Community Connection Showcase

For the second year, we will be including the Community Connection Showcase. Both attendees and their families will be able to explore a variety of presentations about STEAM related careers and educational opportunities, and engage in hands on STEAM activities.

Meet Our Exhibitors

Dr. Mikele Simkins, Senior Director, Comparative Medicine

Emily Maher, Manager, Site Affairs & Communications

Rockland Green

Orange & Rockland

Orange & Rockland is powering the future with their innovative energy solutions. Their substation operations ensure seamless power distribution, keeping the community energized. Plus, their electric vehicle charging incentives help drive New York’s shift toward greener transportation.

Chris Jagielski

Head of Outreach and Education, E-Mobility

Ethics Council Member

Anny Thomas

Veolia

Jaybots - John Jay Robotics Team

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WSP- Peter Mancuso

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity. From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, WSP operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers. Together they pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects across sectors: Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Water, Power & Energy and Mining & Metals.

Peter Mancuso is a transportation engineer and deputy practice lead for the Traffic Engineering and ITS department at WSP, in Valhalla, NY. He has 20 years of experience in the transportation engineering field in the greater New York City metropolitan region. Peter’s experience ranges from the development of traffic simulation software models to signal design involving overhauls and upgrades of existing intersection traffic signal infrastructure. Peter has held many roles on transportation projects of all sizes, from task leader to project manager, including quality control and assurance for technical analyses, reports, design drawings, and specifications. Peter was born and raised in Brooklyn, but currently resides in Rockland County with his wife and two sons. In his free time, he aspires to be active and travel the world. An avid snowboarder, runner, and gardener, Peter finds joy in being surrounded by nature as well as his family and friends.

Colliers - Vicki Christini

Colliers Engineering & Design, an affiliate of Colliers, is a trusted provider of multi-discipline engineering and architecture, design and consulting services to public and private sector clients. Headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey with offices throughout the United States, we specialize in providing a comprehensive suite of services including civil/site, architecture, transportation, survey/geospatial, infrastructure, governmental, geotechnical/environmental, telecommunications, utilities/energy and project management. We employ professionals who utilize the most advanced technologies to deliver customized solutions for our clients.

Vicki Christini is a structural engineer who currently design structures beside water for Colliers Engineering & Design in Woodcliff Lake, NY. Her career has spanned a range of topics from bridge to transit to waterfront structures projects. She has worked with a variety of clients including NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation, NYS Canals, Army Corps of Engineers, Port Authority of NYNJ, Long Island Rail Road, NYSDOT, NYC Transit, etc. Her responsibilities include: project management; coordination between technical disciplines, multiple subconsultants, and with the client; creation of contract documents; development of cost estimates; and preparation of technical specifications and technical reports. Vicki lives here in Nanuet with her husband and two little boys.

Jon Filatov, Aine Rice, and Nadia Itani

McLaren, a Division of KCI is a leading full-service engineering firm renowned for its trusted, high quality, and ingenious approach to solving complex challenges. With industry experts in multiple technical disciplines, our Northeast team has provided customized solutions for over 20,000 projects through consultation, design, inspection, and construction management. With over four decades of experience and a Northeast staff of 200+, McLaren addresses every project’s specific needs with technical excellence and creative innovation.

Rockland Teacher's Center Institute (RTCI)

Workforce Development Board of Rockland County (WDBRC)

Rockland Teachers’ Center Institute

RTC Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization, offers Masters’ degree programs and graduate courses, both locally and online, at discounted prices in conjunction with our higher education partners.

RTC Institute partners with colleges and universities to bring high quality, convenient, graduate courses and programs to educators and career changers. The college and university partners define all application, matriculation, course, and graduation requirements, and grant graduate credit. RTC Institute serves as the local sponsoring partner for these courses and programs by bringing the courses and programs to local sites. RTC Institute cannot grant graduate credit or degrees. Our collaborating Higher Education partners grants credit or a degree per their accreditation by the State of New York. Students who have questions or concerns about their academic status, grades, or official transcripts should contact the college or university.

Workforce Development Board of Rockland County

The WDB is a 501(c)(4) New York Not-for-Profit corporation organized and existing to serve as a strategic leader and convener of local workforce development stakeholders in Rockland County, New York with the goal of preparing job seekers ready to work with marketable skills

Promote:

Workforce development that empowers individuals to identify and enhance their skills for career growth, aligning their abilities, interests, and aptitudes with suitable job opportunities.
Career training and industry-recognized credentials in priority/high-demand sectors.
Economic growth through support for employers in attracting skilled talent, including opportunities like on-the-job training (OJT), apprenticeships, and internships, while improving access to employment, education, training, and support services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers.
Strengthening communication and collaboration among employers, policymakers, community partners, and the public to foster a united approach.

Flying Imaging

www.flyingimaging.com/

Clarkstown Police Department

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Columbia Climate School

Marisa Annunziato is the Education & Outreach Coordinator at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Marisa runs a variety of environmental education programs at Lamont-Doherty's Hudson River Field Station (200 Ferry Rd, Piermont NY) focused on educating the public about the Hudson River Estuary Ecosystem and environmental problems such as climate change. The Hudson River Field Station offers a wide range of community science programs for the public to participate in including fish surveys, microplastic surveys, plankton monitoring, water bird surveys, etc. Additionally, weekly summer outreach events, Science Saturdays, offer the public an opportunity to go seining, a method of fishing, with our field station staff to learn about which fish and crabs hang out along Piermont Pier.

Keertana Sujith

Keertana Sujith is a junior at Pearl River High School with an enthusiastic interest in environmental science, public health, and STEAM education. Through the 4-H Cornell Cooperative Extension Youth for Climate Action Program, Keertana researched climate change and sustainable agriculture solutions, focusing on how environmental practices affect water quality and ecosystems. As part of this work, she co-developed and presented a vertical gardening project that demonstrates sustainable growing methods and the importance of pollinators to students and community audiences.

Keertana also studies medical science through school elective classes such as Project Lead the Way - Medical Interventions, gaining hands-on laboratory experience with techniques such as gel electrophoresis, ELISA & PCR testing, and DNA recombination.

In addition to her scientific work, Keertana serves as a Co-Director of the Pearl River High School Model United Nations Conference, where she helps organize an interstate conference and works with student delegates to debate global challenges. Through Model UN and community engagement, she encourages young people, especially girls, to advocate for issues they care about, confidently use their voices, and see themselves as future leaders in STEAM and policy.

Outside the classroom, Keertana volunteers with the Pearl River Ambulance Youth Corps and coaches youth tennis. She is passionate about connecting science, community engagement, and leadership to inspire more girls to explore opportunities in STEAM fields.

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