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Curatorial and Senior Education Staff

Dr. Margaret Honey, president and CEO, joined the New York Hall of Science in November of 2008. She is widely recognized for her work using digital technologies to support children’s learning across the disciplines of science, mathematics, engineering and technology. Prior to joining NYSCI, she served as a vice president of the Education Development Center and director of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology.
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Eric Siegel, director and chief content officer leads the education, program, exhibition development, science and technology functions at NYSCI. He led the planning and institutional fundraising for the $92 million expansion completed in 2004, as well as directing the development of 4 major exhibitions. He directed two recently completed exhibitions ShadowPLAY and Rocket Park Mini Golf, and is leading the development of two major exhibitions that will open in 2014.
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Robert Logan, executive vice president and chief operations officer, joined the New York Hall of Science in December 2004. His primary areas of responsibility include Visitor Services, Exhibit Maintenance, Facilities Management and Security. He gives oversight to Membership, Special Events and Facility Rentals.
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Dr. David Kanter, director of SciPlay, joined NYSCI in September of 2010 as the inaugural director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, Science, and Technology Learning. He comes to NYSCI from Temple University where he was faculty in Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education and in Biology.
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Dr. Stephen Uzzo, vice president of science and technology, focuses on a number of projects related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning; sustainability and network science including Connections: the Nature of Networks, a public exhibition on network science that opened in 2004. He was also the local organizer for the 2007 International Conference and Workshop on Network Science.
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Sylvia Perez, vice president of education services, oversees all of NYSCI’s student- and teacher-related programs including the After-School Science Clubs, Schools Out! Innovation Camps, outreaches, and a vast array of teacher training programs. She is responsible for creative curriculum design and the correlation of science concepts with national science standards and the needs of schools, students and teachers.
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Jennifer Correa, senior manager of Explainers, oversees all aspects of the Science Career Ladder program constituting 150 active participants and over 1,000 alumni. She leads key efforts for the NSF-funded CLUSTER project designed to support pre-service teachers who work as Explainers and at the IMLS-funded SCL Dissemination program.
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Rebecca Reitz, senior manager of the Science Technology Library,is known as “The Librarian” to the families, educators, staff members and school groups who frequent the library. She dedicates herself to creating a warm and welcoming learning space.
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