STEM Education Coalition

The STEM Education Coalition’s mission is to raise awareness amongst policymakers at every level about the critical role that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace of the 21st century. The Coalition believes that our nation must improve the way our students learn STEM and that the business, education, and STEM communities must work together to achieve this goal. The Coalition is 501c4 non-profit organization. Get on Our Email List Annual Reports: 2018 Annual Report 2017 Annual Report 2016 Annual Report 2015 Annual Report 2014 Annual Report 2013 Annual Report 2012 Annual Report Board of Directors Jodi Peterson Board Member, Chair Assistant Executive Director, Legislative and Public Affairs National Science Teachers Association jpeterson@nsta.org Lauren E. Posey Board Member Manager, Education American Chemical Society l_posey@acs.org Karen Horting Board Member Chief Executive Officer Society of Women Engineers Karen.Horting@sweoffice.org Wes Hall Board Member Executive Director STEMx HALLJ@battelle.org Steve Alexander Board Member, Treasurer Principal Hands on Science Partnership salexander@cmrgroup4.com Allyson Knox Board Member Director, Education Policy Microsoft Corporation allyknox@microsoft.com Ken Krehbiel Board Member Executive Director National Council of Teachers of Mathematics kkrehbiel@nctm.org Todd Mann Board Member Executive Director National Consortia of Secondary STEM Schools todd.mann@ncsss.org Chris Neitzey Board Member Director of STEM Initiatives Afterschool Alliance cneitzey@afterschoolalliance.org Our Team James Brown Executive Director, jfbrown@stemedcoalition.org James Brown is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition. Prior to joining the Coalition, he was Director of Advocacy at the American Chemical Society. A nuclear engineer by training, he previously worked as a Legislative Aide for Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington, was Director of Policy and Development at the Consumer Energy Council of America, and began his career as an engineer with Newport News Shipbuilding, working on aircraft carrier construction. He received a B.S. from the University of New Mexico and an M.S. from Penn State, both in nuclear engineering. He also holds an MBA from George Washington University. Austin Hall Director, Policy Initiatives, ahall@stemedcoalition.org Austin Hall is Director of Policy Initiatives, focusing on government relations, research, and member advocacy initiatives for the coalition. Hall has previous experience working on issues surrounding the federal government research and STEM education portfolio; computer science education; STEM Education in Higher Education; informal STEM learning; and career and technical education. Hall has also interned in the Washington D.C. office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and was elected to serve as a delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, where he represented children and education interests during the Texas delegation platform deliberations. Austin earned a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Music Education from the University North Texas. Michelle Collins Manager, Operations, mcollins@stemedcoalition.org Michelle Collins is the current Manager of Operations for the Coalition. Prior to joining us, Michelle held many Operations roles in the private sector and with the United States Air Force, where she was an Education and Training Manager and Special Event Coordinator/Manager.