Meet the Team

Project Co-Leads and Team Members

Recruitment and Pathways

Project Co-Leads

      • Gretchen Andreasen, Director, UCSC Cal Teach Program
      • Soleste Hilberg, Director, UCSC MA/Credential Program

Team Members

      • Christine Chopra, Director, Santa Cruz College Commitment, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
      • Sara Decelle, Mathematics Faculty, Cabrillo College
      • Laura Fatuzzo, Physics Faculty, Hartnell College
      • Kelli Horner, MESA Director, Cabrillo College
      • Dennis Kombe, Associate Professor of Education and Leadership, CSU Monterey Bay
      • Mary Rayappan, Mathematics Faculty, Hartnell College
      • Corin Slown, Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry, CSU Monterey Bay
      • Joel Thompson, Interim Director of the Science and Math Institute, Hartnell College
      • Mohammed Yahdi, Mathematics Faculty, Hartnell College

New Teacher Support

Project Co-Leads

      • Daniel Greene, New Teacher Support Specialist, Salinas Union High School District
      • Sherri Kilkenny, New Teacher Support, retired, Santa Cruz City Schools

Team Members

      • Melissa Roberts, Senior Director, Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project
      • Lisa Russett, New Teacher Support Specialist/Induction, Salinas Union High School District

Academic Supports

Project Co-Leads

      • Steve McDowell, Math Plus High School Intervention Founder, Retired Teacher, Santa Cruz City Schools
      • Molly Shaw, Faculty and Teacher Supervisor, UCSC MA/Credential Program and UCSC Cal Teach

Team Members

      • Kevin Drinkard, Mathematics Coordinator, Santa Cruz County Office of Education

UCSC Noyce Grant Principal Investigators

  • Gretchen Andreasen, PI, UCSC Cal Teach Director
  • Dave Belanger, Co-PI, UCSC Professor of Physics (emeritus)
  • Grant Hartzog, Co-PI, UCSC Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Soleste Hilberg, Co-PI, UCSC Director of Teacher Education
  • Debra Lewis, Co-PI, UCSC Professor of Mathematics
  • Judit Moschkovich, Co-PI, UCSC Professor of Education