Dr. Eboni Camille Chillis is the Executive Director for Career and Technical Education for Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, North Carolina

Graham Culbertson is a Humanities Instructor at NCSSM who teaches courses in American Studies, Black Studies, and the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. After attending Myers Park High School in Charlotte, Graham went to the University of South Carolina where he double majored in English and Film Studies. He then got his PhD in American literature and culture at UNC Chapel Hill, and taught at NCSSM’s sister school, the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Math, for four years. Although he has wide-ranging interests in the humanities, including science fiction, philosophy, urban studies, and Japanese culture, he has focused on American culture for more than a decade. His newest courses, created in collaboration with the Ryden Program, use science fiction and ethical philosophy to examine AI from a humanistic perspective.

Siddhant Dubey is a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Math hailing from Charlotte, NC. Loving all aspects of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, he plans to pursue a degree in Computer Science with a focus on AI. He hopes to create his own software company one day. In his spare time, he enjoys reading Fantasy novels and is active in the gaming community.

Jayden Kelly Sansom is a Pittsboro, NC resident who is currently a senior at the Chatham School of Science & Engineering where she takes classes with NCSSM through their IVC program.

Jenna Conan Simpson is the Technology Integration Specialist at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to leading her school’s move to remote learning last year, providing professional development and managing all digital learning programs and student devices, she has taught the technology class in Lower School and is now teaching computer science, artificial intelligence, and VR/AR elective courses in the Middle and Upper Schools. Before moving into this role, she was a 3rd through 5th grade classroom teacher. She has her master’s degree in Educational Technology from Texas A&M University and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. She is passionate about technology’s potential to transform classrooms to be more engaging and student-centered and to make teachers’ jobs easier.

John Chapin is the Computer Science (CS) pathway leader at Academies of Loudoun, a magnet high school in northern Virginia.

Yashas Ambati is a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Math hailing from Morrisville, NC. Upon graduating, he has goals of majoring in computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence and robotics. Yashas spends his free time watching mystery and action shows– at least when he is not busy organizing successful hackathons!

Lisa Macomber Pauer is the AIG Specialist for a rural elementary school in the western North Carolina mountains.