Dianne Clowes is an educator with 23 years experience at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. She is the science liaison for Spotsylvania County Schools and is Nationally Board Certified in Adolescent Science. In 2011, she was a Virginia state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and her work creating sustainable and easily replicated Science programs at Ni River Middle School helped the school to become a 2012 Intel School of Distinction. She is currently focused on working on ways to build partnerships within the business community to promote STEM education in Spotsylvania County.