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Meet the Steering Committee

Steering Committee members advise on program activities and introduce funding and collaboration connections where possible. They also complete a variety of other roles to help our program best serve West Virginia!

Sophie Saint Georges

Program Director

Green Bank Observatory

Coordinates and leads Steering Committee meetings, Fall Training, and Spring Summit. Advises scheduler, updates SPOT management documentation, compiles a yearly evaluation report, updates social media, develops recruitment posters and emails, programs advertisement to teachers, designs and updates website, updates presentations

Shari Yeaton

Fiscal Coordinator

Green Bank Observatory

Receives and records travel stipends from participating schools and organizations

Mark Barnes

Fiscal Coordinator

Green Bank Observatory

Pay orders for Ambassadors, invoices to funding members, fiscal reporting

Campus Advisors

These members recruit and certify ambassadors. Develop course work/ academic integration, restock SPOT kits and assist with presentation preparation.

Eugene Shakirov

Marshall University

Deb Hemler

Fairmont State University

Sytil Murphy

Shepherd University

Tracey DeLaney

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Jerod Caligiuri

Davis & Elkins College

Scott Brothers

Bethany College

Research Members

These members develop or have developed presentations and activities

Kathryn Williamson

West Virginia University

Melanie Page

NASA WV Space Grant Consortium

Candy Cordwell

NASA WV Space Grant Consortium

Josh Revels

NASA Katherine Johnson IV&V

Duncan Lorimer

West Virginia University

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