Pamela K. Anderson has been Director General of the International Potato Center (CIP) since May 2005. CIP is one of fifteen international agricultural research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Prior to becoming Director General, she served as the Deputy Director General of Research at CIP (2002-2005) and as Senior Entomologist at the International Center for Tropical Agricultural, in Cali, Colombia (1997-2002). She received a M.Sc. in Entomology from the University of Illinois, a M.Sc in Human Ecology from Harvard University, and a D.Sc. in Populations Sciences/Vector Entomology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has served as an advisor to the Federation of American Scientists and Research Consultant to Harvard University.