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sports and leading the Cub Scouts) and is on the Washington State Hispanic Think Tank, Latino/
Latina Educational Achievement Project, and Teacher Advisory Council for the National Acad-
emy of Sciences, the SACNAS Pre-College Board, and the Washington State Student Biotech
Expo. He has a B.A. from la Universidád de Chile and an M.A. in curriculum from la Universi-
dád de Antofagasta, Chile.

Pam B. Newberry, director of strategic curriculum initiatives for Project Lead The Way
(PLTW), coordinates and ensures the quality of new curricula and is the curriculum instructional
designer for the PLTW Virtual Academy (an online resource for educators). From 2002 to 2004,
she was PLTW associate director of curriculum, and from 2004 to 2007, she was director of
curriculum. Prior to that, she was associate director of the International Technology Education
Association (ITEA) Technology for All Americans Project, where she was involved in the
development of the ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy. As a classroom teacher, Pam
received the 1993 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, was
named 1994 Teacher of the Year for Mathematics for Virginia, and was designated a National
Teacher Training Institute Master Teacher by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and
Texaco. In 1996, as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, she spent eight months
working in the Education Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
headquarters in Washington, D.C. She was also the recipient of the 2000–2001 Phi Delta Kappa
Outstanding Educator Award. Ms. Newberry has a B. S. in industrial arts education (1975) and
an M.A., an integrated degree in curriculum and instruction in technology/science/mathematics
(1997), from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Linda P. Rosen is CEO of Change the Equation, an initiative of corporate leaders who are
connecting and aligning their efforts to transform science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics K–12 learning in the United States. Previously, she was president of Education and
Management Innovations, a consulting company focused on K–12 STEM education policy and
teacher preparation professional development. She has also served as senior vice president for
the National Alliance of Business; a senior adviser at the U.S. Department of Education;
executive director of the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the
21st Century (also known as the Glenn Commission); executive director of the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), where she launched the 2000 revision of the NCTM
mathematics standards; and associate executive director of the Mathematical Sciences Education
Board at the National Research Council. Dr. Rosen has taught mathematics and mathematics
education courses for high school, college, and graduate students.

James Rutherford is retired education advisor to the Executive Officer of the American Associ-
ation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where he was responsible for Science Resources
for Schools, Challenge of the Unknown, the National Forum for School Science, Science
Seminars for Teachers, and other national initiatives, as well as publications, including Science
Education News, the annual science Education Directory, the annual This Year in School
Science, and Science Education in Global Perspective. He initiated and directed Project 2061, a
long-term, comprehensive effort to bring about nationwide reforms in science, mathematics, and
technology education. Landmark publications from Project 2061 include Science for All Ameri-
cans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Blueprints for Reform, Resources for Science Literacy,
Designs for Science Literacy, and Atlas of Science Literacy. Prior to joining AAAS, in 1977 Dr.

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