Amee Evans Godwin
  Director, Strategic Initiatives

Amee Evans Godwin brings over a decade of experience in applied research and development of community and personalization applications. Her product and strategic marketing work focuses on technology, education, and collaboration. She joins ISKME to guide the development of content, interactivity, and partnerships for OER Commons (www.oercommons.org), an online network for open teaching and learning content. A director of award-winning video documentaries, Amee earned a Master Degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts. Formerly, at the Interval Research Corporation, she worked in development of new media applications before joining their spin-off company, ePlanet, as Senior Product Marketing Manager. Later, as Program Director at the community-led Sanchez Art Center, she managed outreach and education programs. Prior to joining ISKME, she was Creative Director in web production and a consultant to Media-Screen, San Francisco, in strategic market research for high tech firms and non-profit organizations. She completed a Fellowship in the Arts Leadership for the Future program for emerging non-profit leaders and community builders. amee@iskme.org

Anastasia Karaglani received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Southern California. Over the past 8 years, her work has focused on quantitative research, standards and assessment development. Prior to joining ISKME, she was a research associate at the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching at Stanford University. She was previously a research assistant at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA, where she participated in the development of language arts performance assessments for the Los Angels Unified School district. anastasia@iskme.org

Clare Mortensen received her Master's degree in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Before joining ISKME, Clare was a Research Associate with the Humphrey Institute's Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center, where her academic research focused on cross-sector collaboration and nonprofit management, governance and accountability, and policy implementation. Clare brings several years experience in fundraising, development and nonprofit program management. Clare received her B.A. in Sociology from Mills College in Oakland, CA. clare@iskme.org

Cynthia Jimes received her Ph.D. in Information Science from Uppsala University in Sweden. Her academic research focused on how both face-to-face and technology-driven communication play a role in organizational learning and innovation. Before joining ISKME, Cynthia worked as an education data specialist at GreatSchools.net and focused on providing parents with information to inform their school choice and school improvement efforts. While living abroad (Sweden and the Netherlands), she also worked in the management consulting sector as a researcher and consultant. Cynthia's research interests include how communication and employee perceptions are related to the creation of the organization, and how online communities create content collaboratively. She is also interested in research on the integration of parents and students into school and district knowledge management models. cynthia@iskme.org

Elena Shulman works with ISKME on metadata and content development for OER Commons. She received her Ph.D. in Russian History from the University of California Los Angeles. After several years of teaching at the university level, she turned her attention to information architecture and instructional delivery in immersive environments while pursuing a Masters in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.

Judy Shintani brings experience in the area of art education for all ages ­ preschool, school age to adults and seniors, and inter-generational creativity. Her focus is on community art and also on the use of recycled art materials and ecology - specializing in creativity as spirit, thought and process. Judy has over 25 years of marketing communications experience in international technology markets, having previous worked for Intel Corporation, Hercules Technology, and Atari. She received her M.A. in Transformative Art from John F. Kennedy University and her BA in Graphic Design from San Jose State University.

Keri Morgret is the Site Manager at ISKME, where she supports research and analysis efforts in the development of global OER initiatives. Her background and interests include online learning, usability, information design, social media, search engines, and information retrieval. She received her M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University. keri@iskme.org

Megan Simmons
Education Program Manager

Megan Simmons supports the development of education programs, workshops, and training activities for the OER Commons project.She has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of San Francisco. Before coming to ISKME, she spent seven years teaching and managing education programs in both formal and informal settings throughout California and in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. She is particularly passionate about providing environmental education and art programs to underserved communities nationally and internationally. megan@iskme.org

Lisa Petrides, Ph.D. is president and founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), an independent non-profit educational research institute located in Half Moon Bay, CA. Her research seeks to inform and improve the ways in which those in formal and informal education foster the creation and sharing of information, apply it to well-defined problems, and create knowledge-driven environments focused on improved learning and organizational success. Petrides also leads OER Commons (www.oercommons.org), an open source teaching and learning network that supports and facilitates the creation, sharing, and modification of open educational resources. A former visiting scholar at Stanford University and professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Columbia University, Teachers College, her research and teaching interests include information science, decision-making, and issues of access and equity in education. She received a Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University and an MBA from Sonoma State University, and was a postdoctoral fellow in Educational Policy Research Division at Educational Testing Service. lisa@iskme.org

Robert Beamer
Office Manager

Robert Beamer brings to ISKME a strong background in customer service and retail management. A Northwest native, he has also worked in sales and operations for Nordstrom, Big Pagoda, and Henry Beguelin, just to name a few. Throughout his career he has managed programs for employee motivation, corporate fundraising, and is interested in how people interact and share in their work environment. As an artist, Robert uses painting as a means of communication and relaxation, and as a way to better his understanding of everyday life. robert@iskme.org

Suepattra May is a Ph.D. candidate in the Joint Program in Medical Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco. Her broader research interests include new media, science and technology studies, digital culture and women's health. As an anthropologist, she brings to ISKME rigorous training in ethnographic research methods, including participant observation, in depth interviewing and qualitative data analyses. She received her BA in International Studies and MPH in Health Services with an emphasis on Social and Behavioral Sciences, from the University of Washington.

  Thad Nodine, Ph.D.
  Vice President



Thad Nodine has over a decade's experience in education and higher education policy, from research and analysis to editorial management and strategic communications. Most recently, he is co-author, with Lisa Petrides, of Knowledge Management in Education: Defining the Discipline, and "What Schools Can Teach the Corporate World: Balancing People, Processes and Technology in Education," in KM Review. He has been managing editor of several publications, including Measuring Up 2000: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education and Losing Ground: A National Status Report on the Affordability of Higher Education. thad@iskme.org