Jean May-Brett—State Department of Education Coordinator, is the Math Science Partnership Program Coordinator for the Louisiana Department of Education. Jean served as the Assistant Director of Educational Television Technology at Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, LA from 1998-2003 and was the Project Director for the award winning SERC Enviro-Tacklebox and Literacy and Learning projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. During her 25-years of classroom teaching Jean taught Earth Science, Environmental Science, and Mathematics to students in New York and Louisiana at the middle and high school levels. Jean is a Past President of the Louisiana Science Teachers Association (LSTA) and serves as the State Coordinator for the Exxon/NSTA Building a Presence for Science Program. Jean is a past president of the Southern Association of Marine Educators (SAME) and the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA). A former President of Louisiana Environmental Educators Association (LEEA), she is currently serving her second term on the Governor’s Louisiana Environmental Education Commission. She is currently serving on a number of agency, foundation, and organization education committees.