Dean Frias leverages a decade in STEM education and public engagement to support institutional goals through program assessment, development, and strategic project coordination.

Catherine McCarthy works for Arizona State University as the Project Manager Senior for the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) in the Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning (CIISL).

Melanie has been involved with museums (specifically collections) and NAGPRA work for over 10 years. And is currently the Collections Manager and Assistant NAGPRA Coordinator for Cultural Items at CASR.

Ryan Williams is an archaeologist, museum curator, and professor. With deep interests in the South American Andes, he studies climate change in the human past, as well as economic and political interactions in communities.

Isabelle Betancourt is the Invertebrate Collections Manager for the National Science Foundation's National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository at ASU.