Edith Ritter has been a Da Vinci Science Center Trustee since May 2012.

Most Recent Affiliation: Executive Director, Manufacturers Resource Center

Previous Affiliations: Program Administrator, Lehigh University Small Business Development Center (SBDC); Microbiologist and Biochemist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Microbiologist and Biochemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.); Microbiologist and Biochemist, Canadian Defense Research Board; Microbiologist and Biochemist, University of British Columbia

Additional Community Service: Board Member, ModForum; Board Member, Manufacturing Modernization Institute; Member, National Skill Standards Council; Executive Board Member, American Industrial Extension Alliance; Co-Chair, Technology Committee, National Coalition of Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM); Board Member, Pennsylvania IRC Network; Board Member, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC); Board member, Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board (LVWIB); Board Member, Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse, Inc. (LDVHI); Board Member, Wordsworth; Board Member, Community Wellness Center of the Lehigh Valley; Board Member, Lehigh Valley Bank; Board Member, Lehigh Valley Health Network; Board Member, Baum School of Art; Board Member, Lafayette Ambassador Bank; Board Member, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network; Board Member, Lehigh Valley PBS39

Honors: Athena Award, Bethlehem Area Chamber of Commerce

Education: MBA from Lehigh University; bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia