Dr. Simmons co-ordinates and manages projects and teams focused on developing and implementing science-based, modernized global regulatory strategies. Prior to joining CropLife International in 2020, she was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service covering trade issues related to agricultural biotechnology. Dr. Simmons received her Ph.D. in biology from Stanford University, where she studied stomatal development in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and her B.S. in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon University. A native of Massachusetts, Dr. Simmons now lives in Arlington, Virginia.