2024–25 Executive Board


Eric Har­tung – President
Retired Sci­ence Teacher, Press­man Academy
ehartung@lascifair.org



Alamelu Arunacha­lam — Vice President
Sci­ence Acad­e­my Advisor
AArunachalam@lascifair



Sele­na Khan — Secretary
Mid­dle School & High School Sci­ence Teacher/STEAM Coordinator
selenakhan215@gmail.com



Nishat Alikhan – Imme­di­ate Past President
Sci­ence Spe­cial­ist, New Roads School
nalikhan@lascifair.org


Paula Bors­tel – Mem­ber at Large
Chem­istry Teacher, Palos Verdes Penin­su­la High School
borstelchem@gmail.com



Meena Chokkalingam — Mem­ber at Large
Senior Soft­ware Devel­op­ment Man­ag­er. Amazon
mmail2meena@yahoo.com



Patrick Den­ny — Mem­ber at Large
Tech­nol­o­gy Consultant
patrickdenny@att.net



Anne Maben — Mem­ber at Large
Sci­ence & Edu­ca­tion Consultant/Teacher Work­shop Coordinator

afmaben@gmail.com



Susan Singh – Mem­ber at Large
Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion & STEAM / Robot­ics Lead, Far­m­dale Elementary
singhsciteacher@gmail.com



Tonia Symensma-Cohen – Mem­ber at Large
Office/Clinic Man­ag­er for Michael D Cohen MD — Infec­tious Diseases
tsymensma@gmail.com


John Vas­sil­i­ades – Mem­ber at Large
Cal­Trans, Pro­fes­sion­al Engi­neers in CA Government
john.vassiliades@dot.ca.gov


Won­jong Kim – Mem­ber at Large
Board Mem­ber, Nation­al Youth Com­mu­ni­ty Center

wk33@cornell.edu