Our PATHS Team is comprised of professionals with extensive experience working with underrepresented minority groups in academia, informal learning, and industry.
The PATHS program is guided by the expertise of:
- A Core Leadership Team which directs all aspects of PATHS programming
- A Steering Committee which assists in designing, implementing, and disseminating the PATHS programming
- An Advisory Committee which helps with developing shared goals and metrics, assessing the collective impact of the PATHS coalition, and offering guidance for future improvements and growth
- Partners which provide high quality programs, events, opportunities, or connections for broad participation in STEM through multiple pathways
Core Leadership Team
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Robert Chen
Dean, School for the Environment, UMass Boston
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Kim Frashure
Professor of Environmental Science, Bunker Hill Community College
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Shirley Tang
Professor of Asian American Studies, UMass Boston
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Crystal Schaaf
NASA Science Team Member of MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat Satellite Sensors
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Kim Hamad-Schifferli
Professor in Engineering, UMass Boston
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Arthur Eisenkraft
Professor of Science Education, UMass Boston
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Cedric Woods
Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
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Erik Siggelkoe
Professor in Engineering, Bunker Hill Community College
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Kris Grymonpre
Science Teacher, Boston Public Schools
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Elizabeth Osche
PERG Learning
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Tobias Berkman
Consensus Building Institute
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Brandon Chambers
Consensus Building Institute
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Aimee Bonanno
Project Coordinator, UMass Boston
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Kimberly Starbuck
Urban Harbors Institute, UMass Boston
Steering Committee:
- Core Leadership Team listed above
- Irene Porro (McAuliffe Center)
- Lisa Freed (iRobot)
- Raji Patel (MA Space Grant)
- Tori Goyette (LinkedIn)
- Christine Reich (Museum of Science)
- Nuri Chandler Smith (Bunker Hill Community College)
- Maria Puente (Bunker Hill Community College)
- Nicole Gilmore (MITRE)
Advisory Committee:
- Jerry Lassos (Tongva)
- Vijay Kanagala (Coordinator of the Higher Education in Student Affairs Program, Salem State University)
- Pam Eddinger (President, BHCC)
- Liya Escalera (Vice Provost of Academic Support Services, UMB)
- Jim Irons (Director of the Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Connie Chow (former Executive Director, Science Club for Girls)
- Alicia Carroll (African American STEM educator, East Boston Early Education Center)
- Marianne Dunne (Senior Project Coordinator, Boston Public Schools Science Technology and Engineering)
- Allison Little (Assistant Commissioner, MA Dept. of Higher Education)
- Yvonne Spicer (Framingham, MA)