Mary Koppal, Communications Director
(202) 326-6643
Mary Koppal is the communications director for Project 2061 of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. She is responsible for the project's
publishing and outreach programs.
Previously, Koppal was the publisher for the National Academy of Sciences’
Issues in Science and Technology, where she began her work as the associate
publisher/circulation manager. From 1987 to 1994, she was responsible
for the overall business and administrative operation of this award-winning
national science and technology policy journal.
Koppal was the marketing director from 1981 to 1985 for the National Academy
Press. The Press published 40 to 60 new titles each year, and had a backlist
of 700 trade, scholarly, and professional titles in all areas of science,
technology, health, and public policy.
In earlier positions, Koppal was a staff writer in the Communications/ Marketing
Department of the Congressional Information Service, Inc., and a marketing
specialist for the Printing and Publishing Office of the National Academy
of Sciences.
She received a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland and is pursuing
graduate studies in Communication in Contemporary Society at Johns Hopkins
University.
