President

We are pleased to announce that Christine Reich has been selected as the next president of TERC, a leading nonprofit in STEM education research and development, beginning July 1, 2025.

Reich joins TERC from Knology, a social science research nonprofit, where she served as CEO and senior research officer, collaborating with media, libraries, museums, and community organizations to generate evidence-based insights for greater societal impact.  Prior to her tenure at Knology, Reich served as the Jane and Payson Swaffield Chief Learning Officer at the Museum of Science in Boston, where she led the museum’s educational initiatives, including exhibits, programs, curricula, immersive theaters, collections, and educational research. She founded the Museum’s research and evaluation department (now one of the largest internal departments of its kind), led the research and evaluation team of the $43 million, NSF-funded Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and oversaw the development of multiple award-winning exhibitions, including the internationally touring “The Science Behind Pixar” exhibition. Reich is also an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she has taught for over a decade in the Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology program.

Pam Pezzoli and Tatiana Oberkoetter led this search with Alexis Ditaway and Melissa Barravecchio.