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GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO)

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The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) provides support to the GLOBE community worldwide. It works with scientists, teachers and an extensive network of stakeholders to improve participation in The GLOBE Program. 

The GIO is sponsored through a NASA cooperative agreement award to the Education Development Center. Together with GLOBE's Working Groups, GIO works to support community initiatives in science, education, evaluation, technology, diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the development of new science and education content.

Leadership


 

Rebecca Boger
Director, Science and Training, Education, and Public Engagement

Rebecca Boger (Becky) is the director of Science, Training, Education, and Public Engagement (STEPE), and is also a professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College, CUNY. She has been involved with GLOBE for over 25 years. Before coming to Brooklyn College, she worked for GLOBE, first as a NOAA Knauss Fellow and then as an international project scientist and partner liaison. She collaborated with teams of scientists and educators to develop classroom materials, conduct workshops, and facilitate international collaborations. After joining Brooklyn College in 2007, she continued to work with GLOBE on the Science Working Group and GISN, as an IVSS judge, and on other funded GLOBE-related education and science projects. Becky lives in New York.

Rebecca Lewis
Director, Community Engagement and Support

Rebecca Lewis (she/her/hers) is a managing project director at EDC and directs EDC’s work at the GIO. Rebecca focuses on strategic direction, international and federal co-sponsor relationships, and partnerships to advance GLOBE. She has developed and led a range of initiatives that focus on engaging leaders from STEM industries, corporations, schools, and communities in collaborating to improve students’ outcomes. In addition, she has led an international biotechnology education program for more than 10 years. Rebecca lives in Massachusetts.

 

 

GIO Administration

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Administration

GIO Communications

GIO Community Support

Eslam Khair
Community Support and Engagement Specialist
​​​​​​​ Angelica Giardina
Community Support Specialist

GIO Data Science

Grace Crain-Wright
Science Coordinator
​​​​​​​ Gregory Hoffman
Data Analyst

GIO Education

Simon Castro-Wooldridge
Education Coordinator
​​​​​​​ Alison Mote
Education Specialist

GIO International

​​​​​​​ Lyn Wigbels
International Coordinator

GIO Contact Information

GLOBE Implementation Office
300 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2010
Waltham, MA 02451

Phone: 617-969-7100
Fax: 617-969-5979
TTY: 617-964-5448
Email: help@nasaglobe.org
Directions & Maps: Google

Additional Support

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