Board of Advisors

Dr. Yvonne Spicer is a highly sought after national and international speaker and advocate for pre- college Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. She has expertise in technology and engineering education standards development, assessment and strategic school leadership.

Dr. Spicer served on the 2014 NAEP Technology and Engineering Steering Committee which has been a frontrunner for the first ever national assessment for technology and engineering. Most recently, she served on the National Research Council (NRC) technology and engineering design team for A Framework for Science Education, an interim report on K-12 science education in the United States.

In January of 2010, Dr. Spicer was appointed to the Massachusetts Governor’s STEM Advisory Council and Co-Chair of the Teacher Development committee. Dr. Spicer is the former Director of Career & Technical Education in Newton, Massachusetts and served as the Statewide Technology/Engineering Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Industrial Arts & Technology from the State University of New York-Oswego.