Kerri-Ann Jones was born on 1954 and was vice president of research and science at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Kerri-Ann Jones is the former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the US State Department.
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Kerri-Ann Jones received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1975.
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Kerri-Ann Jones received a PhD in 1985 from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, where she used nuclear magnetic resonance to study the effects of stress on metabolism and gene expression.
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In 1985 Jones won a Science Engineering and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science which placed her in the Science and Technology Bureau of the US Agency for International Development.
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Kerri-Ann Jones then spent a year in New Delhi, India, as the Biotechnology Advisor at the United States Agency for International Development there.
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Kerri-Ann Jones then moved to USAID where she worked in technical and management positions with the Science and Technology and the Asia Near East Bureaus.
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Kerri-Ann Jones directed the Division of Technical Resources where she was responsible for a portfolio that included policy and programs in the areas of science and technology, agriculture, health, education and environment.
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Kerri-Ann Jones designed and managed the US Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Partnership for Education, the first major US contribution to APEC.
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Kerri-Ann Jones was instrumental in the initial design of the US-Asia Environmental Partnership.
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In 1996 President of the United States Bill Clinton nominated Kerri-Ann Jones to be associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and, after Senate confirmation, she held this post until 1999.
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Kerri-Ann Jones served on the National Security Council as the Senior Director for Science and Technology Affairs.
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Kerri-Ann Jones left that post in 2005 to work as an independent consultant in Maine.