STEM
Courageous Conversations Catalyzing Change
Panel Leader: Dr. Susan Swayze, Founder & CEO, Diversity Think Tank. Panelists: Melvin Stallings, President, Cyber Green Group; Dr. Janelle M. Johnson, Associate Professor of STEM Education, Metropolitan State University; Lisette Torres-Gerald, Senior Research Associate and Program Coordinator, TERC; Rubi Amateco, Biology Student, Metropolitan State University
Panel Leader: Dr. Susan Swayze, Founder & CEO, Diversity Think Tank. Panelists: Dr. Arik King, Founder, Future Kings; Dr. Echell Eady, Vice President of Instruction and Accreditation, Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Murfreesboro; Jacqueline Smalls, Vice President, Social Impact Coalitions, Discovery Education; Zion McNeely, Electrical Engineering Student, Norfolk State University
Panel Leader: Dr. Steve Efe, Asst. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University. Panelists: Dr. Janne Hall, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Texas Southern University ; Janelle Mason, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, North Carolina A&T State University; Kimera Peterson, Civil – Structural Engineer PDP, Federal Highway Administration
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF & AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Dr. Nathanial Brown, Professor of Math, Penn State University; Dr. Tamara Floyd Smith, Associate Provost, Tuskegee University and Professor of Chemical Engineering; Errika Moore, Executive Director, STEM Funders Network; Kyra Welch, Psychology Student, Bethune Cookman University
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF & AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Danisha Allen, Senior Program Manager, VIZIO; Vitoria Moreno-Costa, Process Safety Management Engineer, IFF Health & Biosciences; Claire Meaders, Assistant Teaching Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego; Samyukta Iyer, Senior, Wheeler High School Center for Advanced Studies
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF & AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Jason Raines, PD designer, STEM expert; Dr. Janne Hall, Adjunct Professor, Texas Southern University; Kwesi A. Vincent, STEM Educator, The Workshop School; Sokhna Wane, Senior Computer Science Student, Pennsylvania State University
Panel Leaders: Dr. Paul Miller, Principal and CEO, Green Tech High Charter School and and Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF & AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Dr. Dana C. Giles, Principal, Pebblebrook High School; Jason Coleman, Co-Founder/Executive Director, Project SYNCERE; Pastor Lyndrell Randle, STEM teacher, Green Tech Middle School; Jennifer Makins, Director of STEM Education, Parish Episcopal School
Panel Leaders: Dr. Ryan Ross, Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, Equity, & Inclusion, Colorado Community College System, and Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF & AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Dr. Siobahn Day Grady, North Carolina A&T; Toi Massey, Founder & CEO ANM Innovative Solutions; Eric Knapp, DeKalb County Schools; Jason Pugh, Gensler and President of the National Organization of Minority Architects
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF and AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Dr. Helen Tran, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto; Dr. Indara Suarez, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Boston University; Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology & DO-IT, University of Washington; Anthony Newton, MSFT Alumni, Entrepreneur, Owner, Ancott
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF and AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Robert Koch, Board President of REACH, S&P Global Platts; Aisha Lawrey, Training & Certification Global Lead for Education Programs, Amazon Web Services; Dr. Eric J. Jolly, President and CEO, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Maria Reyes, Dean of Industry and Public Service, Phoenix College
Panel Leader: Paula Garcia Todd, Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF and AAAS IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. Panelists: Dr. Patricia Silveyra, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University; Aaron Cortes, Director, STEM initiatives, Center for College Access and Success, Northeastern Illinois University; Randy Blanco, Engineering senior, Penn State University, student officer SHPE; Dr. Minerva Cordero, Senior Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington
Panel Leader: Dr. Fay Cobb Payton, Professor, IT/Analytics and University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University. Panelists: Lisa Gelobter, CEO & Founder, tEQuitable; Sheila Boyington, CEO, Thinking Media – Learning Blade and CAPS; Dr. Kai Two Feathers Orton, Computational Scientist, Dartmouth College
Panel Leader: Dr. Reagan Flowers, Trustee, Houston Community College System, CEO, C-STEM Teacher and Student Support Services. Panelists: Danny Moore, President & Founder, DeNOVO Solutions; Dr. Steve Efe, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Morgan State University; Dr. Kamal Ali, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jackson State University; Zania Bell, MBA candidate, Cyber Security, University of West Alabama; Steven Butler, CEO, BC Development
Panel Leader: Toi Massey, ME, Founder & CEO, ANM Innovative Solutions. Panelists: Michael Fleming, CEO, Compass Aim Global Management; Dr. Carolyn King, Founder, Reach Out to Youth; Melvin Stallings, Jr., President, Cyber Green Group; Dr. Arnel Cosey, President, NetworkED
Panel Leader: Toi Massey, President & CEO, ANM Innovative Solutions. Panelists: Tim Podkul, Director, Principal Research Scientist, SRI International; Lt. Col. Paul Deaderick (ret), Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation; Dr. Calvin Mackie, Founder & CEO, STEM NOLA; Clay Gloster, Dean of the Graduate College, North Carolina A&T State University; Christina Korp, CEO & Executive Producer, Purpose Entertainment