Staff

Jill Blackford joined the Simons Foundation in January 2017 and is a program officer for Science Sandbox. Prior to joining the foundation, Blackford was grants program manager at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. She previously worked on educational projects in Africa…

For over 15 years, Greg Boustead has brought sophisticated science content to broad audiences across many platforms — including writing, video and live events. He joined the Simons Foundation in 2012 as community manager for Spectrum. In 2015, he moved to the foundation’s Education…

Sam Riviello joined the Science Sandbox team in 2016, managing logistics and providing organizational support for the film and programmatic work. Before joining the foundation, Riviello worked at EngenderHealth, a women’s health and rights organization, offering strategic guidance to the President and…

John Tracey joined the Simons Foundation in 2014 to study how to improve public engagement with science. In addition to providing program development support, he helps manage external communications. Prior to joining the foundation, Tracey was a program assistant at the American…