Ben Galluzzo is the Executive Director of COMAP, the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, a nonprofit based in Bedford, Massachusetts, dedicated to improving mathematics education through mathematical modeling. Ben’s work focuses on making modeling accessible to teachers and students at every level, and at COMAP he leads that effort through development of classroom resources, professional learning, and modeling contests that give tens of thousands of students worldwide hands-on modeling experience each year. He also chairs the Organizing Committee of the International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IM²C).

After graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in mathematics, Ben worked in finance in Boston and earned an MS in Mathematical Finance from Boston University. He then returned to the University of Iowa for a PhD in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Before joining COMAP, he taught mathematics at Shippensburg University and Clarkson University, where he also developed curriculum and led professional learning for K–16 teachers.

Ben is a co-author of the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Mathematical Modeling Education (GAIMME) and SIAM’s mathematical modeling handbooks. He is a Project NExT Fellow and a recipient of the Mathematical Association of America’s Henry L. Alder Award for distinguished teaching.

Ben champions modeling as a mindset: using questions, reasoning, and quantitative tools to make sense of the world and to develop critical thinkers and informed citizens.