collaborative council


​Board of Directors Executive Team
Chair: Lucinda Presley, ICEE
Secretary: Amanda Upton, NSTA
Treasurer: Kathi Levin, NAEA
Implementation Team
Executive Director: Lucinda Presley
Strategic Advisor: Jonathan Katz, former CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Board of Directors
  • Jeff Allen, Vice President, Federation of State Humanities Councils
  • Donna DiBartolomeo, Director, Traveling Exhibitions & Project Management, Museum of Science, Boston
  • Deborah Gaston, Director of Education, National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
  • Wendy Hancock, Senior Program Manager, Professional Development, Association of Science - Technology Centers (ASTC)
  • Michael Jay, President, Educational Systemics
  • Kathi R. Levin, Collaborative Treasurer; Project Consultant, National Art Education Association (NAEA)
  • * Roger Malina, Distinguished Professor of Art and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas and Executive Editor, Leonardo Publications, MIT Press
  • * Lucinda Presley, Collaborative Founder, Chair, and Executive Director; Executive Director, ICEE Success Foundation (ICEE)
  • Juliana Texley, Adjunct Professor, Science Education, Lesley University
  • Amanda Upton, Collaborative Secretary; Manager, Nominations and Teacher Awards, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
  • Andrew D. Watson, Fine Arts Instructional Specialist, Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia
  • Hope E. Wilson, Assistant Professor, Department of Foundations and Secondary Education, University of North Florida; Research Network Chair, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
* Original SEAD members

Advisory Council
  • Melissa Ballard, Communications and Community Manager, Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education, Association of Science-Technology Centers
  • Steve Barbato, Executive Director, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
  • Jane Best, Director, Arts Education Partnership
  • Mike Blakeslee, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
  • Lance Bush, President and CEO, Challenger Center
  • Sandra Bond Chapman, Distinguished Professor and Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Amy Holt Cline, High School Science and Art Educator, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
  • Jennifer (Cooper) Edelyn, Director, Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Wolf Trap
  • Mary Dell’Erba, Senior Project Manager, Arts Education Partnership
  • * Kathryn Evans, Senior Lecturer in Music; Head, Vocal and Choral Music, University of Texas at Dallas 
  • Julie Fry, President and CEO, Cal Humanities
  • Ginger Head Gearheart, Co-Director, Imagine Quest 
  • Don Glass, Research Manager, The Kennedy Center
  • Margaret Honey, President and CEO, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
  • Paula Hooper, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Masters of Science in Education Program, Northwestern University
  • Gabriela Kane, Operations Manager, Texas Folklife Resources
  • Jonathan Katz, Collaborative Strategic Advisor; former CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA); Consultant
  • Jim Kitterman, Fiscal Officer, Maryland Humanities
  • Merrie Koester, Director, Project Draw for Science, Center for Science Education, University of South Carolina
  • Denise Kopecky, Director of Education, Challenger Center
  • Viondette Lopez, Policy Director, US Government
  • Susan McGreevy - Nichols, Executive Director, National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
  • * Katherine Moriwaki, Director, MFA Design + Technology Program; Assistant Professor of Media Design, School of Art, Media and Technology, Parsons the New School for Design
  • National Art Education Association (NAEA) Research Commission
  • Jim Palmarini, Director of Educational Policy; Executive Editor, Teaching Theatre Journal, Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)
  • Mike Petrich, Director of the Making Collaborative, Exploratorium
  • Patty Raun, Director, Center for Communicating Science; former Director, School of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech
  • Kim Richards, Founder kdrpr.com and STEAM Insight
  • Bob Root-Bernstein, Professor, Physiology, Michigan State University 
  • Wendy Saul, Professor of Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis
  • Harvey Seifter, Director, Art of Science Learning (AOSL)
  • Leah Silverberg, Research Assistant, Afterschool Alliance
  • Brian Smith, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Information Science, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University
  • Ed Spitzberg, Founder and Principal, Spitzberg Advisors
  • Cheri Sterman, Director of Education, Crayola
  • Vignesh Subbian, Representative, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC); Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, The University of Arizona
  • Ralph Tillinghast, Lab Director, Collaboration Innovation Lab, US Army 
  • Michelle Viotti, Principal Investigator; Science Apps and Data Interaction Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Karen Wilkinson, Tinkering Studio Director, Exploratorium 
  • * Original SEAD members