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Carol Langbort, President
Dr. Carol Langbort is a Professor in the College of Education at San Francisco State University. Her field is Mathematics Education, and she teaches pre-service and in-service teachers how to teach mathematics to children in elementary and middle grades, For many years she was the director of the San Francisco Math Leadership Project, a professional development program for teachers, and she developed and coordinates a Masters Degree program in Mathematics Education. She is the co-author of several books, including 'How to Encourage Girls in Math and Science' and 'Building Success in Math.'
She has been in involved with the EYH Network since the late 70's, is on the planning committee of the SF-EYH, and frequently presents a workshop for parents and teachers at that conference.
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Melissa Koch, co-Vice President
Melissa Koch designs and implements educational learning environments for teachers and students. She specializes in the development of collaborative technologies and technology-based curricula for learning in and out of school. She also designs and implements teacher professional development programs to support teachers in integrating technology into their practice. At SRI International, she leads the Build IT project, a curriculum in which middle school girls build information technology fluency through design. She also co-leads the design and management of the National Science Foundation's CLTNet and leads the teacher professional development program on several projects.
At RealCommunities, she led the development of Applications of Purpose, including a mentoring application, to be used in a variety of online environments to enable community members to learn from one another. She has developed several Internet products for the K-12 education market while working with organizations such as Computer Curriculum Corporation, The Learning Company, PBS, The Edison Project, and O'Reilly & Associates.
She has also written several articles on technology and education, and co-authored a book, NetLearning: Why Teachers Use the Internet. She has two patents pending: System and Methods of Providing Online Community Purposes and System and Methods of Enabling Extensible Online Community Management.
Education
Melissa holds a Masters in Mass Communications; Telecommunications Science, Management, and a Policy certificate, from Northwestern University.
She also has a B.A. in English, with a concentration in Gender & Women's Studies, from Grinnell College in Iowa.
In her spare time she enjoys dancing, working out, theater and meeting new people.
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Peg McPartland, co-Vice President
Peg Kem McPartland is Professor Emeritus at Golden Gate University where she taught mathematics for many years. She has a master's degree in mathematics and an MBA. Currently, she is involved in various educational projects that range from teaching at several local colleges to working with a third grade class in Oakland.
Her long-range commitment has been to Mathematics Education, and in particular, curriculum development. One major concern is the issue of integration of technology into the curriculum. With a consortium of
mathematics faculty from schools throughout the U.S. she worked to create a new national model for college algebra. The result of this collaboration is the text Explorations in College Algebra by Kime and Clark, for which she is the co-author of the Instructor's Manual. She is also the co-author of the Student Study Guide for Calculus by Hughes-Hallett. She continues to make presentations at conferences on mathematics education. In the past she worked for ACCESS, Lawrence Hall of Science, a program in curriculum development and teaching strategies with Oakland high school teachers and students. This program, and other projects with teachers in several Bay Area school districts, has widened her experienand increased her enthusiasm.
Peg was pleased to work with the San Francisco EYH in the early eighties where she developed some of her most valued professional relationships. Peg and her husband love outdoor activities, but it is her passion for swimming that puts her in the Mills College pool at 7 a.m. with her Masters team swims, rain or shine.
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Rachel Sheinbein, co-Vice President
Rachel Sheinbein is a consultant for clean technology companies in the
areas such as bioplastics, solar and water treatement. Before creating
her practice focused solely on green technologies, Rachel worked at
Intel Corporation for more than 7 years, holding positions including
Chemical Engineer for liquid waste systems, Program Manager for
Environmental, Health & Safety, Purchasing analyst, and Strategic
Product Manager in the Information Technology group.
She graduated
with a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
She did her graduate work at MIT, receiving an MBA and a Master in
Industrial Engineering. Rachel has repeatedly volunteered in order to
encourage girls to enter STEM careers, and she has been on the board of
the EYH Network since 2004
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Tania Madfes, Treasurer
Dr. Tania Madfes has a long history in the field of mathematics education: as a teacher at the high school and university levels, as coordinator of mathematics for the San Francisco Unified School District, as a teacher
educator and as a researcher. She is the author of several programs focused on the professional development of teachers of mathematics and the editor of
three books that deal with issues in professional development.
Prior to retirement, Dr. Madfes directed teacher professional development, curriculum development, and evaluation projects focused on mathematics and science at WestEd, a not-for-profit educational research, development, and service
organization. Her doctorate is in curriculum and instructional design. In 1980, she began her EYH involvement which included five years as Coordinator of the San Francisco EYH Conference.
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TK Subramanian, Secretary
T.K. is a retired Nuclear Professional. He served four decades in the Department of Atomic Energy, India, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd., Bechtel Power, USA and Department of Energy in USA. He is also a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) of Toastmasters International.
A book that traces the global nuclear history- Brighter Than Thousand Suns – that TK read in 1959 – led him to eulogize UC Berkeley and the Bay Area. TK’s son – a math club President at Hanford HS (WA state) brought to light in 1988 that CA was 29th out of 50 states in Math tests scores! Such a cultural shock led TK to start (with support from DOE and LLNL) the Annual Math challenge in 1990. This program motivates California students to enjoy math and to work towards better academic achievement. This led TK to be inducted into the Math/Science Network, where TK has served as a Board member, Treasurer and Secretary. His current dream is to see EYHN renamed to the “EYH International Network” just like Toastmasters International. |
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Sheryl Bize Boutte
Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte is currently serving as the Interim Director of Alumnae Relations for Mills College.
In December 2005, Sheryl was appointed by the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC) Board of Governors as the Executive Director of the AAMC. With this selection she became the first woman of color to hold the position of AAMC Executive Director in the 127-year history of the organization. An Oakland native, Sheryl graduated from Mills in 1973, with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Before returning to Mills, Sheryl had a long career in management at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA). She first joined the DOE/NNSA Oakland Office in 1973 as a Management Intern and served in a variety of management positions during her tenure.
In her most recent capacity at DOE/NNSA, she was the Deputy Associate Director for Federal Services where she directed a staff engaged in oversight of the federal research and development contracts for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. This position also included the management and oversight of all Oakland Office functions in human resources, contract management, environment, safety and health, and finance and budget. She was also responsible for the management and direction of 120 federal and 200 support services contractor employees engaged in implementation of Security and Information Technology functions for the field component of the agency with a budget of $27 million.
Previous positions included Director of Human Resources, Deputy Chief of Staff, Director of the Grants Center, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Chief of Organization and Management, Contracting Officer for the Leland Stanford Jr. University contract, and Site Manager for the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Site Office.
She received the Secretary of Energy’s Gold Award in 1997 for her work in quality management and customer service. She is a former officer of the AAMC Board of Governors and member of the AAMC Human Resources committee. She is also a member of the International Personnel Management Association, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and a past member of the San Francisco Bay Area Federal Executive Board Policy Committee.
Sheryl resides in Oakland with her husband, Anthony. They have a daughter, Angela, a postdoctoral research fellow in molecular neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. |
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Susan Brown
Susan L. Brown has over 20 years experience in creating and implementing
strategies to drive market share and branding for new technologies and
web-based products, with a specialty in healthcare and bio/pharma
technology. Her consulting career includes long-term assignments with Apple
Computer, Intel, Sun Microsystems, as well as developing a Communications
Plan for a $350M division of Cisco Systems. As Director of Marketing and
Strategic Alliances for HealthCenter Internet Services, Ms. Brown created
global marketing and communications strategy as well as successful strategic
alliances and partnerships including the American Heart Association. Her
Healthcare IT experience includes leading a team to launch and train
physicians and staff in HealthConnect, a $6B business process change to
electronic clinical applications for Kaiser Permanente and as CMO for KDH
Systems, Inc., a networking and clinical trial automation software company.
Ms. Brown holds a BS from Northwestern University and graduate studies at UC
Berkeley and Stanford University. She joined the EYH Board in 2006 with the
mission to help brand and market the organization. |
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Aileen DeSoto
Aileen DeSoto was formerly a Vice President of Product Development at Linkify. She has fifteen years experience in consulting, project management, marketing, sales, and team building and has worked at several different companies.
Aileen graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and has done graduate work in marketing.
Through her affiliations with the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay and the East Bay Association for Women in Science, she has worked on various programs involving issues surrounding Children at Risk and projects promoting math and science to girls.
Recently Aileen made the decision to return to graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley where she is studying project management within the biomedical field. Away from work, she enjoys spending time with her two sons, Mitchell and Conner. She also enjoys hiking, golfing and traveling.
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Cherrill Spencer
Cherrill Spencer is an experimental physicist who currently designs and
builds electromagnets for particle accelerators at the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Menlo Park, California. Her job title is
Mechanical Engineer, but her education was purely in physics, a B.Sc
from the University of London (1969) and a D.Phil in elementary particle
physics from the University of Oxford (1972).
Spencer has been an activist for women's rights for nearly 40 years. She
strongly believes women are as good as men in all types of work. As a
physicist she has concentrated her activism in science, so that one day,
she'll experience gender parity in her daily work!
Spencer has been very actively involved since 1978 in several volunteer
organizations which promote the participation of women in science and
engineering, in workplace organizations for women in general and, for
the past 15 years, in the effort to improve science education at all
levels. She has been on the Board of the Expanding Your Horizons Network
continuously since 1981
Not withstanding all her volunteer activities and full-time employment,
Spencer found time to get married when she was 40 and have a daughter,
Sierra, when she was 46. Sierra provides her excuses to indulge in her
favorite hobbies of photography and consuming chocolate cake. |
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Kimberly Tanner
Kimberly Tanner, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology at San
Francisco State University (SFSU). Trained as a neuroscientist, Dr.
Tanner received her doctoral degree from the University of California,
San Francisco (UCSF) in 1998 for her work investigating changes in
sensory neuron physiology and temporal coding following nerve injury.
During her doctoral years, Dr. Tanner was also actively involved in
science teaching and learning as a participant in partnerships with
local K-12 educators through the UCSF Science & Health Education
Partnership (SEP). Following graduate school, she took a formal position
at the UCSF SEP to coordinate the NSF-funded Triad Project (1994-2004)
to increase the interest of women and girls in the sciences.
Subsequently, Dr. Tanner was awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Science Education (PFSMETE) in which she pursued her interests in
science education.
In collaboration with the UCSF SEP, the Stanford
School of Education, and the San Francisco public schools, Dr. Tanner
studied the impact of scientist-teacher partnerships as a mechanism of
K-20+ science education reform, studies which continue in her laboratory
today. In January 2004, Dr. Tanner accepted a tenure-track position as
a faculty member at SFSU in the Department of Biology with a
concentration in Biology Education.
Dr. Tanner is a founding member of
the Editorial Board for Cell Biology Education: A Journal of Life
Sciences Education, its on the Advisory Board of the EYH Network for
Gender Equity, and regularly serves on committees for the National
Science Foundation, the National Research Council, and the Society for
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Stacey Roberts-Ohr, Executive Director
Stacey Roberts-Ohr came to the Expanding Your Horizons Network in May of 2002. Before coming to EYHN, Stacey was employed as the Coordinator of Field Experience in the Department of Elementary Education at San Francisco University. Stacey holds two Masters degrees, one in Jewish communal service from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and a Masters in social work, from the University of California. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Community services from Michigan State University.
In Stacey's free time, she enjoys hiking, camping, watching documentary films and spending time with her husband, Andrew. |
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