Margaret Goud Collins holds the position of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) secretary - Science and NMOs, with responsibility for strengthening institutional coordination and research cooperation between IIASA, its NMOs, and the science communities in its National Member Organization (NMO) Countries. From 1997 to 2012, she served as the program director for the US Committee for IIASA, the US NMO, first with the American Academy of Sciences in Cambridge, MA, then with the National Academy of Sciences. She was also program officer for the US National Committee for DIVERSITAS. Dr. Goud Collins received a Ph.D. in geological oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography in 1987, with a specialization in coastal ocean processes. She has held numerous positions related to science policy and international cooperation in scientific research, at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute in Manila, with the NOAA Chief Scientist, with the US Geological Survey Director, and as AAAS congressional science fellow with Senator Max Baucus and the Environment and Public Works Committee. She served 4 terms on the American Geophysical Union Committee on Public Affairs and represented Public Affairs on the AGU Program Committee. Dr. Goud Collins was elected an AAAS fellow in 2007.