Director of Office of International and Integrative Activities, National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.

Wanda Ward heads the NSF Office of International and Integrative Activities. She served in a number of science and engineering policy, planning, and program leadership capacities, including Senior Advisor to the NSF Director; Assistant to the NSF Deputy Director for Human Resource Development; Deputy Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; and Deputy Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources.

Dr. Ward spoke about the NSF’s current and future activities and programmes to address career-life balance challenges and opportunities, a 10-year initiative launched by First Lady Michelle Obama and the Past NSF Director Dr. Subra Suresh in September 2012 at the Gender Summit 3 North America 2013 (GS3NA).