Over fifteen years at Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, Miriam Quintal has managed the federal relations portfolios for research universities, scientific societies, and other science and education organizations. As Managing Principal, she oversees the firm’s client engagement and issue practices to ensure success and advancement across the firm. Miriam is steeped in issues facing higher education, research, and engineering. As Chair of Lewis-Burke’s Societies and Associations Practice Group, she directs firm efforts to help societies achieve funding and policy advocacy goals, grow agency partnerships, and harness grassroots member engagement in policy activities. Miriam is a prominent leader in National Science Foundation advocacy, co-chairing the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF). Before joining Lewis-Burke, Miriam gained policy experience as a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the Board on Science Education at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Smith College and a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Harvard University.
