Executive Vice-President For Innovation And Federal Engagement
Current*Defense STEM Education Consortium DSEC 2.0/ 2024-2034 & DSEC 1.0 2019-2024; Individual Program Administrator (IPA) for Element 4-DSEC Hubs and STEM Ecosystems. This aligns with the OSTP STEM Strategic Plan, which emphasizes cultivating STEM Ecosystems to advance STEM. I work with four DoD Hubs to catalyze robust multi-sector collaboratives that function as a force multiplier to ensure diverse, equitable, and inclusive STEM opportunities for all learners with a focus on underrepresented populations and military-connected families. I also serve on the Consortium Management Committee.*STEMM Opportunity Alliance (SOA) of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2024; Anchor Partner (AP); I serve as the co-facilitator of the Pillar 1 Strategy area for this ambitious collaborative effort to achieve STEMM Equity and Excellence for all learners by 2050. Working with co-AP STEM, Next TIES is tasked with leveraging the existing networks to bring about systems-level change in K-12 education to nurture curiosity in every child and ensure all schools provide rigorous, high-quality math and science coursework with necessary learning supports.*DoD National Defense STEM Education Program (NDEP) RC3 Community College Grant; 2021-2027/ Co-PI on the Military City USA Consortium Grant with the San Antonio Community Colleges, UTSA and TA&MUSA to reduce barriers for community college students to select and persist in STEM career pathways including transfer to 4-year schools, and increasing access to paid internships and scholarships within the DoD and Defense Industrial Base workforce. * Office of Naval Research (ONR) STEM Bootcamp; 2022-2025; Part of a team from TIES and BEST and STEM Outreach at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock - Naval Sea Systems Command that designed and hosts summer STEM boot camps for high-students under-represented in STEM and educators/counselors to prepare for and apply to DoD sponsored civilian STEM internships and scholarships.