Errika Moore
Ph.D. Student
Overview
Errika is the inaugural Executive Director for the National STEM Funders Network. Previously she was the Senior Program Officer at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta leading a team creating equity in education and workforce development for over 900,000 students. She has also served as the Executive Director of the Technology Association of Georgia Education Collaborative, Vice President for IT Senior Management Forum, Vice President for the Gifted Education Foundation, and at Southwire, BMC Software, and IBM.
Currently, she serves as the Board Chair for Project Scientist’s Board of Directors, Inspiredu’s Board of Directors, and Movement Strategy Center’s Board of Directors. She also serves on the National Advisory Committee for the ADVANCE Research and Coordination Network, the steering committee for the National Center for Family Math, the Georgia Department of Education’s Computer Science Advisory Council, and Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Consortium (DSEC) Advisory Council, and Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College Dean search committee.
She has been honored as an Outstanding Georgia Citizen by the Secretary of the State, a member of the Nation Swell Council, National Women in Technology Advocate of the Year, Million Women Mentors Trailblazer Award, a Woman of the Year by Atlanta’s Women in Technology, an Ecosystem Builder by the Tech for All Alliance, and with several distinctions from her alma mater, the Georgia Institute of Technology (e.g., Outstanding Young Alumna of the Year, Leaders and Legend Honoree, Women Out Front, Alumna of Distinction, Community Builder Award, Alumni Trailblazer Award, Mentor of the Year).
Previously she’s served on several NSF Review panels, the Florida International University Honors College Dean’s Advisory Board, as the Tech for All Policy Conference Policy Director and Co-Chair, participated in the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator Program specifically for Reimagining Innovation in STEM Education, Georgia Tech’s Industrial Engineering Advisory Board, Southeast PremierCIO Advisory Council, the STEM Learning Ecosystem National Advisory Council, and the boards of Per Scholas Atlanta, and the National Society of Black Engineers.
Errika received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Georgia Tech, will receive a Master of Science in History and Sociology of Technology and Science this Fall, and is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Technology and Science from Georgia Tech as well. She’s presented at over 20 conferences and is considered an industry thought leader in STEM education equity and workforce development.