Carrie McDougall, PhD, (she/her) is a Senior Associate Scientist in the Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation, part of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). A recognized leader in science and environmental education, Carrie’s extensive career as a U.S. federal civil servant at NOAA provided her with the opportunity to expand NOAA’s education impact globally and nationally. She led the NOAA Science On a Sphere program, demonstrating its power as a data visualization education platform and building a global network of users that serve 60 million people a year. She also co-led the Environmental Literacy program, which provided $95M to 163 projects across the U.S. and stimulated a new field, community resilience education. Carrie has collaborated with CIRES/CEEE for several years and now is leading a large-scale project funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to modernize and expand the user and contribution base of the NOAA Science On a Sphere Data Catalog. The project will also involve extensive evaluation of new user interfaces and research how AI can be used to facilitate data contribution and use. Carrie is a marine scientist by training with a doctoral degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.