Ms. Vedantham comes to Penn from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, where she directed the Southern Regional Educational Technology Training Center (ETTC) for six years providing professional development and technology models for college faculty and K-12 teachers. She also served as Interim Associate Provost and as Director of Instructional Technology. Her research on global warming has been recognized by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) as a significant contribution to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Ms. Vedantham holds her New Jersey Principal Certificate and served for two years as Director of Grants and Community Initiatives at Stafford Township School District. In the mid-90s, Ms. Vedantham served as Program Officer at the Telecommunications Opportunities Program at the United States Department of Commerce.

Ms. Vedantham completed her Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and her Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is pursuing her doctorate in Higher Education Management at Penn's Graduate School of Education.

David Toccafondi manages the Vitale Digital Media Lab. He is a Penn alumnus, and has worked at the Library in various capacities since 1995. Most recently, he provided IT support and training to the Public Services staff in eight of Penn's libraries. You will also often see David around Philadelphia and Washington, DC, taking photographs.

Jesse Turnbull has provided technical expertise to the Vitale Digital Media Lab since it opened in April 2006. He joined Penn's MultiMedia and Educational Technology Services (MMETS) department in 2004. Jesse received his Bachelors in Fine Arts (BFA) from the Maryland Institute College of Art, majoring in illustration. Jesse teaches courses at the Maryland Institute, College of Art and at the Delaware College of Art and Design. He also does freelance illustration work, appearing most frequently in Philadelphia's WonkaVision magazine.

Sarah Jacoby is a recent graduate of Haverford College where she graduated with a degree in English and Cinema Studies. She can attibute her digital skills to a range of employment experience; from having worked as a digital archive assistant to Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford's East Asian Studies departments to a stint as a project manager with Safe Sound Archive, an archive and recording company in Chestnut Hill. Sarah is currently working on a number of music and film projects and has been known to program analog synthesizers in her spare time.

Andrea Benvenuto is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Library and Information Science at Drexel University. She comes to Philadelphia by way of Seattle, where she was a senior editor for RIVET magazine and a volunteer for the Zine Archive and Publishing Project at Richard Hugo House. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Delaware and has written about books and music for web and print publications including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Publisher's Weekly.

Jessica Evans is currently pursuing a Masters in Library and Information Science at Drexel University. She earned a Bachelors in Art History from Buffalo State College (SUNY), followed by a Masters in Art History and a Certificate in Curatorial Studies from Rutgers University. At Rutgers, she worked as a digital production manager in the Visual Resources Collection. She has held positions as a researcher and an educator at several museums and historic sites. Most recently, she worked in the Interlibrary Loan Department of Van Pelt.

Nancy Bellafante graduated from the University of Delaware, earning her B.A. in English and Communication Studies. Before joining WIC, Nancy worked as a technology teacher at The Steward School in Richmond, Virginia. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Library and Information Science at Drexel University.