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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
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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. He is also responsible for the relationship management
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Dr. Preeti Gupta, senior vice president for education and family programs, is responsible for strategic planning and program development for the internationally replicated Science Career Ladder Program, as well as divisions of student programs, digital learning, family learning and NYSCI’s science technology library. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering from Columbia University, a Master’s Degree in Education from The George
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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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Chris Lawrence, director of formal and informal learning and teaching, conceives and manages educational programs that utilize digital and web-based tools for both on-site and distance learning applications. In 2006, he re-launched the Virtual Visit videoconferencing program at NYSCI. Lawrence served as project director of NYSCI's ITEST grant, Crime Scene Information Technology, culminating in 2008; and currently
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Sylvia Perez, director of formal and informal learning and teaching, oversees all of NYSCI’s student-related programs including the After School Science Club and outreaches, Schools Out! Innovation Camps, student workshops and Extended Learning experiences. She is responsible for creative curriculum design and the correlation of science concepts with national science standards and the needs of the schools and students.
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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.

With an Masters in Library Science from Palmer School of
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Alice Stevenson, senior manager of family programs and Preschool Learning, oversees programs, exhibits and staff training. Her department is responsible for weekend family programming, including auditorium shows and theatre, family events such as Chemistry Day and Cyberchase Day, science-related creative projects and experiments and special events such as Science Sleepovers and Science Discovery Days.
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Dr. Stephen Uzzo, vice president of 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. In addition to
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