The WIST Organization
The Argonne Women in Science and Technology (WIST) program is sponsored and funded by the Argonne Laboratory Director. Argonne's
Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Program is made up of a WIST Program Initiator (WPI) and a WIST Steering Committee.
Steering Committee
The administration of the program is supervised by the WIST Steering Committee. Restructured in 2004, the WIST Steering Committee consists of ten regular members and five alternates:
- Four members are appointed from Laboratory management: Office of the Director
(Chair); Human Resources (HR) Administration; HR Diversity Program Office, and the Educational Programs
Division (DEP).
- Additional members are women from the scientific and technical staff, including the previous WPI and
representatives from Energy Sciences and Engineering (ESE); Computing, Environment and Life Sciences (CELS); Operations (OPS);
and Scientific User Facilities (SUF).
- Each organization has an alternate who works closely with
the organizational representative and attends meetings when the primary representative cannot.
Members selected from among the scientific and technical staff
serve for two years, at which time the alternates are appointed to the Steering Committee and new alternates are selected.
The charter of the steering committee includes the following:
- Serve
as search committee and provide recommendations to the Chair for the WIST Program Initiator (WPI).
- Discuss
programmatic priorities with the WPI, provide guidance on tasks to be accomplished, and provide support to the WPI, as needed.
- Assess
the WPI’s progress, provide the Chair with an annual evaluation (including input from the WPI), and evaluate the effectiveness
of the WPI position itself.
- Serve
on subcommittees in such areas as outreach, professional and career development, communication, survey,
and equity analysis.
- Facilitate
communication among women within the Laboratory and between women and Laboratory management and/or the Human Resources Division. Provide
regular reports on WIST activities to the Associate Division Directors and staff.
| Current WIST Steering Committee |
| Deputy Director for Operations |
Steve Richardson (Chair) |
| Director, Human Resources |
Donald G. Schmitt |
| Director, Division of Educational Programs |
Harold Myron |
| Human Resources/Diversity Program Officer |
Eve Gohouré |
| Previous WIST Program Initiator |
Kirsten Laurin-Kovitz |
| Energy Sciences and Engineering |
Nancy VanWermeskerken |
| Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences |
Boyana Norris
Lisa Durham |
| Scientific User Facilities |
Anne Boron |
| Operations |
Tamara Martin |
Alternates |
| Energy Sciences and Engineering |
Kawtar Hafidi |
| Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences |
Elizabeth Glass |
| Scientific User Facilities |
Liz Moog |
| Operations |
Betty Dai |
WIST Program Initiator
The WPI coordinates the program. This two-year position is filled by a research and development staff member who devotes 30%
of her time to the program and, in that capacity, reports directly to the Laboratory Director. Her responsibilities include the
following:
- Assist in the design and development of WIST Program activities,
- In cooperation with DEP and the HR Diversity Program Office, plan
the program for the annual Science Careers in Search of Women Conference; and,
- In cooperation with HR, assist in recruiting and affirmative action activities geared toward attracting and retaining technical
staff from underutilized groups.
The current WPI is Cristina Negri (ES). Past WPIs include Kirsten Laurin-Kovitz,
Maryka Bhattacharya,
Tina Kilmer,
Ruth Reck,
Betsy Curlin, and
Marion Thurnauer.
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