Team Category: USA Educator Advisory Board

Kellie Arenz has been a Middle School Science Teacher in Wisconsin for the last 12 years, specifically teaching Automation and Robotics as well as Flight and Space classes.

Ronda McCarthy has over 12 years experience in the classroom, most recently teaching middle school science at St. Theresa Catholic School in Des Moines, Iowa.

Pam Kraus is the Career Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator and STEM Consultant at Smoky Hill Education Service Center in Salina, Kansas. As CTE Coordinator Pam writes and administers the federal Perkins Grant for 42 rural Kansas districts in the Smoky Hill Carl Perkins Consortium.

Laura Tomlin teaches 6th Grade at Salado Middle School, about 45 miles north of Austin, Texas. Salado is a small rural community, and it is Laura’s goal to have permanent, robust STEM programs in their schools.

Christopher Mick is the Executive Director for the STEAM educational nonprofit, Space St. Croix, which brings free Space-themed STEAM programming and teacher support materials to all Hudson, Wisconsin area public and private schools.

Kat Mills brings multiple decades of education experience to educators in the United States. Ms. Mills is currently a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) consultant.

Debra Brice’s exceptional career has taken her around the world and to the bottom of the sea, all in an effort to bring the wonders of science education and marine biology to her students.

After short careers in the United States Air Force and UPS, Bev Berekian went to college and received both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Geological Science. An unexpected opportunity to teach at Community College led her back to the world of education. Bev continued her education and received a California Teaching Credential in Geoscience.