Directors
Elaina Sabatine
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Elaina is currently serving as the Executive Director of ENC STEM. After graduating from Penn State University in 2011 with a degree in biological and evolutionary psychology, Elaina worked as a high school science teacher and Teach For America corps member for two years at Northampton County High School. She also served an additional year as a district science instructional coach for Northampton County Schools. In 2019, Elaina earned her PhD in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill, where her research explored achievement motivation and academic self-efficacy of underserved youth. Elaina is dedicated to helping teachers create socially and emotionally safe learning spaces for youth. She has been working with ENC STEM since 2012.
Grayson Cooper
Co-Director (volunteer)
Grayson is a senior consultant with Public Impact, an education management and policy consulting firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, conducting quantitative research and analysis and assisting schools and districts implementing an Opportunity Culture. Before joining Public Impact, he spent three years as a math teacher and instructional technology facilitator at Northampton County High School in northeastern North Carolina through Teach For America. Grayson holds a bachelor’s degree in educational entrepreneurship and mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a master’s degree in education from East Carolina University, and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.