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<br />Prior to joining GCMRC, he was the Chief of Scientific Planning and Coordination with the National <br />Biological Service, now the Biological Resources Division of USGS. <br /> <br />From 1992 through 1995, Dr. Gold served as the senior environmental staff member for the Committee <br />on Science, Space, and Technology in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was responsible for <br />issues ranging from risk assessment to oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency's research <br />and development activities. <br /> <br />From 1989 through 1992, he served as a senior program officer for the National Research Council's <br />Commission on Life Sciences, where he studied ways to improve federal environmental research and <br />the science that supports decision making. From 1983 through 1989, Dr. Gold served as a senior <br />program officer with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also held <br />positions of visiting scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, <br />environmental scientist with the Midwest Research Institute, and staff assistant with the science <br />advisory board of the U.S. Environmental Protectio!l Agency. <br /> <br />Gold holds a D.Sc. in Engineering and Policy from Washington University; an M.A. in Science Policy <br />from George Washington University; an M.S. in Ecology from the University of Connecticut; and a <br />B.S. in Biology from the University of Miami. He is a member of Sigma Xi, the Ecological Society of <br />America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a current advisor and <br />steering committee member for the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program of the ESA and has served as a <br />member of the program advisory committee for the Harvard University's Senior Managers in <br />Government Program. <br /> <br />Gold is married and has two children. <br /> <br />* * * USGS * * * <br /> <br />As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science, and civilian mapping agency. the USGS <br />works in cooperation with more than 2,000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, <br />impartial scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This information <br />is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from natural <br />disasters, contribute to the sound conservation and the economic and physical development of the <br />na!!o~'s !12t1J!'2.! r~S0!..!rces. ::'.!1d enhanc~ the qu2.lity of life by moni!ori~g l,J./?ter, bb!ogicaI. energy ,. ~nJ <br />mineral resources. <br />