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