Bradley V. Schulte

Nominated by Jillian Weida, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Bradley Schulte graduated from Bethel Park High School in Pittsburgh, PA. He received his Master’s in Technology Education from graduated California University of PA and was number 1 overall in his class with a 4.0 GPA. He’s been a teacher at Baldwin High School for the past 16 years. Previously, he has assisted in directing 6 Baldwin musicals and was nominated for best lighting by the Gene Kelly Organization. He also served as an assistant athletic director for 6 years at Baldwin High School and founded the Video Production Program in the Baldwin Whitehall School District. He currently is a social studies teacher at Baldwin High School and teaches 11th grade US and AP US History. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Krystal for 12 years and has two wonderful children Noah (8) and Jeana (4).

Brandon Clarke

Nominated by DeAndra Forde, College of Nursing and Health Professionals

Brandon Clarke joined the Berkeley Carroll School, in Brooklyn, NY, in 2004. He spent several years in the undergraduate admission office at Stanford University and when he started at Berkeley Carroll, he headed the college counseling department in conjunction with teaching history to satisfy his impulse to help students understand the world and their place in it. He received his BA in Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude from Connecticut College. For ten years, Brandon developed and oversaw the school’s travel programs, taking students and faculty to Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and India to learn about local models of community development and leadership. Since 2015, Brandon has served as Berkeley Carroll’s Assistant Head of School.

Mark Hayden

Nominated by Isabel Wingert, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems

Mark Hayden is a National Board Certified chemistry instructor completing his 13th year of teaching in the Central Bucks School District (Doylestown, PA). And, he serves as the Science Department Coordinator and STEM Research Club Adviser at Central Bucks High School West. He is also the instructor and adviser for a new partnership program with the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center in Doylestown, PA. In addition, he is a Board Member and Fair Coordinator for the Bucks County Science Research Competition (BCSRC). Over the years, Mark has been involved in many STEM education endeavors such as serving as a Master Teacher for the Center for Engineering Mechanobiology (CEMB) at the University of Pennsylvania, supporting STEM schools in Egypt though a USAID-funded initiative, promoting computer science principles as an RET Fellow in Drexel’s REThink Program, etc. He received his Master’s in Chemistry Education from University of Pennsylvania. He is happily married to his wife Alexandria, and resides in Sellersville, PA with their dogs, Olive and Oscar.

Linda Westerlund

Nominated by Steven Blumberg, LeBow College of Business

Linda Westerlund has taught Business Administration and Technology for 32 years having taught at South Cobb High School, Austell, Georgia; Riverview High School, Oakmont, Pennsylvania; and currently for the past 25 years at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA. She serves as the Department Chair for all four of our secondary schools. For 25 years, she has served as the North Penn Chapter Adviser as well as the Region 20 Adviser for the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and is currently the President of the Board of Directors for PA FBLA for the 2019-2020 school year. She received a Masters of Education from Tennessee Technological University. She has had the honor and privilege of working with thousands of amazing students over the years and can honestly say that there is absolutely nothing she would have rather done.