Collette Michaud
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
collette@cmosc.org
707-287-4809
Collette has over 20 years of experience working in software design as a project leader, game designer, art manager and animator. For more than ten years, she was a key innovator and manager for Lucas Learning and LucasArts Entertainment Company. While at LucasArts, Collette was a part of the executive management team and was recruited to help launch Lucas Learning LTD. During her tenure at Lucas Learning, Collette worked with teachers, scientists, and young children to create award winning educational software products. In 2001, Collette left the software industry to raise her two young sons. Having children of her own opened her eyes to the real need for hands-on experiential learning outside of the computer.
Eleanor Gorman, Consultant
eleanor@cmosc.org
707-328-2968
Eleanor Gorman has several years experience in human resources management and over eight years experience in international non-profit program management. Her background includes extensive work with volunteers, as well as collaborations with civic organizations, such as Rotary and Kiwanis. Recently, Eleanor served on the Santa Rosa Mothers’ Club Board as Community Outreach and Member Outreach coordinator. Eleanor has a MA in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown University and a Human Resources Management Certificate from UC Berkeley Extension.
Theresa Giacomino
Director of Programs and Education
theresa@cmosc.org
Theresa Giacomino has 19 years of experience working with children in preschool and after-school programs. She completed her teaching units in Early Childhood Education at the College of Marin and Santa Rosa Junior College. Her early training as a docent for the acclaimed Terwilliger Nature Education Center made a lasting impact that inspires her ability to help children connect with the world of nature. For the past two years, she has been working with high needs children in the public school system.
Kathleen McGill, Consultant
Kathleen McGill is a certified public accountant with 25 years of accounting and office administration experience. Her work has included performing audits for wineries, retail businesses and non-profits. She is currently a self-employed consultant to small businesses and an active member of the Petaluma Mother’s Club and parent volunteer at Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley in Petaluma.
Melanie Lamoureux, Consultant
Melanie Lamoureux worked for seven years at Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation (MECC) in research and design for children’s educational software development. She also worked for four years at Lucas Learning where she conducted testing to understand how children related to the products being designed. She currently runs her own usability and design
consulting businesses.
