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Gail Pesyna retired in 2014 as Vice President, Human Resources and Program Management at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation as a Program Director in 1996, Gail spent much of her career at the DuPont Company in its "high tech" businesses – i.e., pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostics, and printing and publishing – in positions including Worldwide Business Manager for Medical Equipment Service, and Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Printing and Publishing. She held various other sales, marketing, new business development, and business operations positions while at DuPont between 1981 and 1994.
Gail served in the Federal Government both prior to and following her career at DuPont. She was a science and technology policy analyst for the House of Representatives, a budget examiner for the Office of Management and Budget, and a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Finance in the Department of Energy.
At the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Gail combined her interests and background in science, business, and government to serve both the Foundation’s programmatic and operational missions. As Program Director, she led the Foundation’s programs of scholarly research in corporate governance and industry studies. Elected an officer of the Foundation by Sloan’s Board of Trustees in 2009, Gail then provided strategic and operational leadership in human resources, assisted the President in identifying, developing, and evaluating all Foundation programs and staff, and maintained a portfolio of grantmaking within the business and economics program.
Gail holds a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry and computer science from Cornell University, and an AB from Wells College. She is currently a visiting scholar in the department of economics at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Gail M. Pesyna
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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