Biography
Stephanie Pace Marshall is the
Founding President and President Emerita of the Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy®--the nation’s first three year public residential
institution for high school age students academically talented in science,
mathematics and technology. She was also the founding president of the
National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools in Mathematics,
Science and Technology, and was a president of the Association of
Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), one of the world’s largest
international education associations. Today she is internationally
recognized as a pioneer and innovative leader and teacher and an inspiring
speaker and writer on leadership, learning and schooling, STEM education and
talent development, innovation, and the design of generative and
life-affirming learning organizations.
Dr. Marshall has worked in every level of education: superintendent of
schools, a district curriculum administrator, a graduate school faculty
member, and an elementary and middle school teacher. She earned a B.A. from
Queens College, M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Loyola
University of Chicago, and she received four honorary doctorates in science
and in arts and letters.
She is the author of over 35 published journal articles, an author for the
Drucker Foundation’s series Organizations of the Future, an editor and
author of Scientific Literacy for the 21st Century, and a contributor to
Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and
Science in U. S. High Schools. She is featured in the book, Leaders Who
Dare: Pushing the Boundaries and is the inspiration behind the novel, Smart
Alex, a story of an adolescent girl talented in mathematics. Her book, The
Power to Transform: Leadership that Brings Learning and Schooling to Life,
received the 2007 Educator’s Award from The Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for her leadership,
including the Distinguished Service Award from the U. S. Marine Corp, the
Woman Extraordinaire Award from the International Women’s Association, the
Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the
Distinguished Alumni Award from Loyola University of Chicago, the Damen
Award from the Graduate School of Loyola University, and the Pioneer Award
from the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
Dr. Marshall received two resolutions from the Illinois General Assembly for
outstanding contributions to Illinois education, and she was elected into
the Illinois Hall of Fame and into the inaugural Hall of Fame of Chicago
Women’s Today. The Chicago Sun Times selected her as one of the ten most
powerful women in education and one of the 100 most powerful women in
Chicago. She was recognized by the R J R Nabisco Corporation as one of the
nation’s most innovative educational leaders and by the National Association
of School Boards as one of North America’s “100 Top School Executives.”
At the invitation of Mikhail Gorbachev, she became a member of the State of
The World Forum, an international “think-tank” designed to study and resolve
issues impacting global sustainability. President William Jefferson Clinton
invited her to become a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a
non-partisan cadre of "the world's most influential leaders committed to
strengthening the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the
challenges of global interdependence.” Her current CGI work involves a
partnership with Toronto-based Free The Children to build and equip the
first residential secondary school for girls in the Masai Mara in Kenya,
which will open in 2011.
She is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
Manufacturers, and Commerce in London, England and serves on the board of
the Queen Noor Jubliee School’s Foundation in Amman, Jordan, and several
other foundation and corporate boards in the United States. She is a Trustee
of the Society for Science and the Public, a member of the Advisory Board of
Games for Change, and a charter member of the Advisory Board for AECT’s
Initiative FutureMinds: Transforming American School Systems and The
Innovation Council of Chicago. She serves as an advisor to The Thornburg
Center for Space Exploration, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency’s Plan for
Higher Education, and the American Psychological Association’s Study of the
Impact of Specialized Public High Schools of Science, Mathematics &
Technology.
Dr. Marshall is a member of numerous corporate and civic groups in Chicago
including the Economic Club, The Commercial Club, The Executives Club, and
The Chicago Network. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Tellabs,
Inc. and Sentry Insurance, and is a member of the Tellabs Foundation, the
IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education, and is a Vice-President of The
Fry Foundation in Chicago. She continues to consult with national and
international foundations, policy leaders and practitioners as a “thinking
partner”—helping to move possibilities to practice.
As a result of her achievements, she was inducted into the Lincoln Academy
of Illinois and was designated a Laureate of the Academy, the state’s
highest award for achievement that “contributes to the betterment of
mankind.”
About IMSA®
The
internationally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA)
develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of
Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented Illinois students (grades
10-12) in its advanced, residential college preparatory program, and it
serves thousands of educators and students in Illinois and beyond through
innovative instructional programs that foster imagination and inquiry. IMSA
also advances education through research, groundbreaking ventures and
strategic partnerships. (www.imsa.edu)
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