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
Robert Chen
Dean, School for the Environment, UMass Boston
Kim Frashure
Professor of Environmental Science, Bunker Hill Community College
Shirley Tang
Professor of Asian American Studies, UMass Boston
Crystal Schaaf
NASA Science Team Member of MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat Satellite Sensors
Kim Hamad-Schifferli
Professor in Engineering, UMass Boston
Arthur Eisenkraft
Professor of Science Education, UMass Boston
Cedric Woods
Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
Erik Siggelkoe
Professor in Engineering, Bunker Hill Community College
Kris Grymonpre
Science Teacher, Boston Public Schools
Elizabeth Osche
PERG Learning
Tobias Berkman
Consensus Building Institute
Brandon Chambers
Consensus Building Institute
Aimee Bonanno
Project Coordinator, UMass Boston
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)