Allen A. DiPalma is the Executive Director of the Office of Research Security & Trade Compliance at the University of Pittsburgh. In this capacity, he is responsible for the export controls program, academic visitor guidelines, biological imports, drones, and management of Pitt’s developing plan to address federal research security requirements. Allen is currently a Board member for the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), member and past Chair of the Board for the Association of University Export Controls Officers (AUECO), and Deputy Director for the NSF funded SECURE Analytics program.