Joanne Carney

Joanne Padrón Carney joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997 as the Director for the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.  She manages all activities of the Center, including production of the newsletter Science and Technology in Congress; tracking legislation related to a wide range of policy issues that impact the research community; organizing workshops and briefings for congressional leaders and their staff; and representing AAAS in intersociety coalitions.  She also serves on the Advisory Committee of the House Research & Development Caucus. Ms. Carney contributes to the annual AAAS Intersociety Working Group R&D Report.

Prior to joining the AAAS staff, Ms. Carney was the head of Government Relations for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) where she followed civil space, civil aeronautics and defense issues for almost ten years.  At AIAA Ms. Carney was staff liaison to the AIAA Public Policy Committee, and assisted in the organization of over 16 technical workshops and the preparation of numerous position papers.  She also prepared analyses of the NASA budget request as the contribution to the annual AAAS Intersociety Working Group R&D Report.

Ms. Carney holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Master of Arts in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.