About
Project Team Leadership
![Ann-Claire Anderson](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-anderson.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Ann-Claire Anderson
Principal Investigator
Senior Vice President
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD)
anderson@cord.org
Senior Vice President
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD)
anderson@cord.org
![Hope Cotner](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-hope.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Hope Cotner
Co-Principal Investigator
President
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) hcotner@cord.org
President
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) hcotner@cord.org
![project-team-lesiecki Mike Lesiecki](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-lesiecki.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Mike Lesiecki
Co-Principal Investigator
Senior Consultant
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) mlesiecki@gmail.com
Senior Consultant
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) mlesiecki@gmail.com
![photo of Richard Gilbert](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-richard-gilbert.png?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Richard Gilbert
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida College of Engineering Research
gilbert@usf.edu
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida College of Engineering Research
gilbert@usf.edu
![project-team-Barger Marilyn Barger](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-Barger.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Marilyn Barger
Special Advisor
Sr. Education Advisor
Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center of Excellence
marilyn.barger@flate.org
Sr. Education Advisor
Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center of Excellence
marilyn.barger@flate.org
![project-team-Hecht Deborah Hecht photo](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-Hecht.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Deborah Hecht
External Evaluator
Director and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Study in Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center dhecht@gc.cuny.edu
Director and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Study in Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center dhecht@gc.cuny.edu
![project-team-Myrick Elizabeth Myrick](https://i0.wp.com/www.preparingtechnicians.org/wp-content/uploads/project-team-Myrick.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Elizabeth Ahlers
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Jennifer Jirous-Rapp
Lead for EU Study Tour; Senior Research Associate
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) jrapp@cord.org
Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) jrapp@cord.org