The Girls Coalition Funder Briefing "Creating Pathways to STEM Careers: Where are the Girls?" is just coming up this Wednesday!
We wanted to introduce the fantastic folks who are going to be sharing their knowledge and experience with us:
PANELIST
BIOS
Jacqueline
Boas
has over 10 years of experience in operations, project management and
marketing, fundraising and event planning in both the for-profit and non-profit
arenas. Currently she serves as the key administrator for the Boston Scientific
Foundation at its headquarters in Natick,
MA. Since 2002, the BSC
Foundation has donated more than $14 million to more than 300 charitable
organizations across the country in an effort to improve health and
educational opportunity for those in need. The Foundation also provides medical
fellowships and scholarships to the children of Boston Scientific employees. In
addition to her role managing the Foundation, Jacqueline helps to drive overall
corporate citizenship activities at Boston Scientific including strategic
philanthropic efforts and volunteerism.
Dr.
Connie Chow
is Science Club for Girls’ first executive director, where she directs free
programs across eastern Massachusetts,
to connect mentor scientists and engineers with 850 youth in K-12, mostly from
underrepresented groups, in joyous, hands-on explorations in out-of-school-time
settings. Dr. Chow was elected to be an Education Fellow of the Massachusetts
Academy of Science in 2009. Prior to joining SCFG, Connie was an assistant
professor in Biology at Simmons
College. A molecular
microbiologist by training, Connie received her Ph.D. through the program in
Virology at Harvard
University, and conducted
her postdoctoral research on malaria gene expression at the Harvard School of
Public Health. Connie is currently the
Youth Council co-chair of the MetroNorth Regional Employment Board, and a
member of the Leadership Council of the Northeast Girls Collaborative Project.
She recently served on the City of Cambridge
Blue Ribbon Commission on Middle School Youth.
Patricia Driscoll is the executive
director of Girls Incorporated of Lynn,
a youth development agency that that builds girls’ capacity for responsible and
confident adulthood, economic independence and personal fulfillment. In her seventeen years at Girls Inc., the
agency has seen unprecedented growth in funding and programming, with a
satellite site at the Washington School and programs in many of Lynn's middle schools. Pat is also a
community leader, and serves on the boards of the Lynn
Home for Young Women, the Lynn
Business Partnership, and the Community Group in Lawrence.
For over two years, she has served on the Expanded Teaching and
Learning subcommittee of the governor’s Readiness Project, and was
appointed to the Massachusetts Governor’s Non-Discrimination, Diversity and
Equal Opportunity Advisory Council in March 2009.
Mish Michaels is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast meteorologist
and environmental reporter. She was a member of the WBZ-TV Weather Team from
2001 to 2009. Before joining WBZ-TV, Michaels worked for The Weather Channel
and WHDH in Boston.
During that time, she was twice named "Boston's Best Meteorologist" by the
Improper Bostonian. Mish has been affiliated with the Meteorology Department at
UMass Lowell for over a decade, and has also worked on numerous educational projects
related to meteorology. She supports several charitable organizations,
including the Women in the Natural Sciences program, which seeks to inspire
adolescent girls to pursue careers in math, science and technology through
thoughtful study of the atmosphere, and the Big Sister Association of Greater
Boston. Mish has a Master's degree in Technology in Education from Harvard University,
and a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University.
Dr. Deborah Muscella is the executive director and founder of the Girls
Get Connected Collaborative at Simmons
College. She has led
several federally-funded grants over the past 20 years and has worked
extensively with urban teachers and students to bring innovative STEM programs
to the classroom and out-of-school time programs. In several of these projects, she has
conducted action research with the teachers to explore changes in student
learning. Most recently, Dr. Muscella
has led local middle and high school girls in STEM projects that explore alternative
sources of energy, the importance of trees for global health, and the impact of
recycling projects. While immersed in
these investigations, girls have learned to design and produce video, and use
geographic information, global positioning systems, and multimedia software. Dr.
Muscella earned her doctorate in education from The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Caroline E. Parker is a lead research scientist in Education, Employment
and Community Programs at the Education
Development Center,
where she has worked since 2000. She is the principal investigator of an
NSF-funded research study looking at the longitudinal effects of informal
science education programs such as ITEST on youth participation in high school
STEM classes, as well as a lead researcher with the New
England and the Islands Regional Educational Laboratory,
conducting studies on large-scale assessment, English language learners, and
students with disabilities. She serves as consultant in quantitative and
qualitative research design to numerous EDC projects. Dr. Parker's research
interests focus on access to educational opportunities in both the formal and
informal sectors.
Thank you to these amazing leaders for sharing their time and wisdom with us all to help us answer the question, "Where are the girls?"
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