We've assembled an outstanding senior management team to guide the Learning Federation activities. Our members have established experience in organizing, managing, and leading complex R&D efforts and represent the variety of fields of research that must be combined to build an effective research plan.

Learning Federation founding members Randy Hinrichs, Henry Kelly and Andy van Dam provide executive leadership for the Steering Committee. The Federation of American Scientists provides administrative leadership to develop the research plan and grow the Learning Federation membership.

Committee Membership
Executive Management

Committee Membership
Committee membership consists of a representative of each Learning Federation Corporate Member organization, select universities and colleges, and federal agencies.

Ruzena Bajcsy, Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
Dr. Bajcsy is the Director of one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation and a faculty member of the electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley. She is the former head of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bajcsy served as chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and the director of the General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception Laboratory (GRASP), a world-renowned research lab she founded in 1978. She is a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine.

John D. Bransford, Centennial Professor of Psychology and Education and Co Director, Learning Technology Center, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Bransford is an internationally renowned scholar in cognition and technology and author of seven books and hundreds of articles and presentations. He and his colleagues have developed and tested innovative computer, videodisc, CD Rom and Internet programs including the Jasper Woodbury Problem Solving Series in Mathematics, The Scientists in Action Series, and the Little Planet Literacy Series -- programs that have received many awards. Dr. Bransford is a member of the National Academy of Education and currently co-chairs a National Academy of Science committee on "New Development in the Science of Learning".

Gene Broderson, Director of Education, Corporation of Public Broadcasting
Mr. Broderson is responsible for supporting and promoting the application and use of public television's resources, on both a local and national level, to all learners including children, teachers and adults. He also works with other public broadcasting organizations to maximize the benefits of the projects that CPB is involved with. He combines over 30 years experience in teaching and in the production of educational and training material and has developed award-winning multimedia training applications utilizing many different media resources. Before joining CPB, Gene was President of Training Media Incorporated, a company he founded in 1985.

Randy Hinrichs, Group Research Manager, Learning Science and Technology, Microsoft Research, University Relations Group
The University Relations Group engages university researchers, faculty, staff and students to support the use and integration of Microsoft technologies in Computer Science research. He is on the following relevant boards: Industrial Board for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, IEEE Learning Task Force, International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER), Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education's Executive Board. He is also responsible for the iCampus Alliance with MIT, a distance learning transformation project for higher education.

Edward Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair, Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Dr. Lazowska is a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. He served as Chair of the CRA Board from 1997-2001, and currently chairs CRA's Government Affairs Committee. He serves on the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board and the Committee on Improving Learning with Information Technology (http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/lazowska/) and on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Science And Technology (ISAT) study group.

Elliot Masie, President, MASIE Center
Mr. Masie is the head of the MASIE Center an international e-lab and think tank dedicated to exploring the intersection of learning and technology. Mr. Masie is a renowned speaker and is the author of a dozen books, including The Computer Training Handbook. In addition, Mr. Massey is the editor of TechLearn Trends, an Internet briefing read by over 41,000 business executives, and he also writes for Learning Decisions, an interactive newsletter from The MASIE Center. (http://www.masie.com)

Richard Newton, Dean of the College of Engineering and the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Newton is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at Berkeley and is currently the Director of the MARCO/DUSD Gigascale Silicon Research Center for Design and Test. His teaching and research interests include all aspects of the design of electronic systems, with emphasis on computer-aided design, the use of the Web for design, advanced user interfaces, embedded systems and software, and new design techniques for deep sub-micron technologies. (http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/~newton/)

Donald Norman, Cofounder, Nielsen Norman Group
Dr. Norman is Cofounder of the Nielsen Norman Group, an executive consulting firm that helps companies produces human-centered products and services. He serves on numerous boards and advisory committees, for industry, education, and non-profit organizations. Norman is Prof. Emeritus of both Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, former Vice President of the Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer, and an executive at Hewlett Packard and at UNext, a distance education company. He has received an honorary degree from the University of Padua (Italy). He is the author of "The Design of Everyday Things," "Things That Make Us Smart" and most recently, "The Invisible Computer," a book that Business Week has called "the bible of the "post PC thinking." (http://www.jnd.org/)

Raj Reddy, Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Reddy is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was president of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence from 1987 to 89. Professor Reddy was awarded the Legion of Honor by President Mitterand of France in 1984. He was awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1994. He is a member and co-chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). (http://www.rr.cs.cmu.edu/)

Shankar Sastry, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Sastry is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Director of the Electronics Research Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Sastry's research interests include Millirobotics for Minimally Invasive surgery, Automated Highway Systems - PATH, and Nonholonomic Motion Planning for Robots. (http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sastry/)

Bill Spencer, Chairman Emeritus of the International SEMATECH Board
Mr. Spencer was named Chairman Emeritus of the International SEMATECH Board in November 2000 after serving as Chairman of the SEMATECH and International SEMATECH Boards since July 1996. He came to SEMATECH in October 1990 as President and Chief Executive Officer. He continued to serve as President until January 1997 and CEO until November 1997. Mr. Spencer has held key research positions at Xerox Corporation, Bell Laboratories, and Sandia National Laboratories.

Janos Sztipanovits, Program Manager at DARPA-ITO and E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University
Dr. Sztipanovits’s primary research interest is software and systems engineering issues of embedded information systems, structurally adaptive systems and model-integrated computing. At DARPA, he is responsible for the management of the Autonomous Negotiating Teams and Model-Based Integration of Embedded Software programs. He is the founding director of the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University.

Andries van Dam (Andy), Professor of Technology and Education and Professor of Computer Science at Brown University
Dr. van Dam co-founded the Department of Computer Science and served as the Department's first chairman from 1979 to 1985. He is a Principal Investigator in the NSF Science and Technology Center for Graphics and Visualization, a research consortium including Brown, Caltech, Cornell, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and the University of Utah. Professor van Dam received the B.S. degree with Honors in Engineering Sciences from Swarthmore College in 1960 and the M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963 and 1966, respectively. (http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/avd/)

Ann Wittbrodt, Research & Development Manager, Education Services, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
Ms.Wittbrodt has 18 year's of experience in content development, e-learning infrastructure and operations, and business systems for HP's external education business. Her current e-learning responsibilities include HP's ITResourceCenter, a portal for HP's blended curricula of IT topics, and the HP Virtual Classroom, a synchronous platform for training and collaboration. (http://www.education.hp.com). She holds masters degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Michigan State University. She has 10 years teaching experience in Mathematics and Computer Science, prior to joining Hewlett-Packard.

Executive Management

Henry Kelly, President, Federation of American Scientists
Dr. Kelly has worked and written in education technology for many years. As Assistant Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he helped drive new Federal investments in learning technology - including the Technology Learning Challenge, and an Executive Order encouraging civilian and military agencies to make full use of these technologies.

Kendra Bodnar, Learning Technologies Project Manager, Federation of American Scientists
Dr. Bodnar worked most recently as a legislative assistant for Congressman Edward Markey. She has been an organizer and instructor of science and technology education programs focused on medical science education.

Kay Howell, Project Director, Information Technologies, Federation of American Scientists
Ms. Howell has extensive experience managing and directing R&D in information technology. Most recently Ms. Howell was President of Government Systems for Mission Critical Linux, Inc., where she focused on performance enhancements to the Linux operating system for high performance clustered computer systems. She has held federal R&D policy and management positions, including Director of the National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President and Director of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DDR&E, Office of the Secretary of Defense.)

Thomas Kalil, Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Kalil served under President Clinton for eight years, eventually becoming Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. He played a prominent role in a wide range of science, technology and telecommunications issues, including the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the Next Generation Internet, and efforts to expand funding for the physical sciences and engineering. (http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/07/31_kalil.html)