The Bulletin welcomes new Board members

	The Bulletin welcomes new Board members
	The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is delighted to announce several new additions to the organization's leadership. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering is being honored with a place on the organization’s Board of Sponsors, where he joins 16 Nobel Laureates and other eminent leaders who act as advisors to the Bulletin and its Science and Security Board. Herbert Lin, Suzet McKinney, Steven Miller, and Susan Solomon will join the Bulletin's Science and Security Board, which serves as the Bulletin's Editorial Board, sets the Doomsday Clock, and ensures the Bulletin stays closely connected to cutting edge and evolving policy debates. Steven Fadem will join the Bulletin’s Governing Board, which is tasked with advancing the Bulletin’s mission, guiding its strategic direction, and ensuring good governance. Click on the images to read individual bios. "We are delighted that Thomas Pickering has accepted a position on the Board of Sponsors. He is an individual of great distinction and experience. The depth and breadth of his knowledge, gained from a diplomatic career that has spanned five decades, is invaluable to us.” Lawrence Krauss, Chair, Board of Sponsors “Herb Lin’s brilliant analysis on cyber issues is familiar to Bulletin readers. His presence on the Board is an incredible opportunity that will help the Bulletin keep up-to-date in a policy area that seems to become more important with each news cycle.” Lynn Eden, Co-Chair, Science and Security Board “Suzet spends her days thinking about how governments and institutions will respond to the catastrophic scenarios that the Doomsday Clock tells us are possible. Her position on the Science and Security Board will provide a boots-on-the-ground view of what the Bulletin is all about.” Lee Francis, Chair, Governing Board “Steve is deeply engaged in nearly every major nuclear security policy discussion. He will bring tremendous international and technical insight to our deliberations.” Robert Rosner, Co-Chair, Science and Security Board “Susan has made important contributions to our understanding of climate change and to the coupling between climate and atmospheric chemistry. She has almost every honor that an atmospheric scientist can win, including the National Medal of Science, plus the rare distinction of having two geographic features in Antarctica named for her: Solomon Saddle and Solomon Glacier." Richard Somerville, Science and Security Board “The top priority of the Governing Board is to anticipate the needs of the organization and its constituencies. Steven Fadem’s experience at a leading law firm, at major energy and financial services advisory companies, and now a firm at the forefront of cybersecurity will prove to be an invaluable resource as we go about securing the Bulletin’s future as a vital source of information and analysis to the market.” Lee Francis, Chair, Governing Board These appointments to the Bulletin’s three boards are effective immediately. Bios: Thomas R. Pickering is currently Chairman of the Board of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service. He has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. From 1989 to 1992 he was Ambassador and U.S. Representative to the United Nations in New York. Pickering's last assignment with the Department of State was as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1997 to 2000. Dr. Herbert Lin is senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University. He is particularly interested in the use of offensive operations in cyberspace, especially as instruments of national policy.  Dr. Suzet McKinney is Executive Director of the Illinois Medical District Commission. She is the former Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response at the Chicago Department of Public Health, where she oversaw the emergency preparedness efforts for the department and coordinated those efforts within the larger spectrum of Chicago’s public safety activities. A sought-after expert in her field, McKinney also provides support to the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, to provide subject matter expertise in biological terrorism preparedness to international agencies. Steven E. Miller is Director of the International Security Program at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences where he co-chairs the Committee on International Security Studies (CISS). Miller is also Co-Chair of the U.S. Pugwash Committee, and is a member of the Council of International Pugwash. Miller co-directs the Academy's project on the Global Nuclear Future Initiative with the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board Co-Chair, Robert Rosner. Dr. Susan Solomon is the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was the Founding Director of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative from 2014-2015. She is well known for pioneering work that explained why there is a hole in the Antarctic ozone layer and is the author of several influential scientific papers in climate science. Solomon received the 1999 US National Medal of Science, our nation’s highest scientific award, in 1999. She has also received the Grande Medaille of the French Academy of Sciences, the Blue Planet Prize in Japan, the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award, and the Volvo Environment Prize. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society in the UK. She served as co-chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth climate science assessment report, released in 2007. Time magazine named Solomon as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. Steven Fadem is the Chairman of Global Data Sentinel, a cybersecurity firm he co-founded in 2014. In his capacity as Chairman, he has led the company’s strategic development and capital formation. Previously, Fadem ran several private equity-backed companies in the media, energy, and financial services areas; the business side of a top-five AmLaw firm, Kirkland & Ellis; and a major financial services firm, Geller & Co. which, among other things, possesses a major multifamily office servicing the ultra-high net worth community and is the outsourced CFO for Bloomberg L.P.