Eric Jolly

Areas of Expertise

STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-and Math) education, science literacy, and youth, family and community organizations

Biography

Eric Jolly is the president of the Science Museum of Minnesota. Dr. Jolly previously served as senior scientist and vice president for the Education Development Center and was a founding partner of the national “Collaboration for Equity” project and co-director of “Access by Design,” a technology project of the National Science Foundation. In 1994 he founded the National Institute for Affirmative Action.

In October, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Jolly to teh National Museum and Library Services Board, a voluntary post he will hold until December 2016.

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