Stephanie Stenberg

About Stephanie Stenberg

Stephanie Stenberg (she/hers) served as the director of the Internet2 Community Anchor Program (CAP), collaborating with regional networking partners, community anchor institutions like K-12 schools and libraries, and Internet2 membership organizations. Her work focused on bringing networking, trust and identity services, and advanced applications to community anchor institutions nationwide. Stephanie holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Wayne State University. Stephanie is passionate about digital inclusion and equity. She has worked on several Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded grants, including serving as principal investigator on two grants totaling nearly These grants focused on developing and promoting the free Toward Gigabit Libraries Toolkit, which helps rural, tribal, and urban library staff understand and improve their library’s broadband and IT environment. The toolkit is available for free download at internet2.edu/tgl. The current IMLS grant, “Toward Gigabit Libraries for Tribal, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan Libraries” (RE-256732-OLS-24), aims to partner with tribal, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan library staff to use the toolkit to become better-informed consumers, advocates, and providers of technology, Internet access, and digital services. The project aims to offer free, accessible tech training and professional development for library staff, regardless of location, connectivity, or resources. Since joining Internet2, Stephanie has managed projects such as CAP’s Regional Network Spotlight profiles of research and education networks, the Presidential Primary Sources Project distance learning series, a partnership with the National Park Service and the National Archives, the CAP\'s Distance Learning Scholarship Program, a virtual field trip scholarship program for teachers and school librarians in schools connected to Internet2’s network, and the Rose-Werle Award for outstanding contributions to the Internet2 community anchor institution community. When she\'s not working, Stephanie loves reading nonfiction, attending live music and comedy shows, being outdoors (like kayaking, skiing, or even visiting a cow sanctuary), hanging out with her 11- and 14-year old boys and her Boston Terrier, Archie, going to estate sales, singing bad karaoke, exploring new places, listening to the Who?Weekly podcast, and watching hundreds and hundreds of travel baseball games.

Experience

1. Director, Community Anchor Program

   Internet2

   Apr 2019 — Present

   I work with regional and local research and education networks across the country to connect the full range of community anchor institutions to advanced broadband capabilities. Community anchor institutions include K-12 schools, public libraries, colleges and universities, health care institutions, museums, and other cultural and performing arts organizations.

Education

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Arts - BA