Cole Donovan is the director of Science Policy and Advocacy at Stand Up for Science. Previously, he was the associate director for Science and Technology Ecosystem Development at the Federation of American Scientists and served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as assistant director for International Science and Technology and assistant director for Research Security and Infrastructure. He has also held positions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce, the State Department, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Donovan holds a M.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis and a B.A. from the University of Maryland.