Front and Center: Bringing Marginalized Girls into Focus in
STEM and Career and Technical Education
January 15, 2015
PARTICIPANT CONTACT INFORMATION
Chigozie Ajagba
Senior Network Administrator
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Matthew Blakely
Vice President
Motorola Solutions Foundation
Nicole Anderson
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tanaga Boozer
Program Advisor
US Patent and Trademark Office
Marie Barry
Director of CTE
NJ Dept of Education
Teresa Boyer
Executive Director and Research
Professor
Rutgers University, Center for Women
and Work
Carlos Becerra
Director of Federal Relations
Florida International University
Anurima Bhargaava
Chief, Educational Opportunities
Section
US Department of Justice
Betsy Brand
Executive Director
American Youth Policy Forum
Marcus Bright
Executive Director
Education for a Better America
Kisha Bird
Interim Director, Youth Policy
Center for Law & Social Policy
Allison Brown
Program Officer
Open Society Foundations
Mary Bissell
Partner
ChildFocus
Stefanie Brown
James Founder & Executive Director
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Brown Girls Lead
National Science Foundation
Katrina Burch
Student
Coretta Scott King Academy High
School
Maggie Czarnogorski
Senior Policy Advisor
White House
Leigh Ann DeLyser
Program Manager
NYC Foundation for CS Education
Melissa Burg
Principal
Queens Vocational and Technical High
School
Stephen DeWitt
Deputy Executive Director
Association for Career and Technical
Education
Sheretta Butler-Barnes
Assistant Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
Caronell Diew
Program Manager
Federal Aviation Administration Technical Operations STEM Outreach
with Cardozo Transportation Academy
Angela Calabrese
Barton Professor
Michigan State University
Jessica Caloza
Special Assistant
US Department of Education
David Dimmett
Chief Engagement Officer
Project Lead The Way
Melanie Campbell
President & CEO and Convener, BWR
NCBCP Black Women's Roundtable
Sherene Donaldson
Educ. Program Specialist
US Department of Education
Marie-Louise Caravatti
American Federation of Teachers
Maribel Duran
Chief of Staff
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics
Danielle Carnival
Senior Poloicy Advisor
White House, Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Peter Edelman
Faculty Director
Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and
Inequality
Alejandra Ceja
Executive Director
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics
Sarah Elwell
Librarian
McKinley Technology High School
Janice Cuny
Program Officer
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US Department of Education
Marne Foster
President School Board
San Diego City School District
Njema Frazier
Physicist
Diverse Science LLC
Rebecca Epstein
Executive Director
Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and
Inequality
Rupinder Garcha
Intern
White House
Aprille Ericsson
SBIR/STTR Program Manager
NASA GSFC Innovative Technology
Partnership Office
Barbara Gault
Vice President and Executive Director
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Jeni Fan
Chair
Professional Committee
Society for Asian Scientists and
Engineers (SASE)
Janel George
Education Policy Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc.
Abiola Farinde
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Pittsburgh
Rachel Gettler
Attorney
US Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Ruthe Farmer
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
National Center for Women & IT
NCWIT - CU Boulder
Lisa Brady Gill
Executive Director, Education Policy
and Advocacy
Texas Instruments
Tabitha Fazzino
Administrative Director
Miami Dade County Public Schools
Bria Gillum
Policy Advisor
White House Domestic Policy Council
Trena Ferrell
Environmental Scientist/Educator
NASA Office of Communications
Gabriela A. Gonzalez Sr.
STEM Strategist
Intel Corporation
Derrick Figures
Assistant Director
American Federation of Teachers
Janita Gordon
Senior Associate
Girl Scouts
Tami Fitzgerald
Teaching Ambassador Fellow
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Felecia Hatcher
Co-Founder
Code Fever Miami
Glenda Gracia-Rivera
Associate Director
Rutgers University
Center for Women and Work
Allison Hill
Regional Accountability Specialist
US Department of Education
Alice Hockenbury
Vice President
Public Policy and Advocacy
Girl Scouts of the USA
Fatima Graves
Vice President for Education and
Employment
National Women's Law Center
Kimberly Green
Executive Director
NASDCTEc
Alexis Holmes
Senior Policy Analyst
National Education Assocation
Leslie Gross-Davis
Director, Equality Fund
Open Society Foundations
Harry Holzer
Professor
McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University
Donnie Hale
Director of the Education Effect at
Booker T. Washington
Florida International University
AnneMarie Horowitz
Special Assistant
U.S. Department of Energy
Jo Handelsman
Associate Director for Science
White House, Office of Science and
Technology Programs
Rosalind Hudnell
Vice President, Human Resources,
Chief Diversity Officer
Intel Corporation
Douglas Handy
Coordinator
Office of Career and Technology
Education
Kiawanta Hunter-Keiser
Policy Analyst
US Department of Education
Khalilah Harris
Deputy Director
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for African Americans
Janaye Ingram
Executive Director
National Action Network
Nicole Isaac
Adjunct Professor / CEO
Code the Streets
Georgetown University
Donna Harris-Aikens
Director, Education Policy and Practice
National Education Association
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Françoise Jacobsohn
Project Manager
Equal Rights Advocates
LaShawnda Lindsay-Dennis
Associate Professor
Paine College
Jolene Jesse
Program Director
National Science Foundation
Marcus Lingenfelter
Vice President, State Relations
National Math + Science Initiative
(NMSI)
Janelle Johnson
STEM Equity Specialist
Equity Assistance Center-Metropolitan
State University of Denver
Mimi Lufkin
CEO
National Alliance for Partnerships in
Equity (NAPE)
Nona Jones
Chief External Affairs Officer
PACE Center for Girls, Inc.
Jane Margolis
Senior Researcher
UCLA Graduate School of Education
and Information Studies
Rudy Kastelic
President CTE
San Diego Community College District
Eddie Martin
Special Assistant
US Dept of Education, Center for Faithbased and Neighborhood Partnerships
Lara Kaufmann
Senior Counsel & Director of Education
Policy for At-Risk Students
National Women's Law Center
Shirley McCall
Director
TransSTEM Academy
Cardozo Education Campus
Linda Kekelis
CEO/Executive Director
Techbridge
Mékell Mikell
Special Advisor to the Director
US Department of Energy, Office of
Economic Impact and Diversity
Kimberlyn Leary
Health Policy Fellow
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Michelle Lee
Deputy Director
US Patent and Trademark Office
Marilyn Mobley
Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity,
and Equal Opportunity
Case Western Reserve University
Catherine E. Lhamon
Assistant Secretary
US Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Becky Monroe
Senior Advisor
White House Domestic Policy Council
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Ivana Nuñez
Teacher
Electrical Career and Technical
Education
Queens Vocational and Technical High
School
Babette Racca
Senior VP, Programs & Facilities
Girl Scouts - Easter, PA
Lisa R. Ransom
Director, Public Policy
National Alliance for Partnerships in
Equity (NAPE)
Jamie Obal
Intern
White House Domestic Policy
Maria Ong
Senior Project Leader and Evaluator
TERC
Pamela Rios Mobley
Senior Policy Analyst
National Education Association
Jeannette Pai-Espinosa
President
The National Crittenton Foundation
Tracey Robertson Carter
Executive Director
CARES Mentoring Movement
Karen Peterson
CEO
National Girls Collaborative Project
Idaykis Rodriguez
STEM Transformation Institute
Florida International University
Manu Platt
Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Margaret Romer
Deputy Director, Division of Academic &
Technical Education
US Department of Education
Kristi Porter
Postdoctoral Researcher
Georgia Institute of Technology
Shirin Salemnia
Founder and CEO
PlayWerks and WhizGirls Academy
Erin Prangley
Government Relations
American Association of University
Women
Crystal Sayles
Senior Patent Attorney
Intel Corporation
Edwin Quiambao
Communications Associate
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Kimberly Scott
Assoc. Prof/Exec. Director
Arizona State University
COMPUGIRLS
Amanda Quinones
Program Analyst
US Department of Energy
Ericka Senegar-Mitchell
STEM Educator/Blended Learning
Coach
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McKinley Technology High School
Dominique Sharpton
Board President
Education for a Better America
Betsy Tower
Manager, Government Affairs and
Policy
General Electric
Kate Sheerin
Policy Analyst
Google
Melissa Turner
Program Examiner
Office of Management and Budget
Susan Singer
Division Director
National Science Foundation
Johan Uvin
Acting Assistant Secretary for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education
US Department of Education
David Socolow
Director, Workforce Development and
Postsecondary Education
CLASP
Nyeema Watson
Acting Associate Chancellor for Civic
Engagement
Rutgers University-Camden
Steven Steppe
Board Member Treasurer
Electrical Workers Minority Caucus
San Diego & Imperial Counties
Joseph Wheeler
Attorney
US Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Edna Tan
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Barbara Williams-Skinner
President
Skinner Leadership Institute
Courtney Tanenbaum
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research
Andrea Wolf
Director of Public Policy
Girls Inc.
Jocelyn Tate
Black Women’s Roundtable
Lul Tesfai
Special Assistant
US Department of Education
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