National Committees | Science Olympiad (original) (raw)
Science Olympiad, Inc. National Executive Board
Dr. Gerard Putz, Founding Board Member and Officer (1984-2019), Science Olympiad President & Co-Founder - In Memoriam (1940-2019)
Emeritus Board Member, Sharon Putz, Science Olympiad Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Emeritus Board Member, Jack Cairns, Science Olympiad Co-Founder
Dr. Jon Pedersen, Board Chair, Dean, School of Education, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Peter Hung, Board Vice Chair & Secretary, The Aerospace Corporation, Southern California Science Olympiad State Director
Renae Cubbin, Board Treasurer, VP Tax, Mondelez International
Deb Mendenhall, Assistant Treasurer, VP Business, Science Olympiad
Jennifer Kopach, Science Olympiad CEO, SVP Marketing Communications
Soha Shah, VP Operations, Jayna, Inc.
Alex Chao, Medical Physicist
Dan Nichols, Executive Director
National Executive Board Bios (November 2023)
Annual Affirmation of Non-Discrimination by Science Olympiad Board (April 2023)
Science Olympiad USA Foundation Board
Jennifer Kopach, Board President & CEO, Science Olympiad CEO, Foundation Executive Director
Sharon Putz, Board Vice Chair and Secretary, Science Olympiad Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Renae Cubbin, Board Treasurer, VP Tax, Mondelez International
Steve Betza, Engineering Leader, Penn State, Lockheed Martin (ret.)
Angela Davis, Office of Tech and Innovation, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jon Pedersen, Dean, School of Education, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Peter Hung,The Aerospace Corporation, Southern California Science Olympiad State Director
John Kopach, Project Manager, Redmond Construction
Dr. Alan Chalker, Program Director, Ohio Supercomputer Center
Advisory Committee
Colin Barber, Co-Chair, Science Olympiad Alumni Task Force, Boston Consulting Group, Massachusetts
John Beauregard, State Director, New York
Paul Carff, Automation Systems, Google, South Carolina
CeAnn Chalker, Tech & Engineering Chair, Ohio
Dr. Ralph Cordell, Epidemiologist, Georgia
Dr. Ronda Hamm, Conner Prairie Museum, Indiana
Julie Newman, Outpost
Sue Ellen Pegg, 2025 Science Olympiad National Tournament, Co-Director, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Kelly Price, STEM Educator, Florida
Dr. Stephanie Sang, Co-Chair, Science Olympiad Alumni Task Force, Bain & Co., Illinois
Joe Simmons, Illinois Science Olympiad State Director, Ward's Science
Donna Young, NASA Educator, Nevada
National Rules Committee Chairs
Find out more about how the Rules Committees work and our National Leaders here.
State Directors
Find the current list of National Leaders here.
National Innovation Task Force
Empowered in 2020
Dr. Alan Chalker, Chair, Ohio Supercomputer Center
Sam Carigliano, CEO, SkyCiv, Australia
Paul Carff, Field Automation Deployment Engineering Manager, Google
Mary Edly-Allen, Educator and Illinois State Representative/Senator