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Jennifer Adams

Jennifer D. Adams is Assistant Professor of Science Education at Brooklyn College in New York. As a researcher and teacher educator, Jennifer is interested in the connection between informal science and school science particularly in urban transnational communities. She has rich experience in formal and informal science education through her tenure as a high school science teacher, curriculum developer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and field educator with Outward Bound. Jennifer received her undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University, holds Master’s degrees from New York University and Brooklyn College, and completed her Ph.D. in Urban Education at Brooklyn College.

Alysia Caryl

Alysia Caryl is Senior Manager, Education and School Relations at The Tech Museum of Innovation. Alysia has over 15 years working in program development for science, art and the humanities. In her role at The Tech, she directs an education team that is building a network to bridge from in-school educators to community, out-of-school, practitioners around their signature Design Challenge learning program. Alysia has deep expertise in informal education gained through positions at Zeum, San Jose Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art.

Sarah Garlick

Sarah Garlick is the Director of The Geoscience Outreach Foundation in Intervale, New Hampshire. This newly formed nonprofit organization works directly with active geoscientists to develop media- and community-based outreach projects that bring their research into the public sphere. An accomplished science writer, Sarah has contributed articles to a number of geoscience-focused publications and has extensive experience in television program production. Sarah completed her undergraduate degree at Brown University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Wyoming in Geology.

Kantave Greene

Kantave Greene is a Visiting Professor of Meteorology at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to his own research interests, Kantave was highly involved in mentoring students from minority communities in pursuit of STEM careers. He has been active as an instructor in a number of statewide initiatives supporting STEM education, including Mississippi GEAR-UP, the Mississippi Academy for Science Teachers, and Students Investing in Mathematics, Engineering and Technology programs. Kantave completed his undergraduate degree at Jackson State University, and holds Master’s degrees from Jackson State University and the University of Utah.

Rose High Bear

Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine or Alaskan Athabaskan) is co-founder of the Native American nonprofit corporation, Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. With a mission of Native American cultural preservation, education and race reconciliation, WISDOM's teams work to record and preserve oral history, philosophy, and cultural arts; and share them with tribal and public audiences via public radio and their website, learning materials, and public events. Rose is Executive Producer of the national public radio series,” Wisdom of the Elders“, and related K-12 curriculum materials. She organized the Northwest Indian Storytellers Association. She is editor of The Seven Commandments of the White Buffalo Calf Maiden: Martin High Bear, an upcoming biography of the late Lakota medicine man, Martin High Bear.

Rose E. Honey

Rose E. Honey is the Summer Graduate Researcher for the Native Science Field Centers (NSFC) and Hopa Mountain, Inc., a nonprofit organization that invests in rural and tribal citizens who are working to improve education, ecological health, and economic development. The NSFC are year-round field programs that create outdoor experiences for youth, working to reconnect youth and adults with their environment. The NSFC are located on the Blackfeet, Pine Ridge, and Wind River reservations and encourage long-term involvement in the STEM field by teaching about the environment from scientific, cultural, and linguistic perspectives. Rose is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education focusing on American Indian Science Education.

Trevor Nesbit

Trevor Nesbit is an independent contractor at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. Trevor’s work at ECHO Leahy Center includes leadership roles in audience evaluation, stakeholder outreach, IT management, exhibit concept development and fund raising. His focus is to create informal learning exhibits that integrate new media and social networking to create better access to science information and impact public engagement in science. He is candidate for Masters of Science in Managing Innovation and Information Technology at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vermont, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont in 2003.

Rebecca Prosino

Rebecca Prosino is a Shreveport, Louisiana native. A Mechanical Engineering graduate of Stanford University, she also holds a Master of Teaching from Centenary College and secondary science and math certifications. Prosino has taught at the elementary and high school levels. She began work in the science center field in 2005 during a Space Center expansion to Sci-Port, and she is the Director of Marketing and Strategic projects at Sci-Port. Rebecca enjoys painting and dance and her 1-year-old daughter.

 Madlyn Runburg

Madlyn Runburg is the Director of School Programs for the Utah Museum of Natural History. The focus of her work lies at the intersection of formal and informal education. She manages a range of programs that serve K-12 students, teachers and parents. These programs are leveraged with other informal science education programs through a collaboration between five additional museums and the Utah State Office of Education (Informal Science Education Enhancement-iSEE). The work of this collective is aimed at providing innovative and critically needed support to public schools throughout Utah.

Christina Soontornvat

Christina Soontornvat is the Science Content Developer at the Austin Children’s Museum. She supports STEM content across programs and exhibits, and serves as a liaison between the Museum and STEM partners in the community. Christina holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and received her MS in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. Her professional interests include developing learning experiences that support creative problem solving and the public understanding of the nature of science.

Steven H. Williams

Steven H. Williams is presently Chief of Education Initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM). He is trained in planetary geology and still collaborates with NASM and other scientists. Steven has university faculty, education project/program management, and education consulting experience. A former Education Division Chair, he recently returned to NASM after an assignment to support the preparation of a major report on Smithsonian education. He is now pursuing new collaborative programming opportunities.