Peter F. McCloskey, President, CEO
Pete McCloskey, past head of the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA), became president in July of 2006 of the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP). Expanding his role as Chairman Emeritus, he is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of NSTEP. His vision was to create a program that used the power of the internet to connect volunteer tutors with struggling students for tutoring and homework help. Mr. McCloskey spent his entire career in electronics, beginning in research and transitioning to the business side. He worked in the manned and unmanned space program for IBM and later became president of Farrington Electronics. He joined the association world as president of the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturer Association (CBEMA, now ITI). He then spent 22 years as the president of the Electronic Industries Alliance and Chairman of the Electronic Industries Foundation (now NSTEP), becoming Chairman Emeritus in 1999.
Mr. McCloskey holds a law degree from Fordham University and is a member of the Bars of Virginia and the Supreme Court. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Holy Cross College and was an officer in the Marine Corps during the Lebanon Conflict. In 1982, President Reagan appointed Mr. McCloskey to the Peace Corps Advisory Council. In addition to numerous other honors and awards, he was a recipient of the American Society of Association Executives Key Award in 1995 and the Electronic Industries’ Medal of Honor in 1998.
Mr. McCloskey is married to the former Louise Collins and has four children and fourteen grandchildren.
Julie Cox, Vice President, COO
Julie Cox became the Program Manager of the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP) in August of 2006, and Vice President in January of 2008. Ms. Cox’s primary role within the non-profit is to manage the existing educational programs while seeking financial support for future endeavors. Ms. Cox manages the Regional Education Consultants in New York and Chicago as well as the NSTEP Program Analyst. Since Ms. Cox joined NSTEP, she has created training webinars, secured national funding, structured the regional education consultant’s sales strategies and streamlined the TechXplore program.
Prior to working with NSTEP, Ms. Cox was the National Circulation Sales Manager for Education Partnerships with the nation’s newspaper, USA TODAY where she managed a national list of corporate accounts. Ms. Cox sold the largest account in the paper’s history and created cost-saving procedures. Ms. Cox also worked with Gannett, Inc. to form a new product, Sky Radio, the first live radio on commercial airlines.
Ms. Cox holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism with a minor in Advertising and Public Relations from the University of South Carolina. Ms. Cox is married with three children.
Gregory W. Martin, Education Specialist
Gregory Martin is a graduate of Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a current student at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he is pursuing an MBA. His work with the National Science and Technology Education Partnership began in June of 2005 where he served as a consultant to and curriculum developer for its XploreMath program.
Mr. Martin’s teaching experience is widely diversified between public and private schools, as well as individual tutoring. He has taught upper level high school mathematics courses in Fairfax County Public Schools and in 2001 co-founded MGM Tutoring, which he still manages today. In 2007, MGM Tutoring was named by the Washington Family Magazine one of the top tutoring services in the Washington DC metropolitan area. He is a mathematics teacher for George Mason University’s Early Identification Program, a college preparation program which focuses on students who will be the first in their family to attend college and also teaches mathematics in George Mason's Department of Continuing Professional Education.
In addition to remaining active in the mathematics classroom, Mr. Martin has authored several study guides for students and teachers. He has written student study-workbooks for Algebra I, Trigonometry, and Calculus, as well as numerous teacher technology guides.
Mr. Martin’s interests include travel, music, and foreign languages. He is a bilingual German speaker, and has studied Polish, Spanish, and French. He plays trumpet and piano and has experience in orchestral conducting.
Sharon Witiw, Program Manager
Sharon Witiw joined NSTEP in February 2010 to support the Study Buddy online tutoring program with an eye on the after school programs with students seeking homework help. Though once a practicing lawyer, Sharon has spent the majority of the last 15 years raising her family and holding officer, chair and support positions on various educational and parent organizations within schools and county wide. Most recently, she was appointed as Vice Chair of the Joint Arlington County-Arlington Public Schools Working Group on Out of School Programs, where the group was tasked to evaluate the current state of out of school programs and make recommendations to the improve programs in Arlington County.
Prior to locating to the DC area, Sharon was a founder of the Red Bank Charter School, and an Assistant Attorney General representing the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, where she handled child abuse and neglect cases.
Ms. Witiw is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire. She continues her volunteer work and lives with her patient husband and four drive-her-crazy-yet-wonderful children in Arlington, VA.
Carmela Dexter, Office Manager
Carmela Dexter became the Executive Assistant to the President of NSTEP in 2004. Her role within NSTEP includes financial analysis, editorial proof reader and general office management. Prior to her work with NSTEP, Ms. Dexter was a software trainer and manager where she authored dozens of computer training manuals and other educational materials used in training classes for one of the largest property management firms in the country.
Ms. Dexter holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Western Kentucky University and Master of Science Degree from the University of Bridgeport.
Ms. Dexter was a Kindergarten classroom teacher as well as music teacher for middle and high school.
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