Featured at the Festival:

Bill Anderson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Bill manages all NASA education projects, including higher education opportunities, elementary and secondary school projects, and informal education experiences. A former schoolteacher from Memphis, Bill has thirty-two years of experience developing and presenting NASA education programs, products, and services to educators and students at all levels.

Erik Axdahl, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Erik is a graduate research assistant with the National Institute of Aerospace working to develop advanced entry, descent, and landing technologies. His current research includes inflatable decelerators for landing future large payloads on Mars. Erik graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Minnesota and is currently enrolled with the Georgia Tech aerospace program.

Rosalie Betrue, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Rosalie is part of the NASA Solar System Exploration Education and Public Outreach Forum. For the last seven years she has been managing the NASA/Girl Scouts USA Partnership's Core Trainer Program, which trains Girl Scout adult staff from across the country on how to share NASA content with adults and children in their own region.

Gregg Buckingham, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida
Gregg serves as the chief, Education Programs and University Research Division of External Relations, where he works to utilize NASA mission–related content in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to attract and retain more students in these disciplines. He also serves as a history point of contact and has worked on several history projects with space center personnel.

Ivelisse Gilman, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
As an informal education manager, Ivelisse works with museums, community-based organizations, and other informal education groups. During her twenty-eight years at NASA, Ivelisse has always been in public affairs, public outreach, legislative affairs or education. She recently managed NASA's partnership with Jamestown 2007, linking seventeenth-century exploration with NASA's exploration of space in the twenty-first century.  

Judy Hubbs, Arcadia,California
Judy is the program and volunteer director with the Girl Scouts—Mount Wilson Vista Council. She previously worked as the volunteer development and outdoor education Specialist, and is a NASA/Girl Scouts USA core trainer. She has been designing science/engineering programs with NASA content for her council for the last five years.

Becky Jaramillo, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
An educator for thirty-one years, Becky has served as the program manager for NASA CONNECT and is currently serving as an educator-in-residence in both formal and informal education. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching for her innovative work with students in the classroom and has worked with hundreds of children in outreach settings.