James Brown
Executive Director, jfbrown@stemedcoalition.org

James Brown is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition. Prior to joining the Coalition, he was Director of Advocacy at the American Chemical Society.  A nuclear engineer by training, he previously worked as a Legislative Aide for Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington, was Director of Policy and Development at the Consumer Energy Council of America, and began his career as an engineer with Newport News Shipbuilding, working on aircraft carrier construction.  He received a B.S. from the University of New Mexico and an M.S. from Penn State, both in nuclear engineering. He also holds an MBA from George Washington University.

Austin Hall
Director of Policy, ahall@stemedcoalition.org 

Austin Hall is Director of Policy, focusing on government relations, research, and member advocacy initiatives for the coalition. Hall has previous experience working on issues surrounding the federal government research and STEM education portfolio; computer science education; STEM Education in Higher Education; informal STEM learning; and career and technical education. Hall has also interned in the Washington D.C. office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and was elected to serve as a delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, where he represented children and education interests during the Texas delegation platform deliberations. Austin earned a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Music Education from the University North Texas.