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James A. Thomson, Ph.D. has served as a member of the board of directors since May 1994. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the RAND Corporation since 1989 and has served the institution in a variety of roles beginning in 1981. The RAND Corporation is a non-profit institution that seeks to improve public policy through research analysis in such areas as national defense, education and health. He also serves as a director of AK Steel Holding Co. From 1977 until 1981, he served on the National Security Council, at the White House. From 1974 until 1977, Dr. Thomson served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon. Dr. Thomson is the author of numerous scholarly articles and reports on defense and scientific subjects. Dr. Thomson graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1967 and received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Purdue University. | 