====== Mathematics Foundation of America ======

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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/))

===== History =====

==== Founding ====

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))

===== Organization =====

==== 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  ^
| [[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))  |