{"id":1344,"date":"2023-10-20T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:12:04","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/?page_id=1344","title":{"rendered":"Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1344\" class=\"elementor elementor-1344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cfdf191 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5cfdf191\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-197200f9\" data-id=\"197200f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f820f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f820f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Founders<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-va2laax elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"va2laax\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbde4a3\" data-id=\"fbde4a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617a17d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"617a17d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Drs. Chuck and Martha Matteo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a656589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a656589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #3f3f46; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif;\">In 2015, Chuck and Martha co-founded the nonprofit Pleasantville Friends of STEM organization along with Dr. Usha Sankar and other community members. This nonprofit has served as the umbrella for the school district\u2019s nascent Science Olympiad program, which the group started in 2012. Chuck and Martha worked as a close and complementary team dedicated to all things Olympiad. Until his passing, Chuck acted as Olympiad coach and mentor to Pleasantville Middle School students. These teams regularly placed at the regional and New York State level competitions, but more importantly, there are college students\u00a0today\u00a0who are science and engineering majors because of Dr. Matteo\u2019s influence<\/span><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">If you would like to make a donation in Chuck&#8217;s memory, please <a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/PleasantvilleFriendsofStem\">click here<\/a> for our Venmo<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #3f3f46; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cff307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cff307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elias-and-Chuck-2022-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elias-and-Chuck-2022-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elias-and-Chuck-2022-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elias-and-Chuck-2022-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elias-and-Chuck-2022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad2ef58\" data-id=\"ad2ef58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce2de6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ce2de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CHuck-2017-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3c31aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3c31aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-728x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1376\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-1456x2048.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/pfostem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chuck-2019-scaled.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Founders Drs. Chuck and Martha Matteo In 2015, Chuck and Martha co-founded the nonprofit Pleasantville Friends of STEM organization along with Dr. Usha Sankar and other community members. This nonprofit has served as the umbrella for the school district\u2019s nascent Science Olympiad program, which the group started in 2012. 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