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STEM Advisory Council

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Carley Fisher-Maltese, PhD

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

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Lida Anestidou, Ph.D.

Senior Program Officer and Director, The National Academies

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Michelle R. Bond, Ph.D.

Program Director, Bethesda, MD

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Denise Booth

Microbiologist and STEM Educator

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Catherine Croft, Ph. D.

CEO, Catlilli Games

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Margaret Z. Dominguez, Ph.D.

Optical Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Carla Easter, Ph.D.

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

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Lisa Friedersdorf, Ph.D.

Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

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Alexandra Fuentes

STEAM Integration Program Manager at Fairfax County Public Schools

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Krista Gauthier

Founder and Executive Director of Sliding Doors STEM and Dyslexia Learning Center

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Ron Gird

Meteorologist and Outreach Program Manager, National Weather Service, Retired

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Allan Hoffman, Ph.D.

Physicist, Department of Energy (Retired)

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Brian Jacoby

Vice President and Founder, Nova Labs

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Mary Muldowney Jarratt

Engineer Presenter at Engineering Tomorrow

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Samantha Kuhn

Executive Director, JK Community Farm

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Chester Lampkin

On-Air & Digital Meteorologist, TEGNA

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Lang Ly

Chief of Staff, Appian Corporation

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Brian Mandell, Ph.D.

K-12 Science Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools

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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 Educational Networks, Center for Educational Networks and Impacts, Virginia Tech

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Tinell Priddy, Ed.D.

Principal, Academies of Loudoun

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Myra Sawyers, Ed.D.

Director of Client Services, Cognia

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Odette Scovel

Science Instructional Supervisor, Loudoun County Public Schools

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Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Ph.D.

Professor, Mathematical Sciences; Director, STEM Accelerator Program and COMPLETE, George Mason University

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Donna Shackelford

President, Supernova Science Inc.

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Zuzana Steen

Academic and Community Relations Director, Micron Technology

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Heather Tedesco, Ph.D.

Psychologist and Parent Education Specialist

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Myra Thayer

Science Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools (Retired)

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Kim Walls

NGA Research Strategic Communications

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LaNae Wheeler

Senior Systems Engineer

Association of Childrens Museums

Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates the Children's Science Center Lab at Fair Oaks Mall and STEM programs traveling to schools and other community venues across the region. The Foundation is also developing the Northern Virginia Science Center in Dulles, VA, a world-class, interactive regional science center for families, students and learners of all ages made possible through a pivotal public-private partnership. Learn more about our mission today at childsci.org and our vision for the future at novasci.org.

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