Deborah L. Wince-Smith has served as President of the Council on Competitiveness, a non-profit organization of CEO's, University Presidents, and Labor Leaders, focused on productivity and economic growth policy issues, since December 2001. Ms. Wince-Smith initially joined the Council in February 1993 as a Senior Fellow and Independent Consultant. Prior to the Council on Competitiveness, Ms. Wince-Smith served as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the Department of Commerce Technology Administration. President and CEO Council on Competitiveness; of Director NASDAQ-OMX Inc; Member Oversight Board of the Internal Revenue Service; Member US Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy; former Chair Secretary of Commerce's Advisory Committee on Strengthening America's Communities; Member University of Chicago's Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory; Member Board of Directors Albert Shanker Institute