Invention Convention Worldwide

Advisory Council

The Invention Convention Worldwide Advisory Council includes ICW affiliates and industry experts who volunteer and advise on program strategies for growth and development, such as impact strategies, DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness and Accessibility), strategic initiatives and partnerships, and sustainability.

Thank you to these invention education advocates and for helping us Invent it Forward.

Dr. James A. Egenrieder

Engineering and Education Research Faculty and Director, Virginia Tech

Danyelle Larkin, M.Ed

Program Director, K-12 InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech

Jonathan Walker

Jonathan Walker competed in two Invention Convention U.S. Nationals events, winning awards at each. He is currently an undergraduate at Duke University.

Andrew Whitmire

Manager, Grants & Partnerships, Project Management Institute Educational Foundation

Elizabeth Birr Moje

Dean, Marsal Family School of Education, University of Michigan

Jay Flores

Global STEM Ambassador, founder of Invent The Change

Luke Gerwe

Education Project Manager, PBS News/Classroom

Mary Lombardo

Corporate Advocate

Charles Marshall

President, ITC Michigan

Louis Patler

President, The B.I.T. Group

Joyce Ward

Director, Office of Education USPTO

Jennifer Conklin-Frank

Director of STEM Ecosystems Community of Practice, TIES | Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM

Former Council Members

Thank you to these Invention Convention advocates who served on the council and helped us invent it forward.

Stephanie Couch, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program

Mike Flanagan, former Michigan State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Vic Pasquantonio, Director, PBS NewsHour Classroom

Gilberto Pineda Alanis, Chief Commercial Officer, Didaktron

Robin Hilsmeier, Executive Director, Ohio Invention League

Damian Porcari, former Director of Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office

Invention Convention Impact

Collins Aerospace

Mary Lombardo

"Invention Convention has multidimensional value from engaging young inventors with a global ecosystem and broadening their perspectives while still enabling them to have an impact in the world directly in front of them."

Lemelson-MIT

Stephanie Couch

"Invention Convention Worldwide offers an incredible opportunity to support young inventors on the pathway to invention!"

The B.I.T. Group

Louis Patler

"My time on the Advisory Council of the Invention Convention Worldwide and a judge for the national and international competitions has been an eye-opening delight. Young minds. Young ideas. Bright future.”