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    Meet our team

    Our global community of explorers includes our leadership team, Board of Trustees, Advisory Committee, and valued partners.

    Our leadership team

    The magic starts at the top.

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    Amy Robbins
    Robin Staley
    Ross Peters
    Andy Smith
    Natasha Goddard
    Meghan O'Leary

    EXPLO Board of Trustees

    For roughly 50 years, EXPLO has brought together bright, curious, and interesting young people from around the globe to challenge themselves, discover the world of people and ideas, and experience the joy of learning. Our Board of Trustees, all leaders in their respective fields, are essential to helping us make this happen.

    Jon Chang Vice President, Growth Marketing, theSkimm
    Elliot Hacker Principal, E. Hacker Consulting
    Brian Hughes EXPLO Trustee Emeritus; Chairman and Director R&D, HBN Shoe
    Izzy Kasdin Arts and Culture Philanthropy Professional
    Aamer Khan Co-Founder, Qualivian Investment Partners LP
    Alan Kump Treasurer; Director of Finance, Virtustream
    Jody Sherman LeVos Chief Learning Officer, BEGiN
    Wendall Mitchell Board Chair; Senior Real Estate Counsel, Albertsons Companies
    Rekha Murthy Public Media and Podcast Consultant
    Adam Newman Founder and Managing Partner, Tyton Partners
    Chris Toy Cookbook author; Instructor; Maker; Registered Maine Guide
    Scott Traylor Chief Product Officer, Encantos
    Moira Kelly President, EXPLO (Ex-officio)
    Amy Robbins Business Manager, EXPLO (Ex-officio)

    Advisory Committee

    Our Advisory Committee, past and present, are experts in their fields helping us to generate new course concepts, shape the current curriculum, and keep EXPLO on the leading edge of the world of people and ideas.

    Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH
    Sunand Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
    Andy Boynton, Ph.D.
    Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.
    Andrew Eyre, MD
    Barry Fishman, Ph.D.
    Deborah Hirsch, Ed. D.
    Nathaniel O. Keohane, Ph.D.
    Wei-Chung Allen Lee, Ph.D.
    Amon Millner, Ph.D.
    Gideon Rose, Ph.D.
    Pasi Sahlberg, Ph.D.
    Linda Siperstein, DVM
    Jim Spohrer, Ph.D.
    George T. Whitesides
    Yong Zhao, Ph.D.
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    Partners + collaborators

    Here at EXPLO we partner and work closely with a diverse collection of organizations and institutions in different industries. These collaborators help us to generate new ideas; provide our students and educators with a transformational learning experience that both captures the reality of a profession and training a lens on what's next; and provide support for underserved students to attend EXPLO programs.

    Our Collaborators