Project Director
AAAS
Neela White is a Project Director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She currently works on programs including the AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador Program, the AAAS Marion Milligan-Mason Awards for Women in the Chemical Sciences, and the Measuring the Impact of Making and Innovation at HBCU program. She has served as an external evaluator for multiple projects including the NSF INCLUDES Early STEM Engagement for Minority Males (eSEM) project and the Verizon Innovative Learning Summer Program for Minority Males at Morgan State University. She has also served as a Program Associate for the AAAS District of Columbia program. Her areas of focus have been within the sectors of invention; innovation; entrepreneurship; Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education; Maker movement; international research collaboration; and diversity, equity and inclusion in science.
Prior to AAAS, she worked at the Brookings Institute as the Ad- ministrator for the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics.