Voices of the Remake Learning Network
These interviews were conducted in 2015 as part of a series of discussions with members of the Remake Learning Network.
They share stories of innovation in:
Innovation in Schools
Melissa Butler & Jeremy Boyle
Melissa Butler, a kindergarten teacher at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5, and Jeremy Boyle, an Assistant Professor of Art at Clarion University, are the creators of the Children’s Innovation Project.
Bart Rocco & Todd Keruskin
Bart Rocco and Todd Keruskin are the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, respectively, of the Elizabeth Forward School District.
Linda Hippert, Rosanne Javorsky & Megan Cicconi
Linda Hippert (Executive Director), Rosanne Javorsky (Assistant Executive Director for Teaching & Learning), and Megan Cicconi (Director of Instructional Innovation) are part of the leadership at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
Innovation in Communities & Informal Learning Organizations
Nina Barbuto
Nina Barbuto is the Founding Executive Director of Assemble.
Ani Martinez
Ani Martinez is the program manager for The Digital Corps.
Innovation at Libraries, Museums & Cultural Institutions
Corey Wittig
Corey Wittig is the Digital Learning Librarian in Teen Services at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Jane Werner
Jane Werner is the Executive Director of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
Lisa Brahms
Lisa Brahms is the Director of Learning & Research at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
Innovation in Higher Education
Drew Davidson
Drew Davidson is the Director of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
Illah Nourbakhsh
Illah Nourbaksh is an Assistant Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University and the founder and director of the CREATE Lab.
Tom Akiva
Tom Akiva is an Assistant Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Innovation in the Private Sector
Jessica Trybus
Jessica Trybus is the CEO of Simcoach Games.
Tom Lauwers
Tom Lauwers is the founder of BirdBrain Technologies.
Kim Chestney
Kim Chestney is Director of Creative Industries Acceleration at the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
Innovation from Civic Leaders
Gregg Behr
Gregg Behr is the Executive Director of The Grable Foundation.
Michelle Figlar
Michelle Figlar is currently the Deputy Secretary for the Office of Child Development and Early Learning at the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare. (When this interview was conducted, she was Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children.)
Cathy Lewis Long
Cathy Lewis Long is the Founding Executive Director of The Sprout Fund.
