Our Team

Ron Ottinger
Executive Director

Pendred (Penny) Noyce
Founding Board Chair

Robert B. Schwartz
Founding Board Member

Dennis Bartels
Board Member

Gwynn Hughes
Board Member

Teresa Drew
Associate Director

Kam Kyzer
Director of Philanthropic and Strategic Partnerships

Amanda Hanno
Finance and Operations Manager

Sandi Maida Callahan
Executive Assistant

Patti Curtis
Robert Noyce/Ellen Lettvin Informal STEM Education Fellow

Sabrina Gomez  
STEM Education Advisor

Kumar Garg
Senior Strategic Advisor

Linda Kekelis
Family Engagement Advisor

Cary Sneider  
Senior Science Advisor

Victoria Wegener
Afterschool and System Building 

Founding Investors

• Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Noyce Foundation

Initiative Funders

STEM Learning Ecosystem Initative

• Overdeck Family Foundation
• Simons Foundation
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Broadcom Foundation
• Samueli Foundation
• Amgen
• Steinman Foundation
• Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation