SCIENCE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Key Persons
Amy founded SCN after 15 years working in public education and mass communications. She specializes in communicating environmental health science, media training that includes talking about uncertainty inherent in good science, and protecting scientific credibility in an age of disinformation.
Prior to SCN, Amy was executive director of the Rhode Island Film Commission where she worked closely with government, labor organizations, film and television producers and the press. She also served as public information specialist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and produced and recorded feature stories for WAMU radio, the Washington, DC NPR affiliate.
Amy holds a BA from Hampshire College and a Master of Arts degree from Emerson College.
Emily Copeland brings over 15 years' experience in media relations, crisis and science communication, as well as social media strategy. Her expertise in science communication lies in helping scientists at all career stages build their capacity to communicate clearly and effectively with a variety of audiences.
She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism for Public Relations. She also holds a Juris Doctorate from the Florida International University College of Law in Miami, Florida.
Gabriela joined Science Communication Network in 2004, bringing her science background to SCN's goal of merging science and communication. Previously, she was at the Union of Concerned Scientists' Food and Environment Program and also worked at the World Bank in its environment program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management from the University of Maryland.
Originally from Argentina, she is also fluent in Spanish and enjoys travelling with her husband, the outdoors and treasures the occasional downtime from reining in her four active, yet wonderful, children!
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences
Myers is founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences. He holds a doctorate in the biological sciences from UC Berkeley and a BA from Reed College. For a dozen years beginning in 1990, Myers served as Director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with co-authors Dr. Theo Colborn and Dianne Dumanoski, Myers wrote Our Stolen Future, a 1996 book that explores the scientific basis for how contamination threatens fetal development.
Myers has chaired the board of the Science Communication Network since its founding in 2003 and also serves as board chair of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. He is a trustee of the Jenifer Altman Foundation. Until its merger with Pew Charitable Trusts in late 2007, he was Board Chair of the National Environmental Trust. He also has served as Board President of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, an association of 40+ foundations supporting work on biodiversity, climate, energy and environmental health. In 2013 Myers was awarded the $50,000 Frank Hatch "Sparkplug" Award for Enlightened Public Service by The John Merck Fund.