2025 NAE Annual Meeting

Mitchell D. Schnall leads Penn Medicine’s enterprise data and technology portfolio, overseeing the offices of the Chief Information Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, and Chief Analytics Officer. In this role, he advances IT-enabled process automation, care redesign, and analytics to improve clinical and business outcomes across the ...

Wesley L. Harris began his tenure as NAE vice president in July 2022. He is the Charles StarkDraper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, where he was previously head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. During his distinguished career, Harris has served as associate administrator for aeronautics at NASA, vice president ...

Tsu-Jae Liu began her term as president of the National Academy of Engineering on July 1, 2025. She previously served as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has been a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences since 1996. Liu earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical ...

Alton D. Romig Jr. is the executive officer and chief operating officer of the National Academy of Engineering. He previously led Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs, aka the Skunk Works®. Romig spent many years at Sandia National Laboratories, rising from technical staff in 1979 to executive vice president, deputy ...

Brian G. Cunningham is chief operating officer of FoundationaLLM.AI, where he guides strategy, operations, and partnerships at the intersection of national security and advanced computing. He brings more than 25 years of service as a Navy SEAL and senior Special Operations officer, leading high-stakes missions and innovation initiatives. In ...