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The Innovation Collaborative's website represents the organization's goals and values, which include serving as a national forum to foster creativity, innovation, and lifelong learning for STEAM education and professional development. THE INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE SERVES AS A NATIONAL FORUM TO FOSTER CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND LIFELONG LEARNING. We identify and disseminate information about the many ways that effective integration of the arts, sciences, humanities, engineering, and the use of technology reinforce teaching and incorporate lifelong learning in both in-school (formal) and out-of-school (informal) settings. WINTER 2026 NEWSLETTER Join the Innovation Collaborative Click here to subscribe to the Innovation Collaborative. Keynote presentations from 2025 STEAM Summit Click here to see Keynote presentations from the 2025 STEAM Summit and more. WINTER 2026 NEWSLETTER 1/3 READ THE WINTER NEWSLETTER COLLABORATIVE TO OFFER STEAM K-12 LESSONS

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RESEARCH THOUGHT LEADERS Our Research Thought Leaders are nationally known educators and researchers who integrate creative and innovative thinking with learning in the sciences, arts, and cognition. They represent both K-12 (formal) and Out-of-School Time (informal) learning. The Innovation Collaborative’s ongoing conversations with these Thought Leaders provide the deep underpinning of our work. This partnership not only stimulates Collaborative research about learning at the intersections of these disciplines but also informs the Thought Leaders’ work. 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. Rob Horowitz Executive Director ArtsResearch Associate Director Center for Arts Education Research Teachers College, Columbia University Dr. Bonnie Cramond Professor of Educational Psychology, Gifted and Creative Education, at the University of Georgia, and the former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, researches the assessment and development of creativity Dr. Bob Root-Bernstein Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University Rochelle Darville Fulbright and NSTA Awardee High School Science Teacher West St. John High School, Edgard, Louisiana Dr. Jean Ryoo Director of Research, Computer Science Equity Project, University of California Los Angeles Center X

RESEARCH THOUGHT LEADERS (ARCHIVED) Dr. James S. Catterall is Professor Emeritus and past Chair of the Faculty at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Dr. Catterall is an Affiliate Faculty member at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. Dr. Catterall is also the Principal Investigator at the Centers for Research on Creativity, (CRoC), based in Los Angeles and London, UK. Dr. Catterall is coauthor of Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, Arts Education Partnership’s (AEP) 2002 landmark compilation, which provides summaries of numerous significant research studies in dance, drama, the multi-arts, music and visual arts as well as comprehensive summaries written by some of the most recognized names in arts research. Dr. James S. Catterall Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Director of the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair and author of Make Your Brain Smarter, is committed to maximizing cognitive potential across the entire lifespan. As a cognitive neuroscientist with more than 40 funded research grants, Dr. Chapman's scientific study elucidates and applies novel approaches to advance creative and critical thinking, strengthen healthy brain development, and incite innovation throughout life. Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman Bob Root-Bernstein received his A.B. in Biochemistry (Robert Langridge) and his Ph. D. in the History of Science (Thomas Kuhn) from Princeton University and then did post-doctoral work in Theories in Biology (Jonas Salk) at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where he received a MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently Professor of Physiology at Michigan State University, where he performs research on autoimmune diseases, the evolution of physiological systems, the nature of scientific creativity, and sciences-arts interactions. He is author of Discovering (Harvard, 1989), Rethinking Aids (Free Press, 1993), and with his wife Michele, Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels (Free Press, 1997) and Sparks of Genius (Free Press, 1999). He is himself an amateur artist and musician. Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein Dr. R. Keith Sawyer Dr. R. Keith Sawyer, a professor of education at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, studies creativity, learning, and collaboration. After receiving his computer science degree from MIT in 1982, he began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari. His titles included Food Fight, Neon, and Magician. From 1984 to 1990, he was a principal at Kenan Systems Corporation, where he worked as a management consultant on innovation technologies. His clients included Citicorp, AT&T, and U.S. West. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, he has dedicated his career to research on creativity, collaboration, and learning. Dr. Sawyer has published fourteen books and over 80 scientific articles. His research has been featured on CNN, Fox News, TIME, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and other media. A popular speaker, he lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on creativity and innovation. He has been a jazz pianist for over 30 years, and spent several years playing piano with Chicago improv theater groups.

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LUCINDA PRESLEY CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lucinda Presley is the Innovation Collaborative's founder, Chair, and Executive Director. Ms. Presley also is Executive Director of ICEE (Institute where Creativity Empowers Education) Success, which integrates the arts, STEM, and innovation thinking skills to promote engagement, learning, and 21st century problem-solving. She works with partners in Texas, nationally, and internationally to develop school programming, write curriculum, train educators, and develop museums. With over 25 years' experience at the STEAM intersections, she has led STEAM education initiatives and teacher/artist training for an art museum, a science museum, and a national arts provider. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has been an adjunct instructor of art at a large community college for over 20 years and was recently named Adjunct Professor of the Year. JONATHAN KATZ STRATEGIC ADVISOR Jonathan Katz, Ph.D., the Innovation Collaborative’s Strategic Advisor, helps lead the Collaborative strategically. He is a consultant, speaker and writer, specializing in strategic planning, leadership development, cultural policy and arts education. As CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), he spoke for and led an association of government cultural agencies that have grown to manage in excess of $400 million annually. He co-founded the Arts Education Partnership, which is the nation’s forum for advancing learning in the arts, and the Cultural Advocacy Group, which is the coalition that sets goals annually for the budgets of the federal cultural agencies. As an advisor to the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (IFACCA), he facilitated the CEO Seminar for heads of national cultural agencies at World Summits in England, Singapore, South Africa and Australia. He may be contacted at JKatz00000@aol.com .