CAHSI Board of Advisors

CAHSI Board of Advisors Bios

David Asai

David Asai is former Senior Director for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a position from which he retired in 2024. Prior to joining HHMI in 2008, David was professor and head of Biological Sciences at Purdue University and Stuart Mudd Professor and Chair of Biology at Harvey Mudd College. His team at HHMI developed programs aimed at improving the learning environments for all students. The programs include Excellence, Driving Change, the new Gilliam graduate fellowships program, the Scientific Mentorship Initiative, and the Science Education Alliance. He is author of several essays on science education. He is a member of the National Academies committee that produced the 2023 report in STEMM Organizations.

David is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Cell Biology. He is the recipient of the Bruce Alberts Award for innovative and sustained contributions to science education, the Wm. E. Bennett Award for contributions to civically responsible science, and the inaugural Ambrose Jearld Lectureship.

Tony Baylis

Strategic Program Manager

Tracy Camp

Dr. Tracy Camp is the CRA Executive Director and CEO of the Computing Research Association (CRA). Camp joined CRA from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a member of the faculty since 1998, became a Full Professor in 2007, launched the CS@Mines Department in 2016, and led the department until joining CRA in 2022. While at Mines, Dr. Camp strategically implemented activities and improvements that changed the demographics in her department significantly and led to a national award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology.

Dr. Camp’s research interests are in wireless networking. She is most known for improving the credibility of wireless networking simulation studies. More than 4,000 researchers in 88 countries have downloaded at least one of the 12 software packages developed by her research group (as of June 2021) and her research articles have been cited 14,794 times (per Google Scholar, as of June 2021). Dr. Camp has received over 20 grants from the National Science Foundation, including a prestigious CAREER award. In total, her projects have received over $20 million dollars in external funding.

Dr. Camp is both an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow, and passionate about broadening participation in computing.

Ann Edwards

Ann Edwards, senior director of mathematics at WestEd, is a nationally recognized leader in mathematics education with over 30 years of experience in research and development in mathematics learning, instructional practice, teacher learning, curriculum development, and policy. Throughout her work, which spans K–12, postsecondary and adult education contexts, she brings a deep commitment to addressing issues of equity that shape mathematics teaching and learning to improve the mathematics learning experiences and outcomes for all students.

Her projects have been funded by IES, NSF, OESE, the Gates Foundation, and other private philanthropies and agencies. Edwards has been engaged in postsecondary math reform efforts throughout her career and is currently the director of the Carnegie Math Pathways, a network of educators, researchers, developers, and content experts committed to increasing student success in developmental and gateway mathematics and overall college and career outcomes. She has expertise in improvement science, systemic change in secondary and postsecondary math education, and facilitating inclusive research-practice partnerships. She has also co-led significant policy and standards efforts, including the NAEP Mathematics Framework Revision and the 2024 revision of the California Mathematics Framework.

Edwards came to WestEd from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and, prior to that, the University of Maryland, College Park, where she was a faculty member focusing on research on mathematics teaching, teacher learning, and professional development, with a particular focus on achieving equity and serving marginalized student populations. She has published in numerous journals and books. Edwards received a BA in applied mathematics from Harvard University and an MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in education in mathematics, science and technology.

Joshua Gutierrez

Josh Gutierrez was born and raised in Barstow, California and currently lives in Los Angeles. He has had the privilege of living all across the country – from the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, to Boston, the Bay Area, Ann Arbor, Michigan – and now back in Los Angeles. Before joining the Netflix Emerging Talent team, he graduated from an HSI (CSU San Bernardino), taught middle school science on the Navajo Reservation, and in 2012, joined Teach For America where he began his recruitment career at MIT and Boston University. After that, he joined Google in 2014, where he maintained a focus on connecting students of color with professional opportunities. His work centers on students from underrepresented backgrounds and universities.

Sepi Moghadam

With over 20 years of experience leading complex programs in research, education, and impact evaluation, Sepi is passionate about leveraging data-driven insights and fostering equitable and inclusive research interactions to advance science and society. As a strategic leader, he excels at managing cross-functional teams, overseeing significant budgets, developing impactful programs, and driving organizational strategy through rigorous evaluation and insightful research. Currently serving as the Science Ecosystem Lead for Google.org Scientific Progress, Sepi engages the global AI research community through programs, events, and collaborative research activities.

Sepi holds a Doctorate in Political Science and Education from Columbia University, a Masters in Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Stanford University, and a BA in Sociology from UC, Santa Barbara. His background includes consulting (AT Kearney, Booz Allen Hamilton) and work in the education sector (NYC DOE, Oakland USD). He is a social activator, connector, strategist, and a champion for equality and equity, adept at working in ambiguous environments and collaborating with stakeholders.

Carlos Rodriguez

STEM Senior Research Scientist, Carlos Rodriguez, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized expert with 35 years of experience in STEM research, evaluation, education, and workforce development. With expertise on diversity in STEM in the K-12, post-secondary, and workforce arenas, his seminal work has contributed importantly to the knowledge base on broadening participation in STEM education and workforce pathways, especially for Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, and women. Retired from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) as a Principal Research Scientist, currently, he provides consulting services on STEM education and workforce pathways to the American Petroleum Institute of Washington, DC, Great Minds in STEM of Los Angeles, California, and the United States Department of Defense through BEST (Building Engineering and Science Talent). He delivered prepared remarks on the Educational Landscape for Hispanics in the United States in 1999 for the First White House Conference on Hispanic Children and Youth at the White House in Washington, DC. During his tenure at AIR, Dr. Rodriguez served as Project Director or Principal Investigator for evaluation studies of national programs for NSF & NASA ($120 million), HRSA & HHS ($10 million), NSF ($100 million), and the College Board ($36 million). Among his publications, for the Presidential Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, Dr. Rodriguez authored the national report, America on the Fault Line: Hispanic American Education (1997), for the National Science Foundation he authored Broadening Participation in STEM (2012). He is a Spencer Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for his national study, Patterns for Success: Minorities in Science and Engineering.

Luis Rodriguez

Luis is on the leadership team of the Siemens Industrial Edge Technology Unit. He is responsible for establishing the hyper-growth strategy and execution around Edge Computing, starting with high profile strategic partnerships, innovative IT/OT go to market motions and edge+IoT technology priorities.

Prior to Siemens, Luis was part of Honeywell’s Commercial Security business, responsible for the ecosystem, cloud, and IoT-based strategy and its execution. In addition, Luis worked at IBM for 16 years in various executive roles, including Product Management, Strategy, Business Development, and Ecosystem Development.

Luis’s areas of experience include the Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, AI/ML analytics industrial use cases, Enterprise Asset Management, and Smart Buildings. Prior to IBM, he held roles at McKinsey & Co and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Additionally, Luis holds Ph.D., Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees in computer science from MIT.

Robert Schnabel

Bobby Schnabel is Professor of Computer Science, external chair of the department (including strategic planning, the tech community and alumni relations). Previously he was CEO of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) from 2015-17, Dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University from 2007-2015, and on the Computer Science faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1977-2007. At CU Boulder he also was CS department chair from 1990-95, CEAS associate dean for academic affairs from 1995-97, founding director of the ATLAS Institute from 1997-2007, and vice provost for academic and campus computing and campus Chief Information Officer from 1998-2007. He is a co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Bobby is a fellow of ACM and SIAM.