Leadership Team

Leadership Team members are selected to give the project a balance of desirable expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, STEM professionals, science and mathematics education representatives, and educational policy experts. The Team meets multiple times in a year both in-person and online.

• Rashmi Nanjundaswamy, Ph.D.
  Director, California Girls in STEM
  Scientific Project Manager, Center for Technology Innovation
  Lawrence Hall of Science,
  University of California, Berkeley

• Cassandra Byrd
  Senior Program Coordinator, Lifelong Learning
  Exploratorium

• Alysia Caryl, Consultant

• Megan Davis
  Program Manager, Girls Go Techbridge
  Techbridge

• Sarah Elovich
  Program Coordinator
  Coalition for Science Afterschool (CSAS)

• Lori Fitzmaurice
  Chief Operating Officer
  Girls for A Change

• Sherry Hsi, Ph.D.
  Research Director, Center for Technology Innovation
  Lawrence Hall of Science,
  University of California, Berkeley

• Linda Kekelis
  Executive Director
  Techbridge

• Laura Lenz
  Curriculum Developer
  The Lawrence Hall of Science,
  University of California, Berkeley

• Gretchen Muller
  Math Specialist,
  Alameda County Office of Education

• Aditi Risbud, Ph.D.
  Education and Outreach Chair
  Materials Research Society

• Stacey Roberts-Or
  Executive Director
  Expanding Your Horizons

• Nadine Skinner
  Eureka! Program Manager
  Girls Inc. of Alameda County

• Frances Wilson
  Executive Director
  East Bay National Society of Black Engineers Jr. Pittsburg

• Patricia S. Winter
  CalGirlS Southern California Lead Contact
  Program Director,
  BE WiSE, San Diego Science Alliance