STEM / STEAM Forum

Dr. Stephens is a native of Jeffersonville, Georgia where he began his teaching, administrative career. He is a graduate of Twiggs County High School. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Tuskegee University in 1995. Dr. Stephens holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Southern University and A&M College, his Educational Leadership endorsement from Troy University and received his PhD in Educational Leadership from Mercer University in 2009. Dr. Stephens has worked at both the middle school and high school levels. He is the former principal of Thomson Middle School, the first and only Title I whole school STEM Certified school in Georgia. He currently serves as the Director of School Operations for Houston County Public Schools where he supervises 16 elementary and middle school principals. Walter and his wife Renee, who is also and educator, have been married for 18 years. They are blessed to have four children-James, Joseph, Jordan and Jonathan.

Tiera Fletcher is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering obtained in June of 2017. During her senior year at MIT, Tiera also worked as a part-time Rocket Structural Design and Analysis Engineer at The Boeing Company, specifically working on NASA’s Space Launch System; the most powerful rocket ever built that will enable us to send humans to Mars and beyond. As of January 2018, she is now supporting the build of the rocket as a Rocket Structural Engineer in New Orleans at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility.