READING SCIENCE CENTER - Key Persons


Andrea J. Funk - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • EVP

Barley Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

Charles B. Haws

Job Titles:
  • RSC Board Secretary

Danielle Kauffman

Job Titles:
  • RSC Board Treasurer / Griffin Financial

Dean, STEM

Job Titles:
  • Division

Dr. Brian Buerke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jim Cinelli - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • RSC Board President
Jim Cinelli, founder of the Reading Science Center, is an Environmental Engineer and the president of Liberty Environmental, Inc., an environmental consulting firm which he co-founded in 2004. The company has 30 employees and is headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, with branch offices in Lancaster, Philadelphia, and New York City. The company's clients include local, regional and international companies, and include banks, real estate developers, oil & gas companies, and manufacturing firms. With over 30 years of experience in environmental consulting, Jim has lectured at numerous state and national conventions. In 2018, he founded the nonprofit Reading Science Center, a hands-on science museum that opened in downtown Reading in October 2020. As a past president of the Reading Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, for several years Jim helped spearhead the Berks County MATHCOUNTS Competition for middle school students. Jim served as Chairman of the Board of the Reading Downtown Improvement District Authority, an organization whose mission was to make downtown Reading a safe, clean and vibrant urban core. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in five states and a Licensed Professional Geologist in New York, and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University, a Master of Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from St. Joseph's University.

John Gantz III

Job Titles:
  • Science Teacher / Muhlenberg School

Liberty Environmental

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Liz Lally

Job Titles:
  • Director of Experience

Michelle Conway

Job Titles:
  • RSC Board Vice President

Neha Majmudar

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

Ralia C. Vardaxis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Sarah Troy

Job Titles:
  • Director of Programming

Scott Smith

Job Titles:
  • Herbein HR Consulting

Tom McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Retired Engineer / Former Mayor of Reading