Champions Board
Board members were selected to give the project a balance of desirable expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, science and mathematics education representatives, and educational policy experts. The Board meets once per year either at collaborative locations or at a central site. Current Board members are:
Celeste Baine, Director
Engineering Education Service CenterLaurie Benson
LSB Unlimited
Laurie Benson UnlimitedJoni Blakeslee, Senior Manager
Cisco Networking Academy, US and CanadaBarbara Bogue, Associate Professor of Engineering Science & Mechanics and Women in Engineering
Penn State College of EngineeringJordan Lloyd Bookey, Programs Manager
Global Diversity & Talent InclusionSiobhan Bredin, Project Director/Co-PI
NSF ITEST Learning Resource Center at EDCKimberly Bryant, Founder
Black Girls Code
e-mail Send mailEd Doody, EVP, Strategic Alliances
National Research Center for College & University Admissions
e-mail Send mailBonnie Dunbar, Executive Director
Wings Over Washington (Museum of Flight affiliate)
Martha Fields
Fields Associates, Inc.
e-mail Send mailBarbara Gault, Vice President & Director of Research
Institute for Women's Policy ResearchKaren Harper, Office of the Chief Information Officer
NASA Headquarters
e-mail Send mailJudith Iriarte-Gross, Professor of Chemistry
Director, WISTEM Center
Middle Tennessee State University
e-mail Send mailJim Kahler, Program Specialist
4-H National Headquarters
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
e-mail Send mailAnita Krishnamurthi, PhD, Director of STEM Policy
Afterschool Alliance
Susan C. Lavrakas, Director, Workforce
Aerospace Industries Association
e-mail Send mailEmilie Liebhoff
The National Coalition of Girls' Schools
e-mail Send mailMimi Lufkin, Executive Director
National Alliance For Partnerships in EquityLaura Huerta Migus, Director, Equity and Diversity
Association of Science-Technology Centers, Inc.Karen A. Panetta, IEEE Fellowand Professor
Tufts UniversityDebra Ruh, CEO and Founder
TecAccess
e-mail Send mailStacey Roberts-Ohr, Executive Director
Expanding Your Horizons Network
e-mail Send mailLucy Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder
National Center for Women & Information TechnologyBetty Shanahan, Executive Director
Society of Women EngineersEvangelina Galvan Shreeve, Manager for STEM Education
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryFrank Signorello, Manager
STEM Initiatives, Girl Scouts of the USA
e-mail Send mailMichael Smith, Deputy Executive Director
Internal Operations, National GEM ConsortiumRuth Sweetser
American Association of University Women (AAUW)Carol Tang, Director
Coalition for Science After School Lawrence Hall of Science
e-mail Send mailNicole Torcolini, Student
Stanford University
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