Expert Portfolios
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Allyn Mitchell Evans
Allyn Evans has advocated extensively for girls and women through her work at community
colleges and nonprofits as a trainer, consultant, counselor, author, and speaker.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: allynevans@suddenlink.net
Corinne Alfeld
Working in various settings, Corinne Alfeld has designed and directed multiple research
studies on equity and access issues in education and has presented her findings
to a variety of audiences. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: calfeld@fhi360.org
David Sadker
David Sadker is an award-winning professor, speaker, and co-author of Failing at
Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls and Teachers, Schools, and Society. He has
appeared on various radio and TV shows.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: dsadker@gmail.com
Dolores Grayson
Dee Grayson is a nationally recognized presenter, researcher, and consultant in
educational equity and is best known as the developer of the award-winning GESA
program. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: dgrayson@iinet.com
Howard Glasser
Howard Glasser is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Science Education at Bryn Mawr College.
His main professional interests are in equity, social justice, and under-representation
issues in education, primarily science and mathematics education. His dissertation
examined two single-sex science classes in a public middle school. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: hglasser@napequity.org
James R. Stone
James Stone is a professor, researcher, and speaker who has spent more than 20 years
studying how to link youth and adults to the workplace, continuing education, and
training. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: james.stone@louisville.edu
Joan Runnheim Olson
Joan Runnheim Olson has worked in various venues to encourage non-traditional career
paths. As an assessment/placement specialist for a pre-apprenticeship training program
for women, Joan helped women break into and succeed in male-dominated jobs in the
trades. As a contractor working on a Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations (WANTO) grant from the Department of Labor, she helped move more women
into the auto service industry. An internationally certified career/leadership coach,
Joan travels throughout the U.S. to present workshops to secondary and post-secondary
educators, counselors, administrators, and career center staff and teaches them
strategies to recruit and retain students in classes and programs which prepare
them for non-traditional careers. She serves as an expert blogger on non-traditional
careers for the Career Thought Leaders Blog published by the Career Thought Leaders
Consortium, a think tank of career industry leaders working collaboratively to support
career practitioners, job seekers, and career-minded professionals worldwide. Joan
also publishes a monthly eNewsletter focusing on non-traditional careers. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: joan@pathwayscareer.com
Julie Martin Trenor
Julie Martin Trenor teaches postsecondary engineering, serves on the WEPAN board,
and is the principal investigator for several grants related to the recruitment
and retention of diverse engineering students. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: juliemartintrenor@alumni.ncsu.edu
Linda Allen
Linda Allen promotes awareness of and respect for cultural diversity through training
offered to government, education, and business clients and is involved in several
GirlTech programs in Oklahoma.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: lindaeallen@sbcglobal.com
Louise Chiatovich
For more than 30 years, Louise Chiatovich has worked with teachers, administrators,
and students to improve the success of girls and women pursuing nontraditional studies
and careers. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: LChiatovich@gmail.com
Lynn Reha, Aimee Lafollette Julian, and Lisa Matejka
Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support (ICSPS)
ICSPS provides professional development, publications, and technical assistance
specific to special populations to CTE administrators, coordinators, and instructors.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/
Marie-Elena Reyes
Marie-Elena Reyes is the President and Founder of the Frida Kahlo Institute for
Women at the Borderlands (FKI) a non-profit dedicated to research, programs, and
advocacy for the education of Latinas, African-American, and American Indian girls
and women of the Borderlands.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: mereyes@fridakahloinstitute.org
Miriam Carter
Miriam Carter specializes in researching, managing, and evaluating programs that
improve the recruitment and development of women and minorities in STEM-related
professions. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: mjcarter123@gmail.com
Penelope Paine
Penny Paine’s extensive work as trainer and consultant has focused on addressing
girls’ issues, serving special populations, promoting nontraditional occupations,
and providing comprehensive career guidance. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: pennypaine@aol.com
Phyllis Lerner
Phyllis Lerner has worked in a state-level Title IX office and trained educators
in equitable instruction. She has produced gender equity programs for regional education
and public broadcasting channels.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: PhyllisKLerner@aol.com
Rebeca Ramirez
For many years, Rebeca Ramirez has been involved in educational and motivational
community enrichment programs.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: rramirez@santarosa.edu
Sandra McGarraugh
Sandra McGarraugh, as a gender equity specialist in New York State, has developed
programs, conducted workshops, and advised various stakeholders on the recruitment
and retention of nontraditional students in CTE programs. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: smcgarraugh@uamail.albany.edu
Susan Metz
Susan Staffin Metz, a founder and president of WEPAN, has devoted her career to
increasing the access and engagement of women in STEM through research, policy,
and program development.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: susan.metz@stevens.edu
Suzanne Moreno
Suzanne Moreno has been a trainer and consultant in the areas of gender equity,
nontraditional careers, special populations, and Latina leadership for the past
20 years. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: smoreno@evpc.net
Tania Chance
Tania Chance is a public school administrator, consultant, and adjunct professor
whose work on diversity and integration in education has received national recognition.
(portfolio)
E-mail Address: Tania@chancesforchange.com
Dr. Robin Larson & Dr. Mary Eaton
The Idea Circle
Drawing on their experience in education and industry, Robin Larson and Mary Eaton
provide workforce and organizational development consulting and training to businesses
and educational institutions through The Idea Circle. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: http://www.theideacircle.com/
Todd Wold
Science and math teacher Todd Wold strives to implement inquiry-based learning to
help close the gender gap in his classroom and has developed a successful summer
science program, bioengineering camp, and biodiesel project. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: twold@education.ucsb.edu
Tricia Berry
A former engineer in private industry, Tricia Berry is currently the Director of
the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin where she
works through multiple programs to transform the culture in engineering education
and professions and to help individuals develop life fulfilling careers. (portfolio)
E-mail Address: tsberry@mail.utexas.edu