The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation was founded in 1995 through the generosity of Jerome Lemelson, one of America’s most prolific independent inventors, and his family.
Lemelson Center Team 2018
Arthur Daemmrich
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director
Jeff Brodie
Deputy Director
Joyce Bedi
Senior Historian
Nyssa Buning
Spark!Lab National Network Coordinator
Hannah Correlli
Spark!Lab Lead Facilitator
Tricia Edwards
Head of Education
Zach Etsch
Spark!Lab Lead Facilitator
Emma Grahn
Museum Program Specialist
Laura Havel
Public Affairs Specialist
Eric Hintz
Historian and Fellowship Coordinator
Meg Maher
Exhibition Researcher
Antanesha Mayfield
Spark!Lab Facilitator
Marie-Louise Orsini
Spark!Lab Facilitator
Alison Oswald
Archivist and Travel-to-Collections Coordinator
Tim Pula
Interpretive Exhibits Inventor
William Reynolds
Finance and Administration Officer
Mary Kate Robbett
Spark!Lab Lead Facilitator
James Santos
Spark!Lab Facilitator
Monica Smith
Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation
“Anyone can be an inventor, as long as they keep an open and inquiring mind and never overlook the possible significance of an accident or an apparent failure.” PATSY SHERMAN, Scotchgard™ inventor
The Lemelson Center is grateful for the hundreds of volunteers and Smithsonian staff members who assisted with Draper Spark!Lab, Inventive Minds, Places of Invention, special events, and other public programs.
LEMELSON CENTER ADVISORY BOARD 2018
Jenne Britell
Chairman and Director United Rentals
Lisa Cook
Associate Professor of Economics and International Relations Michigan State University
Susannah Fox
Independent consultant and health innovation leader
Sheila Jasanoff
Professor of Science and Technology Studies Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Corinna (Cori) Lathan
Founder and CEO AnthroTronix
Henry Lowood
Curator, History of Science & Technology Stanford University Libraries
Bill Masters
Founder, Perception Kayaks
Kevin McGovern
Chairman and CEO McGovern Capital
Christine Peterson
Stanford Research Institute (retired)
Trevor Pinch
Professor of Science and Technology Studies Cornell University
Leonard Polizzotto
Innovation consultant
Alton Romig
Executive Officer, National Academy of Engineering
Christopher Weaver
Founder, Bethesda Softworks
James West
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Robert Horton
Chair, NMAH Archives Center
