
Champions Board
Champions Board members are selected to give the project a balance of desirable expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, science, engineering, technology, and mathematics education representatives, and educational policy experts.
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John Baek, Senior Education EvaluatorNOAA Office of Education
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Tom Baker, Education Manager Industry SolutionsEsri, Inc.
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Melissa Ballard, Communications and Community ManagerCenter for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
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Karen Bartleson, 2017 President and CEOIEEE
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Jake Baskin, Executive DirectorComputer Science Teachers Association
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Barb Bassing, IT ManagerBassett Mechanical
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Jenn Behrens, Partner, EVP PrivacyKUMA
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Jennifer Breslin, Executive Director and FounderFuturistas
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Tiffany Brown, Assoc. AIA & Co-Founder of Urban Arts CollectiveAmerican Institute of Architects K-12 Working Group
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Kimberly Bryant, FounderBlack Girls Code
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Terri Burns, PrincipalGV (Google Ventures)
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Michael Conn, Executive DirectorStudent Research Foundation
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Kendrick Davis, Chief Research Officer & Associate Professor of ResearchUniversity of Southern California
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Bonnie Dunbar, Executive DirectorWings over Washington an affiliate of The Museum of Flight
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Sarah Echohawk, Chief Executive OfficerAmerican Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Senior Program ManagerNational Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
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Mo-Yun Lei Fong, Director of Operations, gVelocityGoogle, Inc.
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Paris Forest, Senior ManagerThe Boeing Company
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Randy Freedman, Director of Student ProgramsSociety of Women Engineers
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Barbara Gault, Executive Director & Vice PresidentInstitute for Women's Policy Research
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Heidi Ham, Vice PresidentNational AfterSchool Association
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Karen Harper, Executive CoordinatorBuilding Engineering & Science Talent (BEST)
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Daniel Hatcher, Director, Community PartnershipsAlliance for a Healthier Generation
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Caeley Looney, CEO & Editor in ChiefReinvented Magazine
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Laura Huerta Migus, Executive DirectorAssociation of Children’s Museums
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Judith Iriarte-Gross, Professor of Chemistry & Director, WISTEM CenterMiddle Tennessee State University
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Mary Anne Jeffers, Analytics and Modeling Senior ManagerAccenture Federal Services
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Donna Mundy, ConsultantHigh School/High Tech and RAMP Programs
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Megan Murphy, Executive DirectorNational Coalition of Girls’ Schools
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Chris Neitzey, Director of STEM InitiativesAfterschool Alliance
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Olivia Pavco-Giaccia, FounderLabCandy
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Illana Raia, Founder & CEOEtregirls.com
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Stephanie Rodriguez, Vice President of Policy and EngagementAnitaB.org
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Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-FounderNational Center for Women & Information Technology
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Jessi Smith, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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Michael Smith, Deputy Executive DirectorInternal Operations, National GEM Consortium
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Ruth Sweetser, Immediate Past PresidentAmerican Association of University Women (AAUW)
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Jose Antonio Tijerino , President and CEOHispanic Heritage Foundation
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Samantha Walters, VP of Online StrategiesColocation America
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Ben Williams, CEONational Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)