Molly Loomis will join the Stern Center for Language and Learning’s Board of Directors when it convenes its 36th Annual Meeting on October 10, 2019. Molly combines expertise in learning theory and practice, nonprofit leadership, and community engagement to help mission-driven organizations become more engaging, innovative and inclusive. She launched her career at her hometown museum, the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, and went on to design innovative programs and exhibits at children's and science museums across the country. As a graduate fellow with the National Science Foundation, her research focused on equity and innovation in science education. She returned to Vermont in 2009 to be the Director of Education for ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and, most recently, served as the Chief of Impact for Let's Grow Kids, a statewide early childhood advocacy campaign. Molly has a B.A. from Wesleyan University, an M.Ed. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also graduated from the Noyce Foundation's National Leadership Institute and the Snelling Center's Early Childhood Leadership Institute.
The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit educational resource in Williston, VT, dedicated to enriching the lives of learners. For 36 years the organization has recognized that all great minds don’t think alike, and its staff helps children and adults reach their academic, social and professional goals. The Stern Center provides research-based learning evaluations and customized instruction for a wide range of clients, including those with learning disabilities, dyslexia, language disorders, social learning challenges, autism, attention deficit disorders and learning differences. Its staff also designs and delivers customized professional learning programs and systems change using current research and trends in education. Through the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence, the Stern Center works with school districts, schools, and individual educators to advance early literacy, oral language, reading, written language, social cognition, executive functioning, and math. Scholarships are available. More information is at www.sterncenter.org.