Champions Board

Board members are selected to give the project a balance of desirable expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, science and mathematics education representatives, and educational policy experts. The Board meets once per year at a central site.

• Dr. Brad Bartel
  University Provost
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Laura Beth Jackson
  Communications Coordinator
  Business Education Partnership
  Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
• Diane Miller, Ph.D.
  Academic Affairs
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Paul Montgomery
  VP, Talent Management
  Eastman Chemical Company
• Mary E. Thomas
  Sr. General Coordinator
  Schneider Electric, Power Business
• Ruth Woodall
  Director
  Tennessee Scholars
• Thomas J. Cheatham
  Dean, College of Basic & Applied Sciences
  Middle Tennessee State University

• Scott Eddins
  Mathematics Coordinator
  Tennessee Department of Education

• Deborah J. Hochstein
  Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration
  Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis

• Linda Jordan
  K-12 Science Coordinator
  Tennessee Dept. of Education

• Sally Pardue
  Ray Morris Hall/Millard Oakley STEM Center
  Tennessee Technological University

• Cynthia Peterson
  Department Head, Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
  University of Tennessee - Knoxville