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The 2006 National DNA Day Ambassadors

On the fourth annual National DNA Day, researchers and professionals will serve as DNA Day Ambassadors, fanning out across the nation, with an emphasis this year on New England.

The following is a list of the 2006 National DNA Day Ambassadors, the High Schools where they are speaking and their locations:

DNA Ambassador School City State
Glenn Baldwin Bassick High School Bridgeport CT
Peter Chines Windsor High School East Hartford CT
Arjun Prasad Wamogo High School Litchfield CT
Maureen Tong Ridgefield High School Ridgefield CT
Vence Bonham Harding High School Windsor CT
Tim Leshan Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School Washington DC
Andrea Kalfoglou Spingarn Senior High School Washington DC
Anna Jeong Curie Metropolitan HS Chicago IL
Carla Easter McKinley Technology High School Washington DC
Abena Williams Fenway High School Boston MA
Matt Thomas Boston Latin High School Boston MA
Saveri Bhattachary John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science Boston MA
Bola Odunlami Another Course to College Brighton MA
Milton English Brockton High School Brockton MA
Sudeshna Chatterjee Chicopee High School Chicopee MA
Jamie Dokson TechBoston Academy Dorchester MA
Nadia Bouhzam Essex Agricultural and Technical High School Hathorne MA
Kris Wetterstrand Greater Egleston Community High School Roxbury MA
Aixa Aleman Springfield Central High School Springfield MA
Colleen Brown North High School Worcester MA
Priya Duggal Booker T. Washington Middle School Baltimore MD
Elizabeth Gillanders Booker T. Washington Middle School Baltimore MD
Belen Hurle Community College of Baltimore Baltimore MD
Priya Duggal Digital Harbor High School Baltimore MD
Elizabeth Gillanders Digital Harbor High School Baltimore MD
Jean Martin Bladensburg High School Bowie MD
Katie Voss Central High School Capital Heights MD
Jaclyn Douyard Northwestern High School Hyattsville MD
Laura Leifer Northern High School Owings MD
Katie Voss Calvert High School Prince Frederick MD
Gary Temple Frederick Douglass High School Upper Marlboro MD
Patrick Nailer Capitol Area Technical Center Augusta ME
Jeff Witherly Caribou High School Caribou ME
Sarah Harding Dexter Regional High School Dexter ME
Jeff Witherly Limestone Community School Limestone ME
Jeff Witherly The Maine School of Science and Mathematics Limestone ME
Sarah Harding Stearns High School Millinocket ME
Jeff Witherly University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle ME
Dale Lea Oxford Hills High School South Paris ME
Kate Hyde Waterville High School Waterville ME
Jane Peterson Bozeman High School Clancy MT
Hailey Edwards Franklin High School Franklin NH
Chris Wade Hillsboro-Deering High School Hillsboro NH
Hailey Edwards Laconia High School Laconia NH
Dale Lea Lisbon High School Lisbon NH
Rachel Jacobson Manchester Central High School Manchester NH
Hanna Petrykowska Nashua High School South Nashua NH
Julie Sapp Newport High School Newport NH
Courtney Nichols Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle/High Schools Wilton NH
Deborah Davis New Mexico School for the Deaf Santa Fe NM
Jessica Melone Ichabod Crane High School Valatie NY
Julie Vandermeer Columbus Alternative High School Columbus OH
Elizabeth Phillips Cranston High School East Cranston RI
Carla Easter Rogers High School Newport RI
Carla Easter Classical High School Providence RI
Keith McKenney Cooley Health Science and Science Technical High School Providence RI
Jessica Ivey Woonsocket High School Woonsocket RI
Della White T.C. Williams High School Alexandria VA
Jackie Idol Chantilly High School Chantilly VA
Stacie Loftus Falls Church High School Falls Church VA
Ann Smith Forest Park Senior High School Woodbridge VA
Jennifer Sloan Mt. Abraham High School Bristol VT
Phyllis Frosst Enosburg Falls High School Enosburg VT
Phyllis Frosst Mt. Mansfield High School Jericho VT
Pooja Ramchandran Burr and Burton High School Manchester VT
Melissa Merideth Mill River Union High School Manchester VT
Elaine Ostrander La Salle High School Yakima WA

Last updated: March 23, 2011