Dr. Jennifer Schopf the Director of International Networks at Indiana University, where she oversees several NSF-funded networking awards, TransPac, and Networks for European, American, and African Research (NEAAR), all of which support network infrastructure for international collaborations. She also leads the NetSage collaboration, which provides measurement and monitoring for NSF-funded international circuits and the Engagement and Performance Operations Center(EPOC) which supports both domestic and international science engagement to improve research outcomes. As part of all these projects, there is an emphasis on the need to understand the end-user needs to enable collaborations and science engagement. Prior to IU, she was an NSF program officer and helped to develop pragmatic networking solicitations, as well as supporting several data and cyberinfrastructure solicitations.