Who We Are

Staff

Harvey Seifter, Director and Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation grant. President, Seifter Associates.

Liz Dreyer, Program Administrator/Producer. Executive Director, Learning Worlds Institute.

John Reaves, Executive Director, Learning Worlds Institute.

National Advisory Council Members

Elizabeth Babcock, Dean of Education, California Academy of Sciences * 

Bronwyn Bevan, Director, Center for Informal Learning and Schools, The Exploratorium * 

Jeffrey L. Brodie, Deputy Director, Lemelson Center, Smithsonian Institution * 

Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research, Clark University 

Ted Buswick, Executive-in-Residence for Leadership and the Arts, Clark University * 

Randy Cohen, Vice President of Policy and Research, Americans for the Arts * 

Angelo Collins, Executive Director, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation * 

Paula Cordiero, Dean, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, University of San Diego 

Debbie DeRoma, Director of Education, The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego* 

Peter Economy, business author, Associate Editor, Leader to Leader Magazine * 

John Eger, Lionel Van Deerlin Endowed Professor at San Diego State University * 

Carrie Fitzsimmons, Executive Director, Artscience Labs and Artscience Prize 

Michael Gold, Founder and Principal, Jazz Impact 

Bob Hirshon, Senior Project Director, American Association for the Advancement of Science * 

Pamela Jennings, Director, Shapiro Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

Judith S. Lederman, Director of Teacher Education, Illinois Institute of Technology * 

Leon M. Lederman, Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory * 

Norman G. Lederman, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, IIT * 

E. David Mendez, Vice Chancellor for International Affairs, Universidad del Turabo 

Karen Kashmanian Oates, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

Nick Rabkin, Senior Research Scientist, NORC; Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago * 

Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University * 

Larry Rosenstock, CEO of High Tech High in San Diego 

Maurizio Seracini, Director, CISA3/CALIT2, University of California San Diego * 

Dan Schimmel, Director, Breadboard, University Science Center Philadelphia 

Amy Lee Segami, Artist and Engineer * 

Todd Siler, scientist, visual artist, author, educator and inventor * 

Gary Steuer, Chief Officer for Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia * 

Martin Storksdieck, Director, Board on Science Education, The National Academies * 

Nancy Taylor, Executive Director, San Diego Science Alliance * 

Hamsa Thota, Chairman, Product Development Management Foundation/India and China * 

James Weaver, Founder, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society * 

Mary Wright, Workforce Readiness Initiative Director, Conference Board * 

* Denotes continuing member who served on the Council during Phase 1 of the project

National Partners

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Americans for the Arts

Association of Science-Technology Centers

The Exploratorium

New York Hall of Science