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Matt Schaff
President, Lead Developer
Having volunteered for years as part of Pitt Science Outreach while in college, Matt Schaff graduated in 2013 and left for DC to teach himself web development and build the Sci-Inspire social network. ln 2015, Matt founded and incorporated Sci-Inspire as its own 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Currently a Ph.D. student in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania and the Lead Developer of Science News for Students at the Society for Science and the Public, Matt won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship in 2012 for his research into the neurobiology of nicotine and in 2013 graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Neuroscience and Economics.

Emily Ford
Executive Director
Emily Ford has led development of the New York City bases of educators and volunteers for Sci-Inspire, helping to create a Sci-Inspire student organization at Columbia, coordinating educational services, and providing crucial perspective on business strategy. To Sci-Inspire, Emily brings over 15 years of experience developing, managing, and evaluating youth programs in urban and international education. Emily currently works as the Director of Outreach Programs at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MEd from Teachers College, an MA from Humboldt University of Berlin, and a BA from Columbia University.

Sam Johnson
Managing Director
Having established the GW Sci-Inspire pilot program at the George Washington University in 2016, Sam Johnson leads corporate expansion and business development by expanding pilot team outreach, recruiting and pulling in outside resources, and leveraging connections among the Board of Directors. Sam graduated GW in the Spring of 2016 with a BS in Biological Anthropology, after spending the bulk of his undergraduate studies involved in scientific research. Sam continues his research at the GW hard tissue research lab, where he is revealing both a more organic and automated way to evaluate how stress is distributed across bone tissue throughout primate development and at GW Hosptial, where he is a clinical research assistant.
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