Ann Marie Cunningham, Secretary
Ann Marie is a best-selling science print journalist (Ryan White: My Own Story) and award-winning television producer who helped develop the PBS series Ghostwriter, CRO, Cyberchase, and Innovation. Ann Marie is the Executive Director of the Science Friday Initiative and is responsible for TalkingScience fundraising, project development, and outreach.

Richard D. Firestone, Treasurer
Rich is an independent consultant, engineer, and former member of the technical staff of National Public Radio and Voice of America.

Ira Flatow, President/Founder
Ira is currently host/executive producer of Science Friday. He anchors the news/talk show each Friday, bringing radio and Internet listeners worldwide a lively, informative discussion on all things science. His most recent book, Present at the Future, includes some of his on-air interviews with famous scientists.

Irving Fletcher
Irv is an engineer who retired from ITT, where he worked on radar.

Lawrence Krauss, Ph.D., Chairman
Lawrence is a world-renowned cosmologist who is Director of the Origins Institute and Co-Director of the Cosmology Initiative at Arizona State University. He is author of several books, including the best-selling The Physics of Star Trek.

Danica McKellar
Best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, Danica is also a New York Times bestselling author, internationally-recognized mathematician, and advocate for math education. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics, Danica has been honored in Britain’s esteemed Journal of Physics and the New York Times for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as co-author of a ground-breaking mathematical physics theorem which bears her name (The Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem). She is the author of Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail, Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss, and Hot X: Algebra Exposed.

Paul Raeburn
Paul is a science and medical journalist whose work has appeared most recently in The New York Times Magazine. Former editor and correspondent for the Associated Press and Businessweek, Mr. Raeburn is author of several books, most recently Acquainted with the Night: A Parent’s Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children. He has been a member of the boards of both the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. He is also author of the Fathers and Families blog for Psychology Today.

Mary Smart, Vice President
Mary is a board member of the Smart Family Foundation. Ms. Smart’s interests include teen health, new non-profits, and start-up companies.

Note: Not all board members are present in this photo