People

Anne Holmes joined the Exploratorium in 2012 as chief strategy officer and chief of staff.

Imran Khan is an irredeemable nerd who’s passionate about science, social change, and psychedelics.

Kayla Y. Lim joined the Simons Foundation in 2025 as a program coordinator for the Science, Society & Culture division. She manages the strategic planning and execution of the division’s Presidential Lecture series, which aims to foster discourse, discovery and a sense…

Peri Lund is the program coordinator for the Simons Foundation’s Science, Society & Culture division. She supports program development and grantmaking –– particularly within the division’s science outreach portfolio –– through proposal review and grants administration. She also contributes to the division’s…

Ivvet Modinou has been working in public engagement with science for over two decades. In her role as Senior Vice President of Science, Society & Culture, she leads public engagement for the Simons Foundation, including strategic oversight of Science Sandbox, a flagship…

Raj Pandya is a professor of practice in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and the executive director of the Global Futures Education Lab at Arizona State University.

Elizabeth Simolke joined the Simons Foundation in 2019 as the outreach coordinator for the President’s Office, and transitioned to the Science, Society & Culture team in 2021.