STEM Academic Advisory Commission (SAAC) Partnership Mission/Purpose: The purpose of SAAC is to provide an avenue of minority outreach between academic institutions and professionals with programs in science by enhancing outreach for the professional development of interested minority candidates. Projects will include: Conducting strategical outreach with 2-year and 4-year academic institutions, including publications and advertisements Creating Post-doctorate/employment opportunities Developing comprehensive mission statements  Exploration of early interest programs at the K-12 level Establishing resources for parents by developing interest for science concentration Development of symposiums, conferences, workshops and lectures on STEM Pipeline/Career Path programs Comparing and analyzing data based on outreach methods Creating extensive tracking methods in establishing pipeline programs for career paths Establishing feeder programs to recruit Asian and Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans within STEM concentrations  Organizing feeder programs between academic institutions and science organizations Commission Members Ms. Christina Bruce, Office of Workforce Development, National Cancer Institute(NCI) Dr. Christine Clark, Professor & Senior Scholar in Multicultural Education, Founding Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, UNLV  Dr. Shelton Davis, Office of Diversity, University of Florida Wendy J. Fibison, Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Training and Diversity, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH, DHHS Dr. Regina James, Director of the Division of Special Populations at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development(NICHD) Dr. Kuan-The Jeang, Director Molecular Virology Section in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID) Dr. Edwin C. Marshall, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, & Multicultural Affairs, Indiana University Dr. Sidney McNairy, Associate Director of the Research Infrastructure Area at the National Center for Research Resources(NCRR) Dr. ReNae Shropshire, Vice President, The Academic Network, Inc./President, P.A.L.S.in Education, Inc.  Dr. Sonel  Y. Shropshire (Chair), President, The Academic Network, Inc.