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Steering Committee
The Philadelphia Science Festival Steering Committee includes representatives from each of the core collaborating institutions and ensures that the Festival is truly a collaborative initiative.
Jacqui Genovesi
Director of Education
Academy of Natural Sciences
Jill Sybesma
Adult Programs Coordinator and Teacher Naturalist
Academy of Natural Sciences
Antoinette Thwaites
CEO/Founder
Association of Women in Forensics
Shelley Geehr
Director of the Roy Eddleman Institute
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Gigi Naglak
Outreach Coordinator
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Holly Brown-Everbach
Assistant to the Director/CEO for Special Projects
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Mütter Museum
Jacquie Bowman
Director of Education
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Mütter Museum
Chris Richman
Lecture & Communications Coordinator
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Mütter Museum
John DiNardo
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Drexel University
Joanne Ferroni
Senior Director of Strategic Development and Recruitment
Drexel University
Hillary Olson
Director of Integrated Programming
The Franklin Institute
Karen Elinich
Director of Educational Technology and Integrated Learning
The Franklin Institute
Rachel Fryd
Youth Services Coordinator - Office of Public Service Support
Chief of the Office of Public Service Support
Free Library of Philadelphia
Hope Koseff Corse
Director of Marketing and Communications
Independence Seaport Museum
Mike Flynn
Director of Education
Independence Seaport Museum
Leslie Gale
Education Manager
John Bartram Association
Mariana Bergerson
Refuge Ranger
Visitor Services Specialist
John Heinz Wildlife Refuge
Julianna Gwiszcz
Director, The Explorer Connection
La Salle University
Mike Prushan
Faculty, Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry
Faculty Coordinator of the Science in Society Initiative
La Salle University
Leslie Stein
Science Communications
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Cheronda Fraizer
Director of Community Initiatives
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences
Patricia Schrieber
Director of Education
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Marilyn Reynolds
Programs Manager
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Babak Ashrafi
Excutive Director
Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science
Simon Joseph
Program Coordinator
Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science
Jeffrey Ashley
Associate Professor of Chemistry, School of Science and Health
Philadelphia University
Evan Goldman
Assistant Professor of Biology; Adjunct Professor Physician Assistant Studies
Philadelphia University
Erin McCool
Director of Outreach Programs
Philadelphia Zoo
Stacey Swigart
Director of Collections and Content
Please Touch Museum
Jeff Morris
STEAM Coordinator
Please Touch Museum
Laurie Bachman
Excutive Director
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Ambra Hook
Special Assistant
Director of Science Eduaction K-12
School District of Philadelphia
Douglas H. Baird
Co-Director, TUteach & Assistant Dean for
Science Education & Special Projects
College of Science and Technology
Temple University
Tony Lowman
Vice Provost and Professor of Bioengineering
Temple University
Jennifer Reifsteck
Education
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Prema Deshmukh
Program Manager, Eduction: International Classroom and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lecture
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Dawn Maglicco Deitch
Director of Office of Government and Community Affairs
University of Pennsylvania
Gina Lavery
Coordinator of Federal Affairs
University of Pennsylvania
Maria Buehler
Vice President of Marketing
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Abby Sullivan
Program Coordinator
Wagner Free Institute of Science
Staci Vernick Goldberg
Director of Communications
The Wistar Institute