We are recruiting board members for 2024!
Members of the Board of Directors are responsible for ensuring that STEM Paths Innovation Network (SPIN) fulfills its mission by planning for its future, monitoring its operations and evaluating its performance. The Board of Directors works in close partnership with the Executive Directors who lead the day-to-day operations of SPIN. The Board of Directors is entrusted with fiduciary duties to make choices that safeguard the welfare of the organization’s financial interests.
Liliana ruiz Diaz
Secretary
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Dr. Liliana Ruiz Diaz is from Mexico and graduated from University of Arizona where she researched solar concentrators for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells. Before that, she also studied physics and photonics at the University of Texas. Currently she is an Optical Scientist at Reality Labs and holds over 30 patents and has published in several areas of optics and materials.
Jon Madamba
Founder & Board CO-Chair
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Jon is a Filipino-American who, through 20 years of experience in technology fields, saw just how important diversity of thought and experience is to any business, and formed STEM Paths Innovation Network to build a pipeline of opportunity for girls & students of color in STEM. He has led technology development at several international organizations including T-Mobile, Software AG and various cloud computing and big data tech startups. Jon was a founding partner at the SODO Makerspace and STEMPaths Labs in Fremont. Furthermore, he has been engaged on many boards and strategic planning committees including Seattle MESA, King County STEM Network, the Roadmap Project, and the Governor’s Extended Learning Opportunities Council driving advocacy for resources and support for economic and workforce skills development in the tech industry.
EDEN GEBRETSADIK
Treasurer
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Eden has been working as an aerospace engineer for 5 years and currently works at Blue Origin. Fascination with the moon and space stems from her childhood in Ethiopia which led her to study Aerospace engineering. To Eden, Space represents infinite opportunities for imagination, creativity, and curiosity. She is inspired by the daring mission to make space accessible to everyone and she advocates to ensure black and brown girls have this same chance to expand their intellectual boundaries. Eden is very energetic and passionate about building communities. She enjoys outdoor activities like hiking, swimming in Alpine lakes, and reading.
Angela Templin
co-chair
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Angela is the Regional Commissioning Manager and firmwide government market sector lead at Glumac, a sustainable building systems engineering firm. She received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington and is a licensed Professional Engineer. In her career of more than 20 years, Angela has helped the Seattle-area’s rapidly growing built environment to be more sustainable, efficient, and functional. She combines senior-level management skills, technical knowledge, and hands-on field experience to commission facility systems, troubleshoot problems, and verify that all the diverse technical systems are operating according to the owner’s needs. She has commissioned the massive Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, Vulcan’s South Lake Union Amazon Headquarters, and the North Satellite Expansion of Sea-Tac International Airport. Angela believes in the power of STEM education and regularly promotes STEM jobs for the next generation of women engineers, whether recent UW grads, colleagues, or her daughter’s friends who receive STEM toys for every birthday gift.