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…

With a multidisciplinary career in science communication, Greg Boustead has brought sophisticated science content to broad audiences, across many platforms. He believes in the power of storytelling to help make science relevant to more people. In 2015, he helped launch Science Sandbox,…

Jessica Harrop joined the Simons Foundation in 2019 as the supervising producer for Sandbox Films. She has dedicated her career to inspiring people about science through film has produced content for a wide variety of outlets including Netflix, Showtime, Discovery Channel, the…

Sam Riviello joined the Science Sandbox team in 2016, and handles logistics and project management 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…