Maxine Savitz is a retired general manager of technology and partnerships at Honeywell, formerly AlliedSignal. She is a member and served two terms as vice president of the National Academy of Engineering (2006 to 2014). Savitz was appointed to the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology in 2009 and served until January 2017; she served as vice co-chair from 2010 to 2017. She was employed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies (1974 to 1983) and served as the deputy assistant secretary for conservation. Savitz serves on the advisory body for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Following her government service, Savitz served in executive positions in the private sector, including president of the Lighting Research Institute, assistant to the vice president for engineering at the Garrett Corporation, general manager of AlliedSignal Ceramic Components, and general manager of technology partnerships at Honeywell. Savitz received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Bryn Mawr College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
