SLAC welcomed Farnaz Khadem as the new Director of the Office of Communications in early January 2011. 

Farnaz has more than a decade of experience directing scientific communication efforts in industry and academia, plus she served in the US Foreign Service Diplomatic Corps and the World Anti-doping Agency.

Farnaz will talk about where she grew up, her education, her career path, and the progress she is making in the development of a new communications strategy for both our internal needs and external audiences.