Dr. Eric Jolly

ERIC J. JOLLY is the recently retired President and CEO of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation – an organization working to create an equitable, just and vibrant Minnesota where all communities and people thrive. Dr. Jolly is a cognitive psychologist with a background that also includes engineering and mathematics. Previously, as vice president and senior scientist at Education Development Center, he led technical assistance for NSF's office of system reform for STEM (formerly SMET) education.

As president of the Science Museum of Minnesota he led both a significant science education center and the nation's largest exhibit construction group, bringing groundbreaking science programming to major museums around the nation.

He has previously served as a member of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, Committee for Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, chaired AAAS's EHR division, as well as chair or service to numerous panels for the National Science Foundation and the National Academies.

He is a member of several academic honor societies, a senior member of IEEE, life fellow of AAAS, life appointee to the Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership, life member of SACNAS, and recipient of two honorary doctorates and numerous scholarly awards.