Shirley Malcom

Shirley Malcom, Ph.D., is head of education and human resources at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She works to improve the quality and increase access to education and careers in STEM. Malcom is a trustee of Caltech, a regent of Morgan State University, and a member of the Advisory Board for the SUNY Research Council. She served on the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the NSF, and on President Clinton’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Malcom, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, received her Ph.D. in ecology from Penn State University, master’s in zoology from UCLA and bachelor’s in zoology from the University of Washington. She holds 16 honorary degrees. Malcom serves on the boards of the Heinz Endowments, Public Agenda, the National Math-Science Initiative and Digital Promise. In 2003, Malcom received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the highest award given by the Academy.