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Ann Merchant

Acting Executive Director of Communications
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine

Ann Merchant has worked in marketing and communications for more than 25 years.  She is currently the Acting Executive Director for Communications at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C., where she is responsible for a number of innovative outreach programs that contribute to an increased public understanding of science.  With a special interest in promoting science, engineering, and medicine through non-traditional entertainment channels such as television, film, and videogames, she was instrumental in launching and now overseeing The Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences that seeks to connect entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers.  She also has responsibility for the institution’s presence at large-scale outreach events such as the USA Science & Engineering Festival.  Merchant served for many years as marketing director for the Academies’ publishing division where she and her staff promoted and marketed more than 175 new titles every year.  

My Session Producer Sessions

Wednesday, September 27
 

3:30pm MDT