Program Committee

• Margaret M. Briehl, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Vice Chair of the Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, The University of Arizona.
• Kimberly Sierra-Cajas, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research, College of Science, The University of Arizona, and co-founder of Arizona’s Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars Program (ASEMS)
• Sara Chavarria, PhD, Assistant Director, STEM Learning Center and Assistant Dean, Research Development and Outreach, College of Education, The University of Arizona
• Allison J. Huff, PhD, Education and Outreach Director, Center for Integrated Access Networks, The University of Arizona

• Rudy B. McCormick III, Director, UA Early Academic Outreach, and Executive Director of Arizona Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), a school-based STEM outreach program.
• Mary J. Schaal, Ed., Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, Arizona Western College
• Elizabeth Soltero, MS, Director, Adalberto and Ana Guerrero Student Center, The University of Arizona
• Frans Tax, PhD, Faculty Director for Diversity and Inclusion in the UA Graduate College, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and the Faculty Director of the TRiO STEM ASEMS grant
• Guadalupe Waitherwerch, MPH, HSI STEM Program Manager, Pima Community College

Collaborators and Advisory Board

• Marta Civil, PhD, Professor and Roy F. Graesser Endowed Chair, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona, AZ
• Reetika Dhawan, MS, Dean of Career and Technical Education and Mathematics Faculty, Arizona Western College, AZ
• Emily Halvorson-Otts, MA, Dean of Sciences, Pima Community College, AZ
• William Jaco, PhD, Regents Professor, Grayce B. Kerr Chair, and Head, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, and Executive Director of the Initiative for Mathematics Learning by Inquiry, OK
• Eric Lara, EdD, Associate Dean of Student Success and Equity, Mount San Antonio College, CA
• Brian Mayer, PhD, Associate Professor School of Sociology, and the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, AZ
• Jose Maria Menendez, PhD, Program Director and Mathematics Faculty, Pima Community College, AZ

• Virgil Pierce, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Success in the College of Sciences, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX
• Andrea Romero, PhD, Fitch Nesbitt Professor of Family Studies & Human Development, and Director of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families, The University of Arizona, AZ
• Gary A. Smith, PhD, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development in Education, College of Medicine, and Director of the STEM Gateway Program, University of New Mexico, NM
• Laura Watkins, PhD, Mathematics Faculty and Developmental Program Lead, Maricopa County Community College District, Glendale Community College, AZ
• Cindy Wyels, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, and Program Lead for STEM Service Courses Initiative, California State University Channel Islands, CA