Dr. Kelly Seagraves is the Vice President for National Security and International Affairs at BIO. Prior to joining BIO, Dr. Seagraves was the Senior Advisor for Biotechnology Policy in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, where she led the coordination of biotechnology policy across the U.S. State Department. She was also a secretariat member of the U.S. National Bioeconomy Board. In these roles, her priority was promoting the responsible development and use of emerging biotechnologies, by facilitating international cooperation that supports the U.S. and global bioeconomies and protecting against misuse of technologies where necessary.