The Role of the CSTA Advisory Council

The CSTA Advisory Council is a body of high-level academic and industry representatives who support CSTA and its mission to promote the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines at the K-12 level. Through their participation in this Council, these leaders have agreed to:

• Inform CSTA activities with a broad understanding of market and educational realities
• Provide CSTA with strategic long term vision and guidance
• Provide prominent public support for CSTA and its mission

CSTA Advisory Council Members

Debra J. Richardson, Chair
The Ted and Janice Smith Dean
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California at Irvine

Frances E. Allen
Fellow Emerita
IBM's T.J. Watson Research Laboratory

Judith Gal Ezer
Computer Science Department
Open University of Israel
Chair, Professional CS Committee of the Israeli Ministry of Education

Phillip B. Gibbons
Principal Research Scientist
Intel Research

Ed Hunter
Chief of Staff, CTO Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Karen Kahan
Director of Technology Applications
Texas Education Agency

Maria Klawe
President
Harvey Mudd College

Linda Roberts
Consultant

Kevin Schofield
General Manager for Strategy and Communications
Microsoft Research