In May 2014, Leah Potter departed ASHP-CML to begin work at Electric Funstuff, our game design partners on the Mission US series of online games. Leah made substantial contributions to ASHP-CML’s history education and professional development work, playing a central role in the design and implementation of our Teaching American History professional development programs, HERB: Social History for Every Classroom website, and Who Built America Badges for History Education online professional development program. She will be sorely missed, though we are glad to continue our collaboration with her on Mission U.S.

In June, we welcomed Peter Mabli to our staff as Assistant Director of Online Professional Development. Peter brings with him extensive online teaching experience and an interest in public humanities. He has worked as both a high school social studies teacher and an adjunct professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the College of Saint Elizabeth. He is currently working on a Ph.D. in U.S. History at Drew University, specializing in food and American identity in the early national period. Peter works on the Zoom In, and Badges faculty development projects.