DA VINCI SCIENCE CENTER BOARD ELECTS THREE TRUSTEES
The Da Vinci Science Center announced today that Alvaro A. Diaz, Mike Salute, and Vincent Sorgi have been elected to its Board of Trustees.
Alvaro A. Diaz is executive director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley. He also is an international business development consultant specializing in sales and marketing of industrial processing equipment and specialty chemicals.
Diaz excelled during a 17-year career with Silberline Manufacturing Co. of Tamaqua, Pa., where he created the company's international sales and marketing department, established company subsidiary operations in Singapore, Japan, and Brazil, and implemented strategies that produced unparalleled growth in Silberline's business.
A Fulbright Scholar from Universidad del Atlantico, Colombia, Diaz holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.
Diaz, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, has held board positions with the Allentown Symphony, the Hispanic American Organization, the Roberto Clemente Charter School, Community Music School, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Mike Salute is director - operations, patents, sales, and licensing for LSI Corporation's Intellectual Property Group. He is responsible for managing all aspects of planning and reporting for LSI's Intellectual Property Business. Before assuming his current position, Salute was LSI's director of corporate strategic planning.
Salute was head of corporate strategy for Agere Systems prior to its 2007 merger with LSI, working directly with Agere's CEO and leadership team to establish and drive its strategic direction. Salute also served as Agere's regional director for sales and operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa from 1998-2001.
Salute holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University, and a master's degree in Management of Technology from National Technological University.
Vincent Sorgi is the controller for PPL Services Corporation's PPL EnergyPlus, a position he assumed in 2007 after a year as financial director of PPL's power generation unit. Prior to joining PPL, Sorgi worked in a variety of financial positions for Deloitte & Touche and PSEG in Newark, N.J.
Sorgi holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Penn State University, where he graduated at the top of his class in the College of Business.
The son of a mason in
a working-class northern New Jersey town, Sorgi is passionate about volunteering
and helping under-privileged children. His PPL department has given $10,000
in food and clothing to inner-city children in the past two winter holiday
seasons. Sorgi also volunteers an hour a week as a tutor at Central Elementary
School in Allentown.
ABOUT THE DA VINCI SCIENCE
CENTER
The Da Vinci Science Center is an independent nonprofit organization operating
in Allentown, Pa., approximately 65 miles from Philadelphia and 95 miles from
Manhattan. The Center was organized in 1992 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem,
Pa. It has operated independently since 1999 and in its current location since
2005. The Center inspires hands-on science fun for nearly 75,000 people of
all ages each year through exciting informal experiences. Along with making
science accessible and playful, it promotes the Lehigh Valley region's scientific
activity, encourages development of a science-centered workforce, and highlights
science's connections with the arts and other disciplines. The Da Vinci Science
Center also is a vital resource for the region's educational infrastructure,
providing field trips, student workshops, and teacher professional development
programs aligned with state standards. Da Vinci Science Center exhibits and
programs stress the inquiry process practiced by scientists and personified
by Leonardo da Vinci. Recognized as the most effective learning process, inquiry
encourages insatiable curiosity, creativity, and imagination along with experimenting,
observing, communicating, and linking knowledge. The Da Vinci Science Center's
8,000-square-foot exhibit floor welcomes visitors, groups, and school trips
seven days a week. The Center provides camps for young people and programs
for scout groups, older adults, home-schooled students, and families with
preschoolers. It also performs school and community outreach and hosts birthday
parties and private functions. Additional information can be found on the
web at www.davinci-center.org.
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