Lectureship Award for Leadership in Science Policy
Notable Facts
→First woman and person of color to serve as White House Science and Technology Advisor
→First woman to earn PhD in applied physics from Caltech
→Led DARPA 2012-2017, first woman director of NIST 1993-1997
→Key architect of Biden administration AI policies and Cancer Moonshot
→Founded Actuate nonprofit in 2019 focused on climate and health innovation
→Member of President's Cabinet and co-chair of Presidential science council
→Currently UC Berkeley Executive Fellow in Applied Technology Policy
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