Dr. King is a management consultant, administrator, researcher, external grant reviewer, and tenured professor with more than 15 years of administrative experience in for-profit, not-for-profit, federal agency, and academic environments. She obtained her doctoral and postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan, Harvard and the Coverdale Institute. Her past 5 years have been with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Food & Drug Administration (FDA/CDER & FDA/OEA) and National Institutes of Health Office of the NIH Director. Prior to these engagements, she was a senior administrator and Principal Investigator at Keystone Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology, Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in a college of pharmacy, and a tenured Professor of Management at an AACSB school of business. Significant academic appointments include being a voting Member of the AMA/AAMC Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), Commissioner at the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools, and Steering Committee Member of the CDC Health Disparities Institute Development Group. Her research, national presentations, and publications are in the areas of organizational behavior, advanced academic mentoring & positioning, graduate education training program implementation, and operational management. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has edited a three-volume book series on managed care. Her consulting experience includes work with the Military District of Washington, Japan Consultant for the Department of Defense, American Council on Education, and multiple health care professional credentialing agencies.