President, CSTA

Michelle Hutton teaches eighth grade computer science, chairs the computer science department, and is the Director of Technology at The Girls' Middle School (GMS) in Mountain View, CA. She created most of the computer science curriculum at GMS, including Python programming, robotics, user-centered web design, and animation, and has previously taught grades 6-8. Prior to working at GMS, she was a system administrator at Indiana University.

Hutton was a founding member of ACM's Steering Committee for the Computer Science Teachers Association and has served as the chair of the equity committee and as Vice-President. She co-authored the National Coalition of Girls' Schools STEM website, is a founding member of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, and has been a board member of the Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators. She has given presentations at conferences such as NECC, SIGCSE, and CSTA's CS & IT Symposium, particularly on reasons and methods for teaching computer science in middle school.

Hutton earned a BS in biochemistry, BS in science education, and MIS from Indiana University. She holds teaching credentials in Indiana and California.

Executive Director, CSTA

Chris Stephenson is the executive director of ACM's Computer Science Teachers Association. She joined ACM after 16 years at the University of Toronto's Computer Systems Research Institute and the University of Waterloo's Mathematics and Computing Department, where she designed instructional resources and professional development for high school educators. She is former president of Holt Software, an educational publishing company focusing computer science.

Since 2000, Stephenson has served as chair of the annual Computer Science and Information Technology Symposia and as chair of the review committee for computer science for the National Educational Computing Conference. She is the former chair of the International Society for Technology in Education's Computer Science special interest group and of the ACM K-12 Task Force. She is also a former president of the Association for Computer Studies Educators and of the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario, Canada. She has produced numerous research publications in the field of computer science education and adaptive technology, and has written several high school textbooks.

Stephenson earned a B.A. in English Literature, a B.J. (Journalism) from Carleton University, an M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education with a specialty in Computer Applications, Measurement, and Evaluation, and a Ph.D. in Education and Teaching Leadership from Oregon State University.