Discovery Museum Welcomes New Board Member Sahana Purohit
Acton, MA – Discovery Museum is pleased to welcome Sahana Purohit of Acton to its Board of Directors.
Sahana is an active member of the Acton community, having served in leadership and volunteer positions for many town committees and projects. She most recently served as a member of the Acton Finance Committee.
Sahana also served on the Acton 2020 Comprehensive Community Planning Committee and on the Town Manager Search Committee in 2018. She has been a key player in several successful, major outreach projects, securing $17M dollars from the state for the Kelley’s Corner Infrastructure Project and $11M from the town for the North Acton Fire Station project. Sahana was on the Steering Committee for The League of Women Voters in Acton for 12 years and served as both the League Co-Chair and Education Committee Chair. She has also successfully organized the League’s famous Civics Bee for nine years, a community building activity involving both students and community leaders.
In 2020, Sahana was awarded the Commonwealth Heroine Award by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, recommended by Senator Jamie Eldridge.
Sahana holds a BS in Math and Economics and an MS in Statistics from Bangalore University in India. She has extensive work experience as a software engineer and as a real estate analyst in both residential and commercial real estate.
“We are thrilled to add Sahana to our Board as the Museum both celebrates its 40 years in the community and begins to plan for the next 40 years,” said Harry Hollenberg, Board Chair. “She will be an impactful addition to our Finance Committee, and her public policy perspective will be invaluable as we continue to look for new ways to serve our wide community.”
Sahana and her husband, Srini, have been Acton residents for close to 17 years and their son is a proud graduate of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. Sahana and her family have been strong supporters of the Discovery Museum for many years, with her son volunteering at the Museum throughout high school.
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About Discovery Museum
Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum that blends science, nature, and play, inspiring families to explore and learn together. The museum and its Discovery Woods accessible outdoor nature playscape and 550sf treehouse blend the best of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning on a beautiful 4.5-acre campus abutting 180 acres of conservation land in Acton, MA, about 20 miles west of Boston. Originally founded in 1982 and expanded to two museums in 1987, the museum reopened in a single, 16,000sf accessible building after a complete renovation and expansion in early 2018. Hands-on, open-ended exhibits developed by professional educators inspire curiosity and exploration, providing a fun and engaging experience for children and adults to discover their world together. Serving families and schools from towns throughout the region, the museum is devoted to informal education that enhances classroom learning. Discovery Museum is committed to accessibility and is a proud recipient of the 2017 Massachusetts Commonwealth Award, the only winner in the Access category, and a 2018 LEAD® Community Asset Award from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For more information, please visit www.discoveryacton.org. Discovery Museum is a community-supported non-profit organization.
Discovery Museum programming is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.