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Patti Curtis, Robert Noyce/Ellen Lettvin Informal STEM Education Fellow

Patti Curtis is the new Robert Noyce/Ellen Lettvin Informal STEM Education Fellow serving in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education.  Previously, Curtis served as the Director of the Washington, D.C. Office of the Museum of Science and the National Center for Technological Literacy, where she focused on advancing formal and out of school PK-12 engineering education across the nation by advocating for federal and state policies and programs.

Curtis also served on the U.S House of Representatives Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus Steering Committee, the Association of Science and Technology Centers Public Policy Committee and the Title IV, Part A Coalition Steering Committee. She also served on the Purdue INSPIRE K-12 Engineering Outreach External Advisory Panel, and the Triangle Coalition Board.

Previously, she was a government relations representative for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and served as a leader of the STEM Education Coalition. She was the director of government relations for the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and a legislative analyst for the Transportation Institute.

Curtis received her B.A. in Political Science and her M.P.A. at the University of South Carolina and worked for the South Carolina state legislature and the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

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