Ms. Kerri-Ann Jones, a US national, took up her duties as Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD on July 1, 2022. Her scope of work covers, among others, the environment, development, science and innovation, data and statistics, and public governance.
Prior to joining the OECD, she held senior leadership positions promoting the role of science in public programs and policies. She most recently served as Vice President, Research and Science, at Pew Charitable Trusts. She served as the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) from 2009 to 2014. In this position, she led the office responsible for bilateral, regional, and multilateral engagement for oceans, environment, science, space and health, and also served as the Department's Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. In 2014, she received the U.S. State Department's Foreign Affairs Award for Public Service.
She previously worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where she was appointed Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs and served on the National Security Council. During this term, she temporarily assumed the role of Acting Director of OSTP. She also served as Director of the Office of International Science and Engineering at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development. (USAID) and for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).