Lilian Wu, Chair
Program Executive, Corporate University Relations, IBM Technology and Innovation

Lilian Wu is Program Executive, University Relations and Innovation, IBM Technology Strategy and Innovation, and a research scientist. She chairs the National Research Council's Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, is a member of the S&E Workforce Committee of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Research Council, and is a member of NSF’s Advisory Committee on International Science and Engineering and NSF’s Corporate Alliance.

She received her PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University. Her major research interests are analysis and modeling of technology enabled and people intensive complex systems, particularly in the services sector. She is also a member of the Board of trustees of the New School University, the President’s Council of Olin College, and the Global Advisory Board of Fordham University School of Business. She was a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), NSF’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering and served on the Advisory Committee of NSF's Engineering Directorate. Among her other professional services, she served on AAAS's Committee on Public Understanding of Science and Technology and DOE’s Secretary of Energy's Laboratory Operations Advisory Board.