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The TAERSIF Steering Committee 

The Thomas A. Edison Regional Science and Inventors Fairs (TAERSIF) Steering Committee is composed of representatives from Southwest Florida educational institutions as well as public and private organizations and businesses. All parties are interested in promoting a sound education in the sciences, mathematics, engineering, and technologies while instilling a working knowledge of each person’s intrinsic right to benefit from his or her creative, problem solving, and critical thinking skills through application of the scientific, inventive and entrepreneurial processes.

The District of Lee County Public Schools, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the (501)(c)(3) Edison Festival of Light serve as financial administrators, each in specific areas of the annual program.  An endowment fund was established in 2001 to provide a more stable source of future funding of the regional fairs and is managed by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation. For more information refer to How You Can Help .

CO Chairpersons:

Gary H. Nelson, DVM  

Past-president, Edison Inventors Association

drghn@aol.com

 

Co-Regional Science Fair Coordinators:

Rick Tully, Environmental Education

District of Lee County Public Schools

RandolphRT@leeschools.net

 

Jackie Speake, Science Curriculum Specialist

Charlotte County Public Schools, Webmaster

Jackie_Speake@ccps.k12.fl.us

 

 

Regional Science Fair Logistics Manager

Shirley Morrison

Fort Myers Kiwanis Club

smorrison48@gmail.com

 

 

Regional Inventors Fair Coordinator:

Barbara Winitzer

District of Lee County Public Schools

BarbaraWI@leeschools.net

 

 

 

Committee members: (in alphabetical order)

 

Carol Anderson    Lee County Middle School Science Fair Coordinator

 

Shelby Baucom   Assistant Director, Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium/SWFL Museum of History

 

Patty Borden               Regional Fairs Volunteer Coordinator

 

Pam Burt                     Elementary Science Expo Coordinator

 

Stephanie Cutshall      Science Fair Awards Committee

 

Jim Garrison               Kiwanis International Science Fair Committee

 

Elizabeth Gross          Edison Inventors Association Liaison

 

Laura Hamel-Jones   Executive Director, Edison Festival of Light, Event Coordinator

 

Jim Helms                   Past Chairperson, Public Relations & Sponsorship Committee

 

Lee Hughes                 Lee County Public Schools Science Coordinator

 

Tim Jones                   Kiwanis International Science Fair Committee

 

Doug McGregor          News-Press and Creative Expression Committee

 

Sally Mayberry, PhD.  FGCU Student Volunteer Coordinator

 

Louise Phillips             Klocke of AmericaEdison Festival of Light Executive Committee

 

Barbara Rebeor          Fundraising Committee Chair

 

Dave Rice                   Hodges University

 

Evie Rosen                 The News-Press

 

Mike Savarese            FGCU Faculty Volunteer Judge Coordinator

 

Katie Schlotterbeck    Private School Representative

 

Jaimie Weisinger        Edison Festival of Light, Chairperson: Edison Day of Discovery

 

Jason Wikman            Charlotte County Public Schools, Charlotte High SF Coordinator