Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio's Tech Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers and technophobes. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation and the Tech Awards' Global Leadership Council, and has served as a member of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame. The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, she also holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and a software technical patent. Dr. Gunn is regularly asked to speak on the Impact of Technology on Society, on the Current and Projected State of Global Technology Penetration, and on her experience as a Woman in Technology, Science and Engineering.