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Nomination Evaluation Committee

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee reviews and evaluates all nominations for the Medal of Technology and Innovation. Composed of distinguished experts in the fields of science, technology, business and patent law, the Committee makes its recommendations for Medal candidates to the Secretary of Commerce, who in turn makes recommendations to the President for final selection. Committee members are drawn from both the public and private sectors and are appointed by the Secretary for three-year terms, with eligibility for one reappointment.

Members

  • Linda P.B. Katehi (Chair)
    Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Alfred R. Berkeley, III (Vice Chair)
    Chairman, Pipeline Trading Systems, LLC
  • Raymond Briscuso, Jr.
    CEO & Managing Partner, Life Sciences Conference Group, LLC
  • Richard Doherty
    Co-founder and Director, The Envisioneering Group
  • Haren S. Gandhi
    Ford Technical Fellow, Ford Motor Company
  • James N. Hollenhorst
    Senior Director of IP Strategy, Agilent Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
  • Jeong Kim
    President, Bell Labs at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Edward D. Miller
    Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Peter C. Schultz
    Founder and Chairman, BioSensor, Inc.
  • Jennifer M. Lo
    Program Manager

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