2024-2025 Board Members
Leadership & guidance shaping the future of the Discovery Center
Executive Committee
Charlie Nietubicz
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Charlie Nietubicz is a charter member and President of the Discovery Center @ Water’s Edge and leads the technology/content team. Charlie currently works part time as a Principal Engineer at ETC, bringing with him 40 years of federal service, including 3 years of active duty in the US Army, and 5 years at Battelle Memorial Institute. He retired from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in 2010, where he worked as an experimental and computational research scientist in ballistics and aerodynamics. Charlie was appointed Division Chief of the Computational Science and Computing Division and the first Director of the ARL DoD Supercomputing Center. His assignments also included work at the Pentagon’s office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology and a research assignment at NASA AMES Research Center in CA. Charlie graduated from the University of Dayton with a B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and member of the Association of Computer Machinery. Charlie’s additional volunteer activities include being a board member of the Senior Science Society and previously coaching youth tee ball and soccer and establishing the first computer program at Good Shepherd School.
Judy Pinsky
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Judy Pinsky currently serves as the Vice President of the Discovery Center Board of Directors. Judy recently retired from US Army CECOM as the Acting Executive Deputy Director for CECOM Software Engineering Center (SEC). Judy has been recognized as “pioneer for women” in the tech industry and advocates and encourages bothers to pursue STEM educational opportunities and career paths. Judy takes pride in mentoring others and remains focused inspiring others to be lifelong STEM learners. Judy received her Batchelor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1983. She also received a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Farleigh Dickenson University in 1987 and a Master’s of Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1998.
Eric Schuster
Jeff Hacala
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Jeff Hacala is a multi-skilled financial manager, business manager, and project manager holding a secret clearance. He is adept at increasing government contract profitability while supporting multiple programs at all stages of their acquisition cycle. Jeff is continually recognized for successfully advising C-level executives at a top 20 defense contractor in critical and complex areas of customer contract and financial negotiation.
Board of Directors
Warline Bryant
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Warline was born in North Carolina and is the daughter of an Army Veteran. After 27 years of active duty, Warline retired as Colonel from the United States Army and entered in the private sector. Among her most notably assignments were her tours in the Pentagon where she worked for two Chiefs of Staff, and her work in the National Capital Region for Air Missile Defense.
In the private sector, Warline is the CEO and Founder of BHL Group, LLC. A business that specializes in consulting, leader development, educational services, and strategic planning. The mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses develop and implement policies, processes, and procedures to design and prepare them for the future.
Prior to launching her own business in 2018, Warline was the Military Deputy for the Army Evaluation Command on Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Her role included managing multiple acquisition, cyber, and technical military programs across 12 directorates which answered directly to the Secretary of the Army, the Chief Naval Officer, and Secretary of the Air Force.
Warline is a certified Defense Cooperation and Security Agency trained Defense Coordinating Officer. She served as a Professor of Military Science at the Air Defense Artillery School. She is Lean Six Sigma trained and teaches the concept of “No Value Added”.
She serves in leadership positions for two nonprofits. One most notable is the CHOSEN Leadership Academy a youth mentor program which provides mentors to middle school and high school students. The other is the Bryant Educational Leadership Group. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated and a member of the American Legion Post 308.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Forensic Science from the Elizabeth City State University. She has a Master’s Degree in the Human Resources Administration with a concentration on Organizational Leadership. She graduated from the United States Army, Center of Leadership. She is aspiring to achieve a Doctor of Education (EDD) from Phoenix University. She is married has one daughter.
Mark Ey
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Mark Ey is a 1986 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and a 2002 graduate of the Glaxo Smith Klein Executive Management Program for Pharmacy Leaders at the Wharton Business School. Mark has spent the last thirty-eight years in retail pharmacy management and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the National Community Pharmacist Association representing 21,000 community pharmacies. Mark has served on a number of pharmacy organization committees and workgroups including the National Community Pharmacy Association, The National Chain Drug Association, The Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Maryland Pharmacist’s Association, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Professional Volunteer Corps, the Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy Deans Advisory Board, The National Pharmacy Technician Stakeholder Advisory Group and National Pharmacy Technician Standards Writing Group. He lectures and is a preceptor at both the University of Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University Schools of Pharmacy.
Rob Lieb
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Rob Lieb is currently a member of the Bord of Directors of the Discovery Center at Water’s Edge, a retired Research Physicist from the Army Research Laboratory, a former professor of physics at two four-year colleges and has always worked to instill and keep alive the wonder of science. For over four decades he has visited classrooms to demonstrate that students can appreciate the wonders of nature and understand physical principles. He has mentored seniors at the Harford County Science and Math Academy for over a decade, and is a founding member of the Senior Science Society whose motto is: “Ignite the Spark of Science”. He is dedicated to spreading the good news about science and promoting the need to keep technology in the forefront of each person’s life.
Dr. Lieb holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Physics from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Tim McNamara
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Tim McNamara has served in an advisory capacity to the Discovery Center at Water’s Edge and its predecessor, the APG Centennial Celebration Association, since 2015. Throughout this period Tim has provided key insights and supporting efforts to the organization’s leadership which are helping build and realize the Center’s vision. Above and beyond his advisory role, Tim also chairs the Discovery Center’s Facilities Committee, having primary responsibility to develop its future physical home.
Prior to his retirement as a Department of the Army Civilian, Tim made a career of supporting organizations engaged in innovative science and technology at Aberbeen Proving Ground. As Deputy to the Garrison Commander and a Principal Advisor to the Deputy JPEO-CBD, Tim’s talents not only touched every organization at APG, but also reached beyond the Proving Ground gates in collaboration with numerous community partners. In retirement, he brought this energy and experience to the Discovery Center at Water’s Edge.
Tim is a graduate of Towson State University, the Army Management Staff College, and the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He earned numerous awards throughout his Army career, including the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award and Superior Civilian Service Award. In 2021, Tim was honored to receive the Northeastern Maryland Technology Council’s Visionary Award for Leadership.
Jill L. Peregino
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Jill Peregino, Associate Professor, Data Science and Mathematics at Harford Community College is a STEM educator with over 11 years’ experience teaching math and science at the secondary and college level in Harford County Maryland. She has also served as an Affiliate Instructor in Statistics at Loyola University Maryland. Prior to moving to education, Jill was Vice President, Statistical Services and Advanced Analytics at IQVIA (formally IMS Health). With over 20 years in healthcare market research, Jill is skilled in sample design, projection methods, variance estimation and statistical modeling. During her tenure there, she received the Summit Award, a prestigious award given to the top 1% of global performers within the organization. In addition, she co-authored the patent “System and Methods for Generating Physician Profiles Concerning Prescription Therapy Practices”. This is an innovative statistical model to profile physicians based on their prescribing patterns. She also received several regional awards for her contributions to new product development.
Jill has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Loyola University Maryland and a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Iowa State University. She is married and has 3 children. She and her husband have a small farm where they raise beef cattle, enjoy long walks, and the great outdoors.
John Resta
Dick Schwanke
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Richard “Dick” Schwanke has been a staple in Harford County community environmental initiatives and offices for several decades. Dick served as an Industrial Hygienist for 10 years on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (AEHA, now known as CHPPM). For the following 24 years, Dick has worked in the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) on APG in multiple roles, including Environmental Programs Manager, Chief Risk Management Division Supervisor, and Hazardous Materials Manager.
Throughout the span of his career, Dick has also taught at Harford Community College (HCC) as an Instructor and Technical Director of their Environmental and Safety Center. While at HCC, Dick has developed a student curriculum, authored and edited multiple resources, and taught courses to several generations of eager scholars. In addition, he is also currently an Environment, Safety, and Health Subject Matter Expert (SME) for SURVICE Engineering. During his tenure with HCC, Dick was a founding member, former President, and current Vice President of the Senior Science Society (SSS).
Coupling his extensive experience in environmental studies and his instructional career, Dick has mentored thousands of students at dozens of Harford County Public Schools, and a half dozen local private schools. Dick has also worked with the GEMS program (Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science) for over a decade. He can be found frequently at NMTC’s Stem and Beyond nights, with his educational display (and several interested spectators) in tow.
Board of Advisors
- Claudine Adams
- Jim Byrnes, retired
- Alena Calm
- Jeff Foulk, SURVICE Engineering
- Jim Foulk, Water’s Edge Events Center
- Phyllis Grover, City of Aberdeen
- Al Horst
- Becca Nappi
- Peter Plostins, retired
- MG (Retired) Randy Taylor
- Barney Michel
- Angela Sheldon
- Monica Worrell
- Robert Cassilly, Ordnance Museum Foundation
- Elliot Deutsch, Ordnance Museum Foundation