DaVinci Science Center

Lin Erickson has been the Da Vinci Science Center’s Executive Director and CEO since March 2013 after serving as its Executive Director previously from 1997-2005. As the Center’s Chief Executive Officer, Erickson also is a member of its Board of Trustees.

Erickson has nearly 30 years of experience spearheading educational initiatives for students from kindergarten through college – raising more than $93 million from public and private sources. She was Chief Development Officer of the Air Force Museum Foundation in Dayton, Ohio, from 2011-2013, and Director of Government, Corporate, and Foundation Relations at Wittenberg University from 2006-2011.

Erickson held progressive leadership roles earlier in her career with Northampton Community College and Lehigh University – developing innovative partnerships between the public and private sectors to advance workforce competitiveness – and was a middle school teacher.

Erickson holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from Smith College in Northampton, Mass., a master’s degree in Educational Technology from Lehigh University, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.