Jan Morrison, M.A., is a recognized leader in STEM education, providing vital support to national and state STEM initiatives, most recently serving as the Senior STEM advisor to The White House and the U.S. Department of Education in developing their sweeping Race to the Top and Innovate to Educate education reform programs. Current national engagements include her work as the senior consultant for College Ready and Post-Secondary Success STEM Education for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; NASA STEM education initiatives; Battelle Memorial Institute; the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation; the Noyce Foundation; the Grant Makers for Education STEM Initiative; the National Governors Association; the White House Educate to Innovate National Mobilization; Siemens Corporation; Innovate-Educate New Mexico; North Dakota STEM Initiative. She also serves as an advisor on the National Academy for Engineering’s standards work with ITEEA. Ms. Morrison spent 30 years as a STEM teacher, supervisor, high school principal, and middle school principal.