Siobhan Bredin

Siobhan Bredin is Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) Learning Resource Center at Education Development Center (EDC). The Learning Resource Center at EDC is designed to encourage young people - especially girls, African-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, and others historically under-represented in science - to pursue careers in STEM fields. Siobhan leads a team at EDC that contributes to the National Girls Collaborative Project and she serves as a Steering Committee member of the International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF).

Siobhan's work at EDC has included the U.S. Department of Education's Information Technology Career Cluster Initiative, which convenes and collaborates with an industry advisory consortium and with high school and community college pilot sites to plan for, develop, test, and implement a national IT Career Cluster Model. This initiative enables increased numbers of students to access high potential careers in the IT field. Additionally, she assisted U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-funded Head Start early childhood programs in planning for and managing technology use to support strategic goals.

Before joining EDC, Siobhan held positions at several software and Internet companies as a training specialist and product manager. She has eight years experience in early childhood education; as a teacher, curriculum developer, and creator of new programs. Siobhan holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wellesley College and a Master's degree in Education from Lesley College.