Dr. Gyami Shrestha is a National Program Leader at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She leads the cross-cutting Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems Program and co-leads the Biomanufacturing and Biorefining Program and other USDA priorities on agricultural technologies and climate change research, education and extension. In a related role, Dr. Shrestha previously spearheaded the interagency U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Office at the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) in Washington, D.C., for 11 years. Working with 12+ government agencies of the Carbon Cycle Interagency Group (CCIWG), including USDA NIFA, and other partners across all sectors, she catalyzed interagency and community science products and collaborations. With multidisciplinary roles in academia, non-profit, and private sectors in the last 20 years, Dr. Shrestha led, advised, and/or co-authored over 100 influential publications, strategic planning documents, projects, and public engagement opportunities for and with U.S. and international partners. She began her professional journey in Nepal, assessing the feasibility and impacts of renewable energy and water technologies and helping to launch national and regional gender mainstreaming initiatives. Her early academic research focused on rainwater harvesting, soil carbon sequestration, biochar, forest fires, air quality, climate change policies, and STEM immigrants. Dr. Shrestha is Chair of the NACP’s Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)/GHG Removal Work Group and Editor of the Journal of Weather, Climate & Society at the American Meteorological Society (AMS).