Previously, Ms. Swink served as the Vice Chair of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board at the National Academy of Sciences and participated in the Defense Materials, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure Standing Committee. Ms. Swink has worked at the highest levels of government, both nationally and internationally, on topics including fossil energy technology advancement for extraction, transportation and utilization of resources; manufacturing productivity and efficiency with emphasis on technology advancement and adoption; electricity infrastructure development; and safety and reliability of the entire energy infrastructure.
Ms. Swink holds a B.S. in Mathematics from American University and an M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.