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 of National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Programs Director: Angela Han, Director of Berklee City Music Network, Berklee College of Music
Board of Directors
  • Jeff Allen, Vice President, Federation of State Humanities Councils
  • Donna DiBartolomeo, former Director of Exhibits, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY; Consultant
  • Deborah Gaston, Director of Education, National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
  • Wendy Hancock, Manager, Professional Development & Exhibition Services, Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
  • Margaret Honey, President and CEO, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
  • 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
  • Jeff M. Poulin, Arts Education Program Coordinator, Americans for the Arts
  • * Lucinda Presley, Collaborative Founder, Chair, and Executive Director; Executive Director, ICEE Success (ICEE)
  • * Brian K. Smith, Professor, Learning Technologies, School of Education and ExCITe Center, Drexel University
  • 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
  • Steve Barbato, Executive Director, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
  • David Beacom, Publisher and Associate Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
  • 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
  • Elyse Eidman - Aadahl, Executive Director, National Writing Project (NWP)
  • * Kathryn Evans, Senior Lecturer in Music; Head, Vocal and Choral Music, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Julie Fry, President and CEO, California Humanities
  • Angela Han, Collaborative Projects Coordinator; Director of Berklee City Music Network, Berklee College of Music
  • Ginger Head Gearheart, Co-Director, Imagine Quest
  • Paula Hooper, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Master's of Science in Education Program, Northwestern University
  • Jonathan Katz, Collaborative Strategic Advisor; former CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; Consultant
  • Jim Kitterman, Fiscal Officer, Maryland Humanities
  • Merrie Koester, Director, Project Draw for Science, Center for Science Education, University of South Carolina
  • Priya Komala, Quality Assurance Engineer, The Advisory Board
  • Viondette Lopez, Policy Director, US Government
  • Marina McDougal, Director, Center for Arts and Inquiry, Exploratorium
  • 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
  • Kim Richards, Principal, KDR PR and Founder, 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)
  • Ed Spitzberg, Vice President, Development, Afterschool Alliance
  • 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, Deputy Manager, Public Engagement for Earth & Space Sciences and Engineering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Manager, Science Data Access and Dissemination Office, NASA's Mars Exploration (JPL)
  • Karen Wilkinson, Tinkering Studio Director, Exploratorium
  • Beth Yoke, Executive Director, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
* Original SEAD members
Research Thought Leaders
Dr. James Catterall, Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Principal Investigator at the Centers for Research on Creativity
Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, Founder and Chief Director of the Center for BrainHealth and Dee Wyly Distinguished Professor of BrainHealth, University of Texas, Dallas
Dr. Hubert M. Dyasi, Retired Professor of Science Education at the City College (City University of New York)
Dr. Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director, National Writing Project
Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University