Over her career, Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., R.N., has worked as a senior scientist, administrator and educator within the federal government, academia, clinical, and research settings. Since joining the NIH in 1998, she has developed, implemented, and managed several large, complex NIH extramural research programs. She initially served as the chief of the NCI Cancer Training Branch, overseeing a budget of $110M/year, while implementing a broad strategic plan for research training and career development. Later, she joined the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, working across the NIH institutes and centers to develop and enhance a variety of initiatives in women’s health and sex differences research, including several NIH-wide and federal-wide research initiatives. In addition to these activities, Begg oversees the BIRCWH Program, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health, an institutional career development grant program. The BIRCWH program was originally created in 2000 and continues to provide career development to junior faculty who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships, and who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, translational, behavioral, clinical, and/or health services research relevant to the health of women and, where appropriate, the use of both sexes to better understand the influence of sex as a biological variable on health and disease.

While working in academia, Begg created a large breast cancer research program with support from several extramural research grants and contracts. As faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, she also taught graduate students in the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and the School of Nursing. She held faculty positions in the GSPH, the School of Nursing, and the School of Medicine. Earlier in her career, she founded the Oncology Nursing Society, which now has over 35,000 members domestically and worldwide, and which provides nursing research support second only to the NIH-National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

Begg holds earned degrees in epidemiology and nursing - a Dr.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.P.H. in epidemiology from UCLA, a Master of Science in nursing from UCSF, and a BSN from Boston College.

Stephanie Eberle, M.Ed., is chair of the NPA Board of Directors and assistant dean of BioSci Careers at Stanford University where they and their team support the academic, personal, career, and profession needs of med/doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees in the biosciences and technology fields. Within this position, they teach immersive, sector-specific courses, oversee the graduate IDP program, serve on the dean’s gender and sexual minorities taskforce, and build individualized connection opportunities between the Stanford community and alumni and employer partners. Eberle writes for Inside Higher Education, including essays on passion, managing career advice overload, and activism in the workplace. They consult within companies and organizations throughout the country and is a certified Strengths coach. They hold a Master of Education in community agency counseling, and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and sociology, both from Ohio University.

Julia Judish, J.D., is special counsel with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, in their Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on employment law and nonprofit governance, and she serves as a trusted advisor to clients, providing critical and strategic counseling. Judish has received multiple honors for excellence in legal services and is recognized in Lawdragon’s Guide to the 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers (2021). She has over two decades of experience representing private-sector employers, nonprofit organizations – including professional societies, 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, and certification organizations – and government contractors. Judish regularly advises on legal compliance, personnel best practices, and resolution of sensitive employee and organizational disputes, as well as diversity and inclusion, ADA accessibility, affirmative action, credentialing, governance, ethics and disciplinary codes, and related areas. She writes extensively on employment and nonprofit legal issues and serves on the Legal Advisory Council of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Judish graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Caleb McKinney, Ph.D., is assistant dean of graduate and postdoctoral training & development for Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). McKinney is committed to graduate student and postdoctoral scholar advocacy and career formation. He graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in biology and a minor in applied economics and management. He then completed his doctoral degree in microbiology from New York University, and he is currently enrolled in a master’s in professional studies program in design management and communications at Georgetown University. At GUMC, McKinney leads the graduate and postdoctoral training and development portfolio for Biomedical Graduate Education, which includes the Office of Career Strategy and Professional Development, a biomedical graduate career center that provides career advising and professional development programming for master's students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral scholars. Furthermore, his portfolio includes training grant support for institutional external funding mechanisms, and biomedical graduate student recruitment and external partnerships for strategic enrollment. Lastly, he is a steadfast advocate for student and trainee led initiatives. He mentors and provides administrative support to the Georgetown University PDA, and the Women in Science Education and Medical Center Graduate Student Organization student groups.