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
  • Sharon Delesbore, President, Association for Multicultural Science Education; Asst. Principal, LV Hightower High School, Ft. Bend, TX
  • Donna DiBartolomeo, Associate Vice President of Exhibits, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
  • Deborah Gaston, Director of Education and Interpretation, 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; Executive Editor, Leonardo Publications, MIT Press
  • * Lucinda Presley, Collaborative Founder, Chair, and Executive Director; Executive Director, ICEE Success Foundation (ICEE)
  • Tricia Shelton, Director of Professional Learning and Standards Implementation, National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
  • Juliana Texley, Adjunct Professor, Science Education, Lesley University
  • Amanda Upton, Collaborative Secretary; Sr. Manager, Shell Programs, National Science Teaching 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
  • Steve Barbato, Executive Director, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
  • Lance Bush, President and CEO, Challenger Center
  • Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD, 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
  • Melissa Collins, Second Grade Chair and Teacher, Memphis, TN, City Schools; Mentor, National Board Professional Teaching Standards
  • Amy D’Amico, Division Director of Professional Services, Smithsonian Science Education Center
  • Jennifer (Cooper) Edelyn, Director, Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Wolf Trap
  • Mary Dell’Erba, Senior Project Manager, Arts Education Partnership
  • Richard Embrick, CTE PLTW Engineering and STEM Instructor, David Crockett Middle School, Richmond, TX; District STEM/Robotics Facilitator, Ft. Bend ISD, Sugarland, TX
  • * 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 
  • 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
  • Sharon Klotz, Head of Invention Education, Smithsonian Institution/Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation 
  • 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, CEO, Palmarini Arts Education Consultancy
  • Bernnell Peltier-Glaze, Interim Dean and Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, College of Education, Texas Southern University
  • Mike Petrich, Director of the Making Collaborative, Exploratorium
  • Lillian Poats,  Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, College of Education, Texas Southern University
  • Patty Raun, Director, Center for Communicating Science; former Director, School of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech
  • Kim Richards, Founder kdrpr.com and STEAM Insight
  • Jasmine Sadler, CEO, The STEAM Collaborative
  • Wendy Saul, Professor of Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis
  • Leah Silverberg, Research Assistant, Afterschool Alliance
  • Brian Smith, The Honorable David S. Nelson Chair and Associate Dean for Research, Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College
  • Florentia Spires, District III Director, National Science Teaching Association; STEM Teacher/Leader, Prince George’s County Public School System
  • 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 
  • Christi Wilkins, Executive Director, Dramatic Results
  • Karen Wilkinson, Tinkering Studio Director, Exploratorium 
  • * Original SEAD members