Dr. Kelly will serve as a member of the Center's Advisory Board. As a senior executive, former university president, and currently Chairman of the National Science Board (the governing board of the National Science Foundation) and Professor, Payson Center, Dr. Kelly has extensive policy formulation, policy implementation and strategic management experience. Complementing this is his substantive involvement in the arena of international development, primarily in the America's and Africa. Beginning with his career as Officer-in-Charge for the Office of Social Development within the Ford Foundation, he coordinated and supervised innovative programs, employing analytical models, for the development of economically advantageous programs to address obstacles to social development. In 1979, Kelly joined the administration of Tulane as Executive Vice President, and within the year was appointed as interim president. In 1981, he was chosen to serve as the 13th president of the university. During his tenure at Tulane, he was credited with leading Tulane into an unprecedented period of growth. Today, Tulane has become a leading institution for the study of environmental, international, and urban programs. He has served on numerous governing and advisory boards and has received presidential appointments several times to public service, the most recent being Chair of the National Science Board. Dr. Kelly is formally trained in economics. He received his doctoral degree in economics from Columbia University in 1965.