Summer Science Program, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation governed by a Board of Trustees, all of whom are alumni and/or former faculty of the program. SSP is the only non-credit enrichment program managed and largely funded by its own alumni.

Dr. Amy C. Barr '94, Teaching Assistant '99-'00, '02, graduated from Caltech with a BS in Planetary Science and the Fritz Burns Prize in Geology, for future promise in the fields of geology and planetary science. She earned a PhD in Planetary Geophysics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, studying the interior evolution of icy bodies in our solar system. Dr. Barr is continuing her investigations as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, CO. She has served on the Caltech Undergraduate Admissions Committee and reviewed applications as part of SSP's own Admissions Committee.

Dr. Janice L. Bishop '81, Teaching Assistant '86-'87, received a BS in chemistry and MS in applied earth science (remote sensing) at Stanford University, followed by a PhD in chemistry and planetary geology at Brown University. She received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation to work at the DLR in Berlin, then came to NASA-Ames Research Center in 1997 as a National Research Council Associate. Dr. Bishop has been a Principal Investigator at the SETI Institute since 1999 with a Cooperative Agreement at NASA-Ames Research Center, where she investigates the surface of the planet Mars, and performs research on rocks and minerals important to astrobiology. One of her current projects is searching for water on Mars by identifying phyllosilicates and sulfates in the hyperspectral CRISM images collected by the MRO spacecraft.

Richard D. Bowdon '74 worked for two decades in the field of computer applications for petroleum exploration. After earning a BS in Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell, he returned to Midland, Texas as a Field Engineer with Schlumberger Well Services. Subsequently he managed the local office of a petroleum economics software firm, and prospected for oil & gas. In 1985 he founded Energy Software, Inc., designing and marketing a leading PC-based application for well data management and subsurface mapping. Mr. Bowdon left Texas and the petroleum industry in 1999, moving with his wife and two children to North Carolina. He became SSP Executive Director in 2001.

V. Shannon Clyne '60 owns CSB Private Equity and is a partner in HC Private Equity, two firms that specialize in community pharmacies and related healthcare investments. Previously he was a managing director of Hankin Investment Banking and an investment executive with Bank of America. Appointed by President Reagan as a founding member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Mr. Clyne is also founder and former chairman of the Advisory Board of the University of California Extension Professional Designation Program in Financial Planning; a trustee of California Institute of the Arts; co-chairman of the Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology; and co-founder of the MAESTRO Foundation. He has a BA from Stanford, a JD from Stanford Law School, and a Masters in Taxation from USC. He is an accomplished pianist.

Stephen L. Cotler '60 worked on the Apollo Project and the first time-shared computers while with IBM in the mid-60's, was project manager for the development of the first commercially viable fax machine (Rapifax/Ricohfax) in the early 70's, switched to the other side of his brain to become a successful screenwriter and film industry senior executive (United Artists Pictures) in the early 80's, and was an investment banker (Montgomery Securities) focused on technology issues until his retirement in 1994. He holds an AB in physical sciences from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was selected as a Baker Scholar for academic excellence. He recently signed a multi-book deal with Random House for a series of middle grades novels. Mr. Cotler unequivocally acknowledges his six weeks at SSP as the most important educational experience of his life. His son Zachary attended SSP in 1998.

Dr. Susan Jerian '79 is president of OncoRD, Inc., a pharmaceutical industry regulatory and clinical development consulting firm. A National Cancer Institute-trained oncologist, she was a Supervisory Medical Officer at the FDA and then served as Director, Clinical Oncology Research at Amgen, Inc. The focus of her career has been on the development and approval of new drugs for the treatment of cancer, many of which are in wide use today. She also serves as adjunct instructor at the Keck Graduate Institute (part of the Claremont colleges consortium) teaching students about clinical trials. Her husband (the more brilliant half of the family) and their two bright, energetic sons are her daily inspiration. An alumna of Occidental College and George Washington University, she maintains a deep interest and focus on improving science education in the US.

Roger Klausler, Administrative Director '82-'99, received his BA in Romance Language and Literature in 1967 and an MA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Washington in 1969. After a stint in the Army and three years teaching English, Spanish, and French at Allegany Community College in Cumberland, MD, he joined the Language Department at The Thacher School, which had been home of SSP since its inception in 1959. In 1982 he succeeded his mentor, Robert Miller, as SSP's Administrative Director. He was appointed Coordinator of College Entrance Testing at Thacher in the fall of 2001, and also serves as Secretary to Thacher's Board of Trustees. Mr. Klausler continued his service to SSP after it left Thacher, first as a member of the Admissions Committee, then as a Trustee until 2006, when he was elected Trustee emeritus.

Dr. Eric Korevaar '76, Teaching Assistant '81-'83, received a BS in physics from Caltech in 1981, followed by an MA (1983) and PhD (1987) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. As founder and president of AstroTerra Corporation from 1993 until it was sold in 2000, Dr. Korevaar was responsible for the design and delivery of a satellite laser communications experiment, and was instrumental in establishing a commercial market for terrestrial "free space optical" communications equipment. Dr. Korevaar is currently president of The Science Artist, and provides consulting services in the field of optical physics, while helping to raise Kevin '20 and Nina '22.

Henry Lichstein '60 is a venture capitalist and consultant to startups. He spent 30 years at Citibank, most recently as assistant to the chairman for internet activities, responsible for technology strategy and advanced development efforts. Mr. Lichstein has served on the Boards of Santa Fe Institute and Teradata (sold to AT&T in 1992). He was treasurer and governor of the New York Academy of Sciences for ten years, and served on the Higher Education Issues Panel of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities, and on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee to Study the Impact of Information Technology on performance of Service Activities. He holds BS degrees in electrical engineering and economics, and an MS in management, all from MIT. He lives with his wife in the Los Angeles area. His son Daniel attended SSP in 1988.

Richard M. Mathews '77 is a developer of embedded, real time and distributed operating systems. He has been at Micro Memory since 2002, where he is System Architect and the Managing Developer of the Software Division. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Sun Microsystems, where he led groups in kernel and device driver development for Solaris x86 and ChorusOS. Mr. Mathews was at Locus Computing Corporation for eight years, where he worked on the development of IBM's AIX operating system, specializing in clustering mechanisms, process control, and memory management. Studying physics and astronomy at Caltech, Mr. Mathews searched for asteroids and calculated orbits with famed asteroid hunters Gene Shoemaker, Glo Helin and Bobby Bus. Mr. Mathews lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son, whom he hopes will attend SSP.

Michael H. McKay '78 is an Adjunct Professor at Brandeis International School of Business, where he teaches courses in finance. He is also an Advisor at Bain & Company, Inc., a leading global strategy consulting firm. He holds an AB (magna cum laude) from Harvard College in economics, and an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he won the Mayer Prize as outstanding graduating student and the George Hay Brown Prize as outstanding marketing student. He retains a passion for astronomy as an amateur observer, and is passing this passion along to his three children. Mr. McKay lives in the Boston area.

Lissa Ong '99, TA '04-'05 earned a BA from Williams College in Astrophysics. Her research focuses on impact cratering on the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and icy satellites. She has run impact experiments at the Institute of Low Temperature Science at Sapporo University in Japan and simulated impacts at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She received an MS in Earth and Planetary Science at UC Santa Cruz and is currently working towards a doctorate at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, where she models the effects of surface propoerties on impact cratering. She is the recipient of the UC Santa Cruz Chancellors Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Dr. Scott Pace '75 is the Director of the Space Policy Institute and a Professor of Practice in International Affairs at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. His research interests include civil, commercial, and national security space policy, and the management of technical innovation. He received a BS in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1980; MS degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics and Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982; and a PhD in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School in 1989. Most recently a senior administrator at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Pace has served at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the RAND Corporation, the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Rockwell International's Shuttle Orbiter Division, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Dr. David Pierce, Senior Faculty '74-'86, '93, is Professor of Astronomy & Physics emeritus, El Camino College. Dr. Pierce earned a BS and MS in Engineering in UCLA and a PhD in Astronomy at Yale University (specializing in orbital mechanics). A native of Los Angeles, his hobbies include growing orchids, fruit trees and cactus, reading, travel (to 40+ National Parks), and exercise. His recent projects include creation of an online astronomy course, and renovation of the Griffith Observatory. Dr. Pierce has been honored by the astronomical community with the naming of an asteroid: (6953) Davepierce.

Dr. Daniel Seligson '71 had a 17-year career at Intel that began before microcode was granted copyright protection and ended when GHz microprocessors were a commodity. During that time, he started the neural network group, coined the term Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, wrote the specification for the industry's transition to 300mm wafers, and launched a startup in displays using Organic Light Emitting Diodes. In his second career, he has been an investor in more than 20 early stage companies. Dan holds a BS from MIT and a PhD from Berkeley, both in Physics. He and his wife Margaret have three young children and reside in Palo Alto, CA, and Block Island, RI. His niece, Elizabeth Epstein, attended SSP in 1999.

Dr. Elizabeth Simmons '80, Teaching Assistant '84-'85, is Dean of Lyman Briggs College and Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Her research specialty is theoretical particle physics. After completing her AB at Harvard University, Simmons earned an MPhil in physics at Cambridge University as a Churchill Scholar. She returned to Harvard for her PhD and postdoctoral fellowship, and then spent a decade as a physics professor at Boston University. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a General Member and Officer of the Aspen Center for Physics. In 2005, she won the ACE Michigan Network's Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award. Dr. Simmons lives in Michigan with her husband R. Sekhar Chivukula (SSP '78, SSP TA '83-'84) and their two children.

Dr. Thomas Y. Steiman-Cameron, Senior Faculty '91-'92, is a senior scientist in the astronomy department of Indiana University and an associate of NASA Ames Research Center. He has also worked with or for UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington. His research has included the distribution of dark matter in galaxies, galactic mergers and cannibalism, star formation, accretion-driven x-ray binaries, star formation, the interstellar medium and the spiral structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. Dr. Steiman-Cameron has a BS in Astrophysics from Indiana University, MS in Physics from Wichita State University, and PhD in Astronomy from Indiana University. In addition to his work, he has a passion for natural history, wildflowers, cooking, travel, and the role of science in society. He and his family live in Indiana.

Razvan Ungureanu '01, Teaching Assistant '05-07, is a Quinney Research Fellow at the University of Utah College of Law, where he is currently finishing his third year of law school. He graduated from Rice University with a BA in English and, following graduation, has spent one year teaching Chemistry and Physics at Gustine High School in California. Razvan has worked as a summer associate for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Salt Lake City, UT and for WilmerHale in Washington, DC.