Patsy Boehler, Executive Director
patsy@ethosinc.org

      Patsy Boehler earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Indiana University South Bend. She worked as a research scientist for Bayer Corporation from 1979 to 1996. She then transferred to Bayer's Safety Department writing procedures and protocols and doing training for lab personnel. In 1999, she became the Educational and Community Outreach Manager for Bayer. Patsy serves as the Co-Chair of the Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Education Council, Chair of the ECS/Bayer Partnership, member of the Advisory Committee of the South Bend Science Center, Chair of the MACOG Education Committee. In addition, Patsy was part of the 1998 Indiana Science Proficiency Guidelines Committee. She also is the Past-Chair of the Bayer Science Forum which is the cornerstone of Bayer Corporation's Making Science Make Sense Program which was awarded the Presidential Points of Light in 2000. Other activities that she is involved in are mentoring, science fair judging and teaching Sunday School.

Eugene W. Hungate, Assistant Executive Director & Special Projects
gene@ethosinc.org

      Eugene (Gene) Hungate received a B.S. from Marian College in Indianapolis in 1960, an M.A.T. from Notre Dame in 1961, and an Ed.S. from Indiana University in 1974. Gene spent his entire career with the Elkhart Community Schools, teaching high school mathematics and serving as vice-principal at the high school level. He held various titles at the school district level and was most recently the director of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. Gene is a past president of the Indiana Public School/University Technology Task Group (PartnerShare) and was instrumental in formalizing the ECS/Bayer Partnership. Gene is a long time proponent of Hands-On-Science and Activity Based Learning. Since his retirement in 2000 he has consulted with Elkhart area schools and businesses.

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David Emery, ECS District Science Specialist & ETHOS Science Initiatives Coordinator
dave@ethosinc.org

      Dave Emery acquired his B.S. in Education in 1970 from Indiana University, Bloomington and his M.S. in Education in 1975 from Indiana University South Bend. Starting at Elkhart High School in 1970, Dave transferred to the middle school and was Science Department chair for 12 years at West Side Middle School. He then joined the staff at Elkhart Memorial High School. as a science teacher and director of Elkhart Community Schools' Cooper Outdoor Laboratory. Dave has been the coordinator of the Elkhart Science Fair for the past several years. He has participated in several programs at Purdue University dealing with science education and assessment as well as environmental education. He has been on two state committees dealing with alternative assessment in science and has been published in Science Scope, the National Science Teacher Association's middle school magazine. In 1999 and in 2001, the Elkhart County Soil & Water District named him the Environmental Science Teacher of the Year, the only time it has been awarded twice to the same person.

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Dan Hummel, Logistics & Puchasing
dan@ethosinc.org

     Dan Hummel brings to ETHOS Inc., 28 years of project management experience in the information technology and customer support field.  For 10 years, at a Fortune 500 company, he was the Manager, Help Desk and Customer Support.  He is also a member of the ASMC (Association of Science Materials Centers). 
     Since 1998, Dan gives back to the community by his direct support of the yearly FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League (FLL) challenge (http://www.usfirst.org/).  He has mentored over 500 students in the FIRST program and he has helped establish several FIRST Lego League (FLL) Qualifying Tournaments (QT) across the state.  He is currently the Tournament Director of the ETHOS FLL QT and has been the Head Referee at another local FLL QT for 7 years.  He has participated twice as the Head Referee for the state level FLL tournament.  In 2008, he participated in the Minneapolis, MN International Open FLL tournament as a judge and a ref.
     Dan also contributes his time and expertise as a 4H Project Leader in Elkhart, IN.  Dan received a B.S Degree in Information Processing from Tri-State College, Angola, IN in 1974 and his Masters of Science Degree in Business Administration (MSBA) from Indiana University - South Bend (IUSB) in 1981.  He is also a published author in the office automation field.

Dennis Boehler, Operations & Analysis
dennisboehler@ethosinc.org

     Dennis transitioned from a part time employee of ETHOS to the full time position of ETHOS Site Operations Manager after retiring from the Indiana State Police. He attended both Purdue and Indiana University before being accepted to the Indiana State Police Academy. Dennis spent 34 years with the state police and helped develop the department’s canine program and fitness program, attended Northwestern Traffic Institute to become one of the department’s first Accident Reconstruction Investigators and served as a training instructor for new recruits as well as veteran officers. Having spent half of his career with the state police in supervisory positions, Dennis retired as Assistant District Commander where he had oversight for district operations.

Chris Emery, Technology Assistant
chrisemery@ethosinc.org

Linda Tourre, Administrative Assistant
ltourre@ethosinc.org

Sue Rockenbaugh, Bookkeeper
surock@ethosinc.org

Dana Knapp, Master Science Teacher on loan from ECS
dknapp@elkhart.k12.in.us

     Dana Knapp acquired her B.S. in Education (Outdoor/Recreation) from Indiana University in 1978  and her M.S. in Secondary Education degree  from Indiana University in 1982.  She holds a K-12 Teachers License (Life License), an Elementary Teachers License (Life License), a Minor Science Education, and 18 hours of studies in gifted education.
     She has worked in numerous Outdoor Education Centers throughout the country 1978 -1982 designing, creating and writing, piloting, and then implementing new curriculum:
     - TVA- Land Between the Lakes-KY and TN
     - Houston Independent School System-Trinity, TX
     - Glen Helen OEC- Yellow Springs, OH
Starting at the Elkhart Community School  District in 1990, Dana transferred to Roosevelt Elementary School to teach with the 5th /6th  G/T program (PEP-Providing for Exceptional Potential). She worked with the elementary schools through 2005 school year, writing science and math curriculum, participating in several programs dealing with environmental and science education, data analysis and assessment, STAR Teacher as Researcher Programs 1995/6 through 2002, Science Fair Judge/ Coordinator of School Science and Invention Fairs, PR work in Multi-Media Program Authoring, won awards in Who’s Who in America Teacher’s Award 2000 through 2007, and has been published in numerous local Science and NCTM Newsletters (paper and web-based.)
     From 2005 until the present, she has been working in conjunction with an MSP grant awarded to ETHOS, ECS and Purdue University as a Master Science Teacher. She has attended many conferences and workshops promoting inquiry-based/learning cycle approaches to science teaching.  She has presented at NSTA and HASTI conferences in 2006, 2007, and 2008.  She is a Board member of ETHOS, Inc. and has professional organization memberships to HASTI, NSTA, AAAS, ACS, IRA.

Danae' E. Wirth, Master Science Teacher on loan from ECS
dwirth@elkhart.k12.in.us

     Danae` has an M.S.Ed. Specializing in Science Ed. from Purdue University (08) and a B.S. in Elementary Ed. from Goshen College (01). Danae' holds a Minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and has Kindergarten and Reading Recovery endorsements. Her additional training includes Early Childhood Education, the Indiana Mathematics Initiative, and the Indiana Reading First Academy. Danae' worked as a First grade and Reading Recovery teacher for Elkhart Community Schools before becoming a MST. She serves on the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI) board of directors and as an adjunct professor of Science Curriculum Studies at Goshen College. She is a member of several professional organizations including; American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Teachers Association, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, TESOL, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National Association for the Education of Young Children. Danae' has participated as a state-wide LASER team member - NSRC, Washington, D.C. She has received several professional development grants and has presented at international, national, and state conferences.

Dave Weber, Master Science Teacher
ETHOS
daveweber@ethosinc.org
weberd@mishawaka.k12.in.us

ETHOS/Elkhart Community Schools/Purdue MSP Grant

      In January of 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) became law. Title II, part B of this legislation authorizes a Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) competitive grant program. The intent of this program is to encourage institutions of higher education, local school districts, elementary schools, and secondary schools to participate in professional development activities that increase the subject matter knowledge and teaching skills of mathematics and science teachers. Professional development activities must be sustained, intensive, classroom focused, and aligned with state and local standards and mathematics and science curricula. These activities must result in a measurable improvement in student academic achievement in mathematics and science. In Indiana, these funds will be used to promote and enhance the inquiry-based/learning cycle approaches to science teaching in grades K-6 and to improve the teaching and content of algebra in grades 6–9.

      Our MSP grant included funding two Master Science Teachers (see above) to work with ETHOS for the Elkhart Community Schools to promote and enhance the inquiry-based/learning cycle approaches to science teaching in grades K-6.