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Advisory Council

STEM Advisory Council

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Carley Fisher-Maltese, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Education, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University; STEM Advisory Board Chair

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Lida Anestidou, DVM, MS, Ph.D.

Principal & Founder, Communities in Science

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Michelle R. Bond, Ph.D.

Program Director, Bethesda, Maryland

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Elizabeth (Beth) Cantwell

Associate Professor & Department Chair of Biology, Shenandoah University

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Catherine Croft, Ph. D.

CEO, Catlilli Games

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Mike Davis

Dean of Math, Science, Technology, and Business, Northern Virginia Community College

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Margaret Z. Dominguez, Ph.D.

Optics Associate Branch Head & Optical Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Obed Diaz

Principal, Marketing Director, Bisoncomm Digital Group

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Carla Easter, Ph.D.

Assistant Director of Education, Outreach, and Visitor Experience, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Jim Egenrieder, Ph.D.

Director, Virginia Tech STEM Education and Workforce Development Labs

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Jessica Faith

Storm Team 4, Meteorologist

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Alexandra Fuentes

STEAM Integration Program Manager, Fairfax County Public Schools

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Ron Gird

Meteorologist & Outreach Program Manager, National Weather Service (Retired)

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Allan Hoffman, Ph.D.

Physicist, Department of Energy (Retired)

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Gerald Irish

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft

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Mary Muldowney Jarratt

Robotics Instructor, The Potomac School

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Samantha Kuhn

Executive Director, JK Community Farm

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Lang Ly

Chief of Staff, Appian Corporation

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Brian Mandell

Division Director of Curriculum, Digital Media and Communications, Smithsonian Science Education Center

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Lydia Maynard

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Shenandoah University

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Monti Mercer

Community Relations Manager, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus

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Phyllis Leary Newbill

Associate Director of Youth and Community Education, CENI, Virginia Tech

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Tinell Priddy, Ph.D.

Principal, Academies of Loudoun

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Ferri Riar

President/CEO, Orblynx Academy

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Robert Ryan

Consulting Meteorologist

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Myra Sawyers, Ed.D.

Director of Client Services, Cognia

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Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematical Sciences; Director COMPLETE, George Mason University

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Zuzana Steen

Academic and Community Relations Director, Micron Technology

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Heather Tedesco, Ph.D.

Psychologist & Parenting Expert

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Myra Thayer, Ed.D.

Science Coordinator, Fairfax County Public School (Retired)

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Darielle Timothy, M.Ed

Science Supervisor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Loudoun County Public Schools

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LaNae Wheeler

Senior Systems Engneer, Leidos (Retired)

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Kirsten White

Senior Manager II, K-12 Science, Prince William County Public Schools

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Ann Wong

K-12 Science Coordinator, Office of Curriculum & Instruction, Fairfax County Public Schools.