Before joining ALMA, Dr. Alison Peck was a staff member of the Sub-Millimeter Array (SMA) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA. Dr. Peck was responsible for all science and observer scheduling at the SMA telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, HI. As such, her responsibilities ranged from designing and implementing a system of dynamic scheduling, optimizing data taking and education procedures to outreach activities. At ALMA, together with Richard Hills, she leads the Commissioning and Science Verification activities.