Staff Update

Monica Amarelo – Director of Communications
Monica has worked in communications for more than ten years. She was previously employed by the communications departments of the Portuguese-American Leadership Council and the National Association of Home Builders. In 2001, she joined the news and information office at the American Association for the Advancement of Science where, in addition to promoting the association’s programmatic activities, she developed the news-briefing program for the newsroom operation and managed more than 1,000 press registrants at the annual meeting. Prior to joining FAS, she was president of a science public relations firm, MAACOMM.

Anne Fitzpatrick – Strategic Security Project Manager
Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick came to FAS from Los Alamos National Laboratory where she served as a technical staff member in the nuclear weapons program and led collaborative projects with counterpart Russian nuclear laboratories and with other science institutions in Russia and Ukraine. Dr. Fitzpatrick received her Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is the editor of a book on the history of computing in the Soviet Union, The Rise and Fall of Soviet Computing: A Witness’ Story, (in press, ME Sharpe: 2006), and a forthcoming article, “MESM and the Beginning of the Computer Era in the Soviet Union,” (in press, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2006). She is currently working on a book about high performance computing and the arms race, and an article on Chernobyl.

Stephanie Loranger - Biology Issues Director
Stephanie Loranger left FAS in June to join the Nuclear Threat Initiative. While at FAS, Loranger worked on promoting the public understanding of threats from biological and chemical weapons. She also informed biology researchers about federal regulations meant to protect against misuse of their work.

Sarah Mason – Operations Manager
At the end of May, Sarah Mason joined the staff of George Washington University. She will be working at the university while pursuing a graduate degree in fine art and museum exhibits.

Steve Stewart – Operations Manager
Prior to FAS, Steve Stewart worked as the Director of Finance and Administration for the American Association of Exporters & Importers and at Reingold, a marketing consulting firm in Washington, DC.  He also spent 15 years in leadership positions at an international non-profit organization, and worked for 12 years in the banking industry rising to the position of Chief Operations Officer.

Alison Tramba – Housing Technology Project Intern
Alison Tramba is a third year student at the University of Virginia pursuing an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering and American Studies. In her ten weeks at FAS, she will complete a white paper on the housing project and work with the team constructing the Rasbach model home in Houston, Texas.