Since mid-2010, Dr. Donna J. Dean has focused on career enhancement and mentoring strategies for individuals and organizations. Her federal career included 27 years at the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration, followed by five years at Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC, a government relations consulting firm. She received the B.A. (chemistry) from Berea College (and Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2007) and Ph.D. (biochemistry) from Duke University. She did postdoctoral work at Princeton University and completed a senior executive program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2000. She is a member of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the AAAS; Board of Advisors to the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering; Executive Board member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, and served a two-year term as national President of the Association for Women in Science. Her recent book is, “Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships.”