Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats
Appendix A. Expert Contributors to Scenario Development NTI convened a diverse group of experts in December 2020 to advise on the tabletop exercise scenario. These experts participated as individuals—not as representatives of their respective organizations—and they do not necessarily endorse the recommendations in this report. Dr. Hillary Carter Senior Advisor in the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office Department of Homeland Security
Jeremy Konyndyk Executive Director of the COVID-19 Task Force and Senior Advisor United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Dr. Sarah Carter Principal Science Policy Consulting, LLC
Amb. (ret.) Bob Mikulak Expert Advisor on Chemical and Biological Weapons Issues U.S. Department of State
Dr. Bradley Dickerson Senior Manager, Global Chemical and Biological Security Sandia National Laboratories
Ryan Morhard Director, Policy and Partnerships, Concentric Ginkgo Bioworks
Dr. Diane DiEuliis Senior Fellow National Defense University
Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo Senior Scholar and Visiting Faculty, Center for Health Security John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. James Diggans Director, Data Science and Biosecurity Twist Biosciences
Dr. Megan Palmer Executive Director of Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives, Department of Bioengineering Stanford University
Dr. Jessica Dymond Assistant Program Area Manager, Health Protection and Assurance, National Health John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Chris Park Senior Advisor, International Security and Nonproliferation Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security U.S. Department of State
Dr. Dylan George Vice President Ginkgo Bioworks Former Vice President, Technical Staff In-Q-Tel Dr. John Glass Professor and Leader, JCVI Synthetic Biology Group J. Craig Venter Institute
Carolyn Reynolds Co-Founder Pandemic Action Network
Amanda Glassman Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow Center for Global Development
Deborah Rosenblum Executive Vice President Nuclear Threat Initiative
Dr. William Hanage Associate Professor of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jonas Sandbrink Biosecurity Researcher Future of Humanity Institute
Dr. Lawrence Kerr Director, Office of Pandemic and Emerging Threats Department of Health and Human Services
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