Clara S. Lau is currently employed by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, as the Senior Director of Nutrition Research. She has expertise in research program management, evaluation and translation of science to a variety of audiences. She earned a B.S. in Nutritional Science and a B.A. in Psychology from University of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise from Virginia Tech.