Board of Directors

Uche Amaechi (Chair), a graduate of Harvard College (BA) and University of Phoenix (MBA), is the director of the Fletcher Maynard Extended Day after school program at the Fletcher Maynard Academy. He also founded the Science Club for Girls site at that school. His extensive experience with at-risk children includes work with the Summerbridge program and the Phillips Brooks House. He joined the Board in 2003. Mr. Amaechi is a resident of Somerville.

Shirby Best (President Emeritus) is a Cambridge Rindge and Latin parent and former alternate chairperson for the Parent Council at the M.L. King School. She has been a Patriot Girl Scout Leader since 1998. Ms. Best is a juvenile criminal justice and social service professional for the City of Cambridge. She has been on the Board since 1999. Ms. Best is a resident of Cambridge.

Roberta James is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School, Boston College's Graduate Program for Women in Politics and Government and American University. Ms. James serves on the steering committee for the Science Club for Girls program at the Myrtle Baptist Church in Newton, MA, where she is a member. Her focus has been on curriculum development and enhancing the junior mentor program. Her daughter is an avid member of SCFG Newton. Ms. James served on the executive board for Communities United Inc. in Watertown and the DSS advisory board in Newton for several years. She currently works as a consultant for the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Ms. James joined this board in 2009 and resides in Randolph, MA.

Bruno D. Marino, Ph.D. is the CEO of Smart Surfaces Inc., in Somerville, MA. He joined the Board in 2000. Dr. Marino resides in Brunswick, ME.

Mary McGowan is a former King Open School parent and co-founder of Science Clubs for Girls. She is a librarian at the Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University, and Program Coordinator of MassBLAST, an internship curriculum for high school students at Simmons College Library. She has been on the Science Club Board since 1994. Ms. McGowan is a resident of Cambridge.

Beth O'Sullivan is a former King Open School parent and co-founder of Science Club for Girls. She is also the founder and president of The Mathemagics Workshop and a novelist. She has been on the Board since 1994. Ms. O'Sullivan resides in Cambridge.

Alex Reveliotty (Secretary) is an operations and business development professional and entrepreneur. He currently operates the Anvil Group, a home furnishings company and Ludway Design and Producion, Inc. He founded Black Market Brands, a product development firm, and Atlantic Coast Brewing. He was an adult mentor with the FIRST Robotics competition in 2004 and was part of the planning committee for FIRST 2005 Regional Competition in Boston. He joined the Board in 2006. Mr. Reveliotty lives in Watertown, MA.

Lauren Silverman is a Managing Director of the Novartis Option Fund in Cambridge, MA, USA. Prior to joining the Option Fund she was Global Head of Oncology Research Operations for Novartis. Previously, Lauren spent much of her career in Licensing & Business Development, first at OSI Pharmaceuticals and later at Pfizer with responsibilities in the areas of CNS, ophthalmology and oncology. Lauren was also a Director of Strategic Alliances and Head of Cell Biology where she led multiple research teams after having been a founding scientist of Cadus Pharmaceuticals. Lauren was a postdoctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Princeton University and earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Utah. She is the author of multiple scientific publications and several issued patents and serves on the Business Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Research Foundation's Epilepsy Therapy Project and National Cancer Institute's SBIR review panel. Lauren currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Novartis Venture Funds portfolio companies: Ascent Therapeutics, Proteostasis Therapeutics, Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pulmatrix Inc. and Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She joined the Board in 2010. Dr. Silverman lives in Arlington, MA.

Sharon Stone (Treasurer-elect) is a Senior Vice President and Division Executive of Citizens Bank. Sharon manages the Technology Banking Group. Sharon joined Citizens in August 2002, has been active in the technology banking industry since 1998 and involved in commercial banking for more than 20 years. Sharon earned a BSFS in International Economics, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. She is also on the board of the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. She joined the board in 2008. She resides in Winchester, MA with her husband and daughter.

Connie Chow, executive director of Science Club for Girls, is also a member of the board.

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