Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Development Team
Meet the Development Team
Principal Investigator: Dean Stephanie Knight, ÃÛÌÒ½´Simmons School
Interim Project Manager: Karen Pierce, ÃÛÌÒ½´Simmons School
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The Executive Team consists of leadership from each partnering institution. This team receives updates from project leads about design team work, strategic decisions and other contextual information, then holds strategic discussions about how the partnering institutions can support the emerging work and proactively troubleshoot. |
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| Dean, Simmons School of Education & Human Development |
SMU |
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Mike Goss |
President, Toyota USA Foundation |
TMNA |
| Br/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ian Lusk | Chief of Strategic Init/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/iatives | Dallas ISD |
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The Steering Committee actively provides strategic direction in support of the project’s success. |
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| Co-Lead Marion Jackson | Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Master Principal | Dallas ISD |
| Assoc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/iate Dean for Research and Outreach |
SMU |
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Angie Gaylord |
Deputy Chief Officer of Transformation & Innovation | Dallas ISD |
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Nicole Bixby |
Director, Operations & Choice School Planning | Dallas ISD |
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Colleen Casey |
Senior Manager, Soc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ial Innovation |
TMNA |
| Michele Broughton | Executive Director | Dallas ISD |
| Shakeatha Butler | Director, Programming & Choice School Implementation | Dallas ISD |
| Belva Bell | Diversity + Inclusion Project Analyst | TMNA |
| Karen Pierce |
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Project Manager |
SMU |
| Salem Hussain | Executive Director | Dallas ISD |
| Lorena Hernandez Garay | Executive Director | Dallas ISD |
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ÃÛÌÒ½´Design Team Leads |
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| Team | Lead |
Position |
| Professional Learning and Continuous Improvement |
Karla del Rosal |
Clinical Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning |
| Curriculum |
Jeanna Wieselmann |
Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning |
| Bridge, College, and Career Readiness |
Kristi Flanders |
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Site Coordinator |
| Community Development Design Team |
Toni Harrison-Kelly | Executive Director The Budd Center |
| Research |
Beth Adams |
STEM Evaluation Researcher |
| Evaluation |
Annie Wright |
CORE Director of Evaluation |
| Operations |
Karen Pierce |
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Interim Project Manager |
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The Sustainability and Finance team is focused on developing a sustainability plan inclusive of fundraising efforts through a multi-partner funding stream to meet foundational needs of the Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School. |
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Rob Strauss |
Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations |
SMU |
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Co-Lead Karen Pierce |
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia West Dallas STEM School Interim Project Manager |
SMU |
| Michael Medalla | Manager, Toyota USA Foundation | TMNA |
| Paige Doyle | Grant Writer | SMU |
| Laura Madden | Director of Development, Simmons | SMU |
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The Building Design Team has been primarily led by Dallas ISD staff, they are charged with leading a comprehensive process of soliciting partner, community, parent, and student input into the eventual school building and with all logistics related to use of bond money and construction. |
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David Downing |
Director of Planning & Design |
Dallas ISD |
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Corey Clark |
Senior Manager, Soc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ial Innovation |
TMNA |
| David Bates | Executive Director | Dallas ISD |
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Communications Support Team |
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Yolette Garc&/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/iacute;a |
Assistant Dean for External Affairs & Outreach | SMU |
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Robyn Harris |
Director, News and Information | Dallas ISD |
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Matthew Sheldon |
Soc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ial Innovation Communications Lead | TMNA |
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Legal Support Team |
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| Jesse Adkins | Office of Legal Affairs, Assoc/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/iate University Counsel | SMU |
| Letic/simmons/community/west-dallas-stem-school/wdss-contributors/ia McGowan | Assistant General Counsel | Dallas ISD |
| Leslie Lurie | Managing Counsel - Advertising/Transactions | TMNA |