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STEM Council Meeting Video
The June 30, 2021 meeting featured reports from each council working group with their final recommendations culminating their work since December 2020. Also included was
July 8, 2021
ALABAMA STEM COUNCIL
We are beginning our work.
About the
Alabama STEM Council
…… to advise on ways to improve STEM-related education, career awareness, and workforce development across the state.
The Alabama STEM Council was formed on September 21, 2020 by Governor Kay Ivey’s Executive Order No. 721. The Council members represent leaders from Alabama businesses, education, and state government. The council’s work will build on and extend Alabama’s Roadmap to STEM Success.
What is STEM?
What is the big deal about STEM? How does this affect me or even our state? Find out here.
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Read MoreExecutive Committee
The Executive Committee of the STEM Council conducts its official business. It is made up of one member, appointed by the Governor, from each of the state’s congressional districts, and two At-Large members, appointed by the Governor, for their expertise in STEM education or workforce development.
Congressional District 1
Terry Burkle
Executive Director
Baldwin County Education Coalition
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Congressional District 2
Dawn Morrison
Computer Science State Administrator
Alabama State Dept of Education
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Congressional District 3
Charisse Stokes
Executive Director
TechMGM
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Congressional District 4
Vicki Karolewics
President
Wallace State Community College
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Congressional District 5
Sheila Holt
AMSTI Director
University of Alabama – Huntsville
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Congressional District 6
Liz Huntley
The Hope Institute, Co-Founder
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC, of Counsel
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Congressional District 7
RaSheda Workman
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Stillman College
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Members of the
Alabama STEM Council
Jimmy Baker
Chancellor
Alabama Community College System
Calvin Briggs
Executive Director
Southern Center for Broadening Participation in STEM
Greg Canfield
Secretary of Commerce
Alabama Department of Commerce
George Clark
President
Manufacture Alabama
Barbara Cooper
Secretary
Early childhood Education
Elisabeth Davis
Assistant State Superintendent of the Office of Student Learning,
Alabama State Board of Education
Ronald Davis
President
Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association
Virginia Davis
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
Tammy Dunn
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Mary Lou Ewald
Director of STEM Outreach Center
Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics
Jeff Gray
Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of Alabama
Andre Green
Professor and Associate Vice President,
Academic Affairs
University of South Alabama
Andre Harrison
Vice President
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Jimmy Hull
Assistant State Superintendent for Career and Technical Education & Workforce Development, ALSDE
Josh Laney
Director
Alabama Office of Apprenticeship
Kathryn Lanier
Director of STEM Education Outreach
Southern Research
Sandy Ledwell
Director
Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative
Eric Mackey
State Superintendent of Education
Tim McCartney
Chairman
Alabama Workforce Council
Cynthia McCarty
District 6 Representative
Alabama State Board of Education
Kevin McGhaw
Director
Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, NASA
Robin McGill
Director of Instruction
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
Tina Miller-Way
Chair, Discovery Hall Programs
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Paul Morin
Alabama Smart Foundation
Jimmy Parnell
President
Alabama Farmers Federation
Keith Philips
Executive Director,
Alabama Technology Network
Jim Purcell
Executive Director,
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
Adrienne Starks
Founder and CEO
STREAM Innovations
Sean Stevens
Coordinator, Instructional Services and AL Career Coaches Program, ALSDE
Christy Swaid
Founder and CEO
HEAL, Inc. (Healthy Eating Active Living)
Daryl Taylor
Vice President and General manager
Airbus America
Kay Taylor
Vice President of Education
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Amy Templeton
President and CEO
McWane Science Center
Brenda Terry
Executive Director
Alabama Mathematics Science, and Technology Education Coalition
K-Rob Thomas
Vice President of Origination and Acquisitions
Southern Power Company
Ken Tucker
Chair, Alabama Council of College and University Presidents; President, University of West Alabama
Fitzgerald Washington
Secretary of ADOL
Alabama Department of Labor
Tina Watts
Community Investor
The Boeing Company
Tim Wick
Associate Dean, School of Engineering
The University of Alabama at Birmingham