Currently an Academic Specialist in the Program for Mathematics Education at Michigan State University, Gail Burrill, was a secondary mathematics teacher in Wisconsin and was awarded the Presidential Award for Teaching Mathematics. She served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, President of the International Association for Statistical Education and is President of the Council of Presidential Awardees in Mathematics. She is an elected member of the International Statistics Institute. Her research interests are statistics education, the use of technology in teaching mathematics and statistics, and professional development for teachers.