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The **Mathematics Foundation of America** is an American non-profit organization based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Cambridge]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]]. It is the host of the [[Canada/USA Mathcamp]] program.((//Ways to Contribute.// Canada/USA Mathcamp. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230111225911/https://www.mathcamp.org/giving/ways_to_contribute/)) | The **Mathematics Foundation of America** is an American non-profit organization based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Cambridge]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]]. It is the host of the [[Canada/USA Mathcamp]] program.((//Ways to Contribute.// Canada/USA Mathcamp. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230111225911/https://www.mathcamp.org/giving/ways_to_contribute/)) |
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| ===== History ===== |
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| ==== Founding ==== |
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| MFOA was founded in 1995 in [[united_states:South Carolina]] "as a vehicle for providing high school students in North America with financial assistance to attend [[Canada/USA Mathcamp|Canada/USA Mathcamps]] (sic), which began in 1993 in the beautiful city of [[canada:british_columbia:Vancouver]], [[Canada]]."((//History and Structure.// Mathematics Foundation of America. Retrieved December 2, 1998, from https://web.archive.org/web/19981202105539/http://www.mfoa.org/history.htm)) |
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===== Organization ===== | ===== Organization ===== |
==== Personnel ==== | ==== Personnel ==== |
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^ Mathematics Foundation of America personnel ^^^ | ^ Mathematics Foundation of America personnel((//Home.// Mathematics Foundation of America. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230111225925/https://www.mfoa.org/)) ^^^ |
^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ |
| | [[Daniel Zaharopol]] | Chair | [[Learning Unlimited]], [[Art of Problem Solving]], [[Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics]] (BEAM), [[Art of Problem Solving Initiative]]((//Daniel Zaharopol.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielzaharopol/)) | |
| | [[Yvonne Lai]] | Vice Chair | [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]], [[College of Arts and Sciences]], [[Mathematical Association of America]] (MAA), [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] (AWM), [[Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies]] (PRIMUS), [[MODULE(S2)]], [[Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education]] (CADRE)((//Home.// Yvonne Lai. Retrieved January 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230114073316/https://yvonnexlai.com/)) | |
| | [[David Savitt]] | Secretary | [[Johns Hopkins University]] | |
| | [[Greg Burnham]] | Treasurer | [[Elemental Cognition]], [[Bridgewater Associates]]((//Greg Burnham.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-burnham-b9264112b/)) | |
| | [[Marisa Debowsky]] | Executive Director | [[Summer Programs Roundtable]], [[New York University]]((//Marisa Debowsky.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisadebowsky/)) | |
| | [[George Thomas]] | President (former)((//History and Structure.// Mathematics Foundation of America. Retrieved December 2, 1998, from https://web.archive.org/web/19981202105539/http://www.mfoa.org/history.htm)) | [[Epsilon Camp]], [[MathPath]]((//Epsilon Camp.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230116063940/https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Epsilon_Camp)) | |
| | [[Mira Bernstein]] | Executive Director (former), Chair (former) | Served as Executive Director from April 2002 to September 2016, and Chair from September 2016 - October 2022.((//Mira Bernstein.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/mira-bernstein-1550a1137/)) ((//Mathematics Foundation of America.// GuideStar. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://archive.ph/WStHr)) | |
| | [[Allan Adams]] | Director (former)((//Home.// Mathematics Foundation of America. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from https://archive.ph/pajzA)) | [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), [[Future Ocean Lab]], [[Harvard Society of Fellows]]((//Allan Adams - Home.// Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://archive.ph/Fji3j)) | |