Staff

Tzipor Ulman, PhD, is the founder and Executive Director of Science is Elementary. Tzipor has a passion for science education along with solid experience in the corporate and non-profit sectors. While a graduate student at Stanford, Tzipor co-taught an interdisciplinary course in “science for non-scientists.” While teaching, she realized that many students who had not already developed an interest in science were either lost or uninterested in the subject matter. Sadly for them, science had come too late. If those students had been exposed to science at a younger age, perhaps they would have maintained a lifelong interest in the field. Thus, the idea for SiE was born.

Before founding SiE, Tzipor worked with Fortune 500 and startup clients as a business strategy consultant at Helmer & Associates, consulting on matters ranging from technology spin-offs to corporate business opportunities. She has also served on the boards of several non-profit organizations.

In college, Tzipor was a mentor/tutor and later a site coordinator for Project Step-Up, a mentoring and tutoring program in some of Cleveland’s toughest inner city schools. She was also a volunteer math and science tutor at Mountain View High School and a private tutor for public and private school students.

Tzipor is the proud mother of 2 boys in whom she has instilled a curiosity about the world and the way things work. She holds a PhD in physical chemistry from Stanford University and a BSc in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University.

Rinat Goren is SiE’s Director of Curriculum. Rinat’s interest and involvement in science education began when her daughters were in elementary school. After concluding that the science curriculum at her daughters’ school did not lead to true understanding of scientific concepts, she helped research and rebuild the school’s science curriculum.

Rinat holds a BS in Physical Therapy from Tel Aviv University.