Building on 30 years

2012-2013 Report to the Community EARLY YOUNG FUTURE EXPLORERS SCIENTISTS SCIENCE Three initiatives to LEADERS empower every young Three newperson initiatives to use support science in and strengthenshaping our a mission. better future. Sciencenter Mission To inspire excitement for science through interactive exhibits and programs that engage, educate, and empower. Our framework has three linked initiatives covering the preschool, elementary, and middle-school years. Each initiative spawns a variety of on-site and outreach Learning Families experiences, inspiring interest in science, boosting science skills, and empowering children to use science in their lives. Our Children. Our

World. Our Future… staff Sciencenter FUTURE When volunteer teachers Debbie Levin and Ilma Levine opened a small storefront discovery EARLY YOUNG center on Buffalo Street in Ithaca 30 years ago, they hoped to inspire children with a curiosity and SCIENCE passion for science. They never imagined, however, that it would grow into an organization with EXPLORERS SCIENTISTS LEADERS an international reach. ages 0 - 5 ages 5 - 11 ages 11 - 14 But that’s exactly what happened. Their small storefront has grown into an organization that serves more than 100,000 guests in Ithaca every year and sends exhibits and educational materials to hundreds of science museums throughout the world. Curiosity + Confidence + Critical Thinking Contents Throughout North America, 1.5 million people experience science every year through traveling Creativity + Collaboration + Communication exhibitions and outreach programs created by the Sciencenter. This year, we have provided traveling + Leadership & exhibits to several museums in Europe for the first time. In addition, the leadership, exhibits, Letter of Welcome ...... 2 Responsibility programs, and tested management practices of the Sciencenter have had a profound ripple effect Learning Families ...... 3 throughout the museum field, to the benefit of 30 million visitors around the world each year.

What’s New ...... 7 As you read through the pages that follow, you will see a new direction. Our activities are now focused around three educational initiatives, each addressing a distinct developmental period Regional Impact ...... 8 in children’s lives. Collectively, these initiatives create an experiential pipeline extending from National Impact ...... 11 birth into high school. Our aim is to ensure that more children embrace science in their lives, whether to satisfy their own curiosity or apply it in shaping a better future for themselves, their Giving ...... 12 communities, or the planet. Youth Empowerment Through Science The Catalyst Society ...... 16 As always, we are profoundly grateful for the dedicated efforts of our 25 staff, 250 volunteers, The Sciencenter is fostering a new generation of youth empowered and 2,500 members. We couldn’t do it without your gifts of talent, time, and financial support. to address the global challenges of our times by helping parents and Endowment Report ...... 17 caregivers actively coach and facilitate their children’s learning. Thank you for all you do to grow the impact of the Sciencenter! 2012 Financial Report ...... 18 Building on our strength in elementary science, our new Learning Families educational framework pushes boundaries in three key ways: Corporate and Foundation Giving . . .19 age, geographic reach, and depth. Sciencenter Board ...... 20

Sciencenter Staff ...... 21 Robin Davisson Charlie Trautmann Chair, Board of Trustees Executive Director

2 3 Early Explorers Young Scientists NanoDays Future Science Future Scientist: We celebrated with special hands-on activities Caroline Prybyl This initiative supports the curiosity and creativity of To build confidence and bolster the collaborative spirit of children ages 5-11, this about nanotechnology, the smallest BIG idea in early learners ages 0-5, through programming, parent initiative emphasizes open-ended exhibit experiences and re-imagined educational science. Leaders Having grown up in workshops, preschool science curriculum, and research. programs and activities. This initiative provides opportunities for Showtime! Ithaca, Caroline Prybyl middle school students to remain connected More than 3,000 guests experienced science in knows the Sciencenter Curiosity Corner Programming 2012-2013 Exhibitions to science through teaching, research, action through weekly interactive amphitheater well. During her many

Every week children four and under enjoy a story followed by programs ranging from cutting edge science to and projects. We foster the growth of visits to the museum as a science activity in our Curiosity Corner. In the past year this gardening at home. critical thinking and communication skills, a child, she was drawn program has drawn 750 children, with its popularity growing as well as leadership and community as families make it a regular engagement. Weekly Wonders to interactive exhibits responsibility. such as Watergates, the Shadow Wall, the Hoop gliders, stomp rockets, and scream cups are CU’s Early Childhood Cognition Lab fish, aquariums, and the Emerson Science just a few of the special hands-on activities offered Summer Camp: Early Childhood Cognition Lab Park. “The Sciencenter sparked curiosity Cornell’s brings every weekday during the summer. Counselors-in-Training undergraduates, graduate students, and professional for me,” Caroline explains. “I loved learning Students mentor younger campers, run hands-on

researchers together with Sciencenter guests to study staff Sciencenter Field Trips about mysteries—why something happens activities with museum guests, present the Touch how young children learn. This partnership benefits all— Kids Discover the Trail! In partnership with , the Tank programs for campers, and produce a daily at an exhibit—and I felt inspired to figure researchers find willing study participants, and parents nd Discovery Space Sciencenter invited 1,200 2 graders in Tompkins newsletter for parents of campers. out what was happening and how it was learn about current studies in child development while This quiet area off the museum floor is for County for a free field trip to learn about happening.” their children play an interactive game. The Sciencenter families to explore the world of science through renewable energy and participate in an engineering Citizen Science shares research findings with parents and offers strategies to In 10th grade, Caroline wanted to get Sponsor: M&T Bank activity kits and games. Guests investigate a challenge to build their own windmills, or learn In partnership with the Finger Lakes Institute, encourage science skill development in young children. more involved with the Sciencenter and Media sponsor: wide variety of science topics including magnets, about our watershed and experience our live Community Science Institute, and the Cornell Cayuga Radio Group animal Touch Tank. became a Counselor-In-Training (CIT) in Programs at the Downtown fossils, and electricity. In 2012, 15,130 guests Lab of Ornithology, middle school kids learn the museum’s summer camp program. Ithaca Children’s Center participated in activities in the Discovery Space. about science and share their knowledge with Afterschool Enrichment She led activities with campers and Every week a Sciencenter educator leads lessons for museum guests. Emerson Science Park This takes place at local elementary schools and particularly enjoyed taking them on preschool children highlighting the process of science, with Guests enjoy science outside with hands-on runs for six weeks. The Sciencenter provided Floating Classroom a literacy component. Each lesson includes a story and a cruises on Cayuga Lake. exhibits that let them climb and hang, make hands-on science activities afterschool to students According to Caroline, “The Sciencenter science-related activity. at Enfield, Caroline, Belle Sherman, Northeast, BJM, music, investigate bubbles, and bounce on the makes science fun!” and Cayuga Heights. Workshops and Professional Development world’s ONLY Kevlar Suspension Bridge. Sponsored in part by: Caroline is now pursuing a major in Sciencenter staff conduct workshops in the community on Media sponsor: WVBR Tompkins Trust Programs Star Lab Outreach Company environmental studies at Cornell, with a how children learn and how to encourage children’s interest Our interactive educational programs offer an Star Lab, our portable planetarium, provided in science. This year’s workshops took place at Head Start, minor in marine science. She is particularly array of topics such as air, light and sound waves, programs for 200 children at the Downtown Ithaca interested in ocean conservation and WSKG, and the Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center. Children’s Center, local preschools, and Dryden simple machines, magnets, and matter, each is studying marine science at Cornell’s Exhibition Sponsors including both a collaborative component and High School. Shoals Marine Lab off the coast of New an open-ended challenge. Hampshire this summer. “The Sciencenter Homeschool Science helped lead me to my love of science.

Sciencenter staff Sciencenter Our Homeschool Science Program is designed It’s a big part of why I’m doing what I’m Using readily available as a family learning experience for parents and now doing.” materials to learn about children ages 6-12 to participate together using building structures and special hands-on presentations about water, the engineering concepts water cycle, and watersheds. 4 5 Sciencenter staff Sciencenter What’s New

Animal Room Upgrades The Sciencenter’s Saltonstall Animal Room helps educate families about animal and ecosystem diversity, while empowering them to be stewards of their natural environment.

After months of planning, building, and testing Photography Morrow Dino Sciencenter Celebrates the waters, the Saltonstall Animal Room renovation is now complete! 30th Anniversary The new animal room features seventeen Three decades ago, Debbie Levin and Ilma Levine, habitats from around the world that represent two volunteer science teachers, decided to a snapshot of global ecosystems and their expand their impact by organizing a passionate inhabitants. Organized according to amphibians, group to form a hands-on discovery center. reptiles, and fish, the habitats focus on both Managed entirely by volunteers in donated the animals and the environments in which spaces, and featuring volunteer-built exhibits, the they are found. Sciencenter began to inspire local children. Ten years later, we opened a small Phase 1 facility at In 2014, the Saltsonstall Animal Room will expand Alpha Centauri Sagan Planet Walk dedication with a new gallery showcasing native New York ceremony at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hawai‘i 601 1st Street, and ten years after that, we tripled fish, reptiles, and amphibians. This expanded our space and number of exhibits. space empowers local children and families Sagan Planet Walk Expansion The Sciencenter kicked off its 30th anniversary to protect waterways, forests, and ponds by In September 2012, the Sagan Planet Walk with a weekend of activities March 2 and 3, 2013. highlighting the importance of New York animals. expanded from 1.2 km (3/4 mi) in Ithaca to Guests participated in classic Sciencenter hands- 8,000 km (5,000 mi), making it the world’s on activities and special Showtime! presentations. largest exhibition. The new station is Alpha Centarui, the star nearest the Sun. In keeping with the 1 to 5 billion scale of the exhibition, “We have enjoyed many years of the new star station is located on the Big Island membership at the Sciencenter “The new animal area is terrific! The of Hawai‘i at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center. Executive Director Charlie Trautmann and, in fact, we remember when restructure is beautiful as well as much dedicated the new exhibit on September 28. it was nothing more than a The Sciencenter celebrated the expansion more useful. Since the changes, my kids locally with a tour of the Sagan Planet storefront on Green Street. Thank ages 7 and 3 use the space more often Walk, guided by Gregory Sloan of Cornell’s you for years of pleasure with our Astronomy Department. growing children.” and for longer.” – Michael Pagliarulo These brightly colored poison dart frogs are just one -Rebecca Brenner, member of the many new animals guests connect with in the Animal Room. 6 7 Regional Impact “We have appreciated All three new initiatives make opportunities in science available to everyone, the MAP program and regardless of background, location or financial means. thank you for providing

Membership Access the Sciencenter’s free Community Spooky Science such a wonderful Program (MAP) Science Nights in Cortland, Dryden, Over 1,000 guests explored tricked-out opportunity for This program ensures that all children Enfield, and Ithaca. exhibits and experienced a full line-up of living in Tompkins and surrounding special presentations, demonstrations, Empowerment Through Science– community members counties, regardless of financial High School and Beyond and activities in costume for this annual means, can visit us as often as they’d free community event, sponsored who might otherwise like without cost as a barrier. Regular Last year, 150 high school and college by Kionix. Sciencenter family memberships are students facilitated science experiences be excluded from the available, free of charge, to families through various programs and events with children who qualify for free such as our monthly Chemsations exposure to educational or reduced-price lunch at school. amphitheater show. We encourage Currently 375 families participate. Gifts high school and college students’ Spooky Science Sponsor outings with their to the Sciencenter annual fund make active engagement with our guests, families.” this program possible. giving them opportunities to hone First Free Sundays their communication skills, develop –MAP member Agency Pass Program On the first Sunday of each winter and share hands-on activities, and to In partnership with local health month, the Sciencenter opens its doors be the “expert” in something they are to all, free of charge. We welcomed and human service agencies, the passionate about. Sciencenter opens its doors free 2,269 guests to the museum during First of charge to local families in need; Free Sundays in 2012. First Free Sundays we welcomed 1,625 clients of in 2012 were sponsored by BorgWarner these agencies in 2012. The Agency Morse TEC, NYSEG, and M&T Bank. 375 Pass Program is supported by the memberships Sciencenter’s Corporate Membership through the Program. MAP program Community Science Nights 1,625 We engage entire communities for free visits evenings of hands-on science at local through the Agency Pass elementary schools, with chemistry Program and astronomy as primary themes in 2012-2013, and also including our Star First Free Sunday Sponsors Lab portable planetarium. In 2012, 520 students and parents participated in Teens build leadership skills 2,269 520 through public presentations free visits students Sciencenter staff Sciencenter with science on First Free Sundays visited on free Community 8 Science Nights 9 Students from Cornell’s Early Childhood Cognition Lab conduct research in the Sciencenter’s Curiosity Corner. This research then informs the Sciencenter’s program development. Impact at the National Level The Sciencenter takes an active role in the museum field by leading collaborations, touring exhibitions, conducting research, publishing, presenting at conferences, and serving on boards and committees.

Leading Nanotechnology Learning efficiently. This partnership also provides Cornell As one of the leading organizations for the students with opportunities to gain research skills Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) and work with the public. Network, the Sciencenter directs the development Better HR Tools for the Museum Field of NISE Network educational products, leads the annual national NanoDays event, and coordinates The Sciencenter received the 2013 Roy L. Shafer a network of museum partners in the northeastern Leading Edge Award for Innovative Business Robert Barker/ Cornell University Photography U.S. Using hands-on educational science activities Practices. This prestigious international award, given Guests participate in special activities on NanoDay. developed by the Sciencenter, children in to one museum each year, cited the Sciencenter’s over 300 museums experience applications of new website MuseumTools.org, an online toolkit Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) and Association nanotechnology in everyday life. of high-impact HR resources for museums and of Children’s Museums (ACM) annual conferences. other non-profits. The toolkit contains four In 2012, nine staff members attended the ASTC Touring Exhibitions in North dozen procedures, templates, and tools that the conference in Columbus, OH. Sciencenter staff America and Europe Sciencenter developed. Focus areas include high- chaired four sessions and made 16 presentations. Through the Sciencenter’s traveling exhibition impact hiring, orientation for long-term success, staff Executive Director Charlie Trautmann made invited program, we engage over 1 million museum handbooks, managing teams to reach their potential, presentations on trends in museum attendance visitors in science each year outside of Ithaca. The planning and evaluation, and collaboration. and youth demographics at both ASTC and ACM Sciencenter tours exhibitions to other museums Impact in the Museum Field planning retreats. throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 2012, the Sciencenter toured 11 exhibitions, five Sciencenter Executive Director, Charlie Trautmann, Noyce Foundation Fellow of which were developed by the Sciencenter with joined five other leaders in the fields of education, Tim Scott, Associate Director for Program, was support from the National Science Foundation and media, and community development to launch named a Fellow for the 2013-2014 Noyce Leadership other sponsors. the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) Institute. The Noyce Foundation, in collaboration international three-year project “Reimagining with the Association of Science-Technology Child Development Studies Children’s Museums.” During the project, the Centers (ASTC), the Institute of Museum and The Sciencenter began a new collaboration with Association will envision and promote new models Library Services (IMLS), and the Moore Foundation Cornell University on research to advance our for children’s museums to help them meet the selected Scott as one of 17 leaders from the understanding of child development. Cornell’s changing needs of youth and families in the 21st international museum field to work as change Early Childhood Cognition Lab uses the museum’s century. Trautmann was elected to the ACM agents at the crossroads of societal trends, global Curiosity Corner as a living laboratory, making use board of directors in June 2012. issues, and informal science education to increase of the gallery’s unique characteristics as a child- Conferences the public impact of science centers globally. centered space. This enables Cornell researchers to conduct their studies with a large number of Each year, several members of the Sciencenter staff diverse participants and obtain research data very attend and present sessions at the Association of

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Colbert gifts made to the Sciencenter Annual Jack & Amy Little Kelly Shaff & Judith Pena-Shaff Nelson & Gail Sobel Fund, the Sciencenter endowment, and Walter Minnier & Julie Meininger Lawrence & Christine Pierce David & Jennifer Satterlee Brian Walder & Penelope Krainin Seth & Naomi Littlejohn Erik & Kristina Shanton Holger Sondermann & Maria Garcia- special projects in 2012. Robert Moore & Lauris McKee Michael & Amy Piester Beau & Valerie Saul William & Elizabeth Walkenbach Peter & Enid Littman Cassandra Shaw Garcia Scott & Teresa Moore Robert & Karin Pohl Jane Sautter Shawn & Dawn Walker If we have made any inadvertent Hubert Lobo & Renu Gandhi Carrie Shearer Damian & Christina Sonsire Spencer Moore & Sarah Markowitz David Poles & Michelle Landers Dmytro & Olga Savchuk Jason & Judith Walsh errors or omissions in the preparation Brad & Beth Logue Qiaojuan Shi & Huijun Yang Roger & Helen Spanswick Patricia Moran Frank & Sigrid Popowitch Adam Schaye & Carolyn Greenwald Michael & Dianne Walter of this donor list, please accept our Mead & Jill Loop Robert & Nancy Morgan Jonathan & Christine Porschet Helene Schember & Terry Herter Michael & Karen Shuler James & Susan Spear apologies and let us know.

14 15 The Catalyst Gift planning options that will help our endowment grow: 2012 Endowment Fund Report • Outright bequests in a will or living trust The Sciencenter Society • Gifts of appreciated securities Endowment (charitable remainder trusts or pooled New funds Fund value Honoring individuals who invest in the • Life income gifts received in 2012 as of 12/31/12* income funds) The Sciencenter Endowment is a set of funds that future of the Sciencenter by including a gift • Charitable gifts from IRAs and other pension plan assets we invest long term to generate income to support to the Sciencenter’s endowment in either • Gifts of life insurance the museum and its core programs. The contributed Unrestricted Endowment Fund $980,280 their living philanthropy or estate plans. • Real estate and certain other types of property amount, or “principal,” remains invested in perpetuity, Board Designated Endowment $5,135 236,879 and a portion of the income generated each year supports the Sciencenter. 25th Anniversary Fund 76,954 The Sciencenter extends its deepest appreciation to our Catalyst Society Members: As a not-for-profit organization relying on admission Field Trip Fund 50,000 244,828 Jane Bassett Robert Cowie Robert McGuire Bruce Thompson Cherie Wendelken and membership income, grants, and private gifts, William Bassett Vanne Cowie John Morton* Katie Thompson Barbara Yale* Fund for New Initiatives 86,096 annual income from the endowment helps keep Hans Bethe* Nancy Downes Ruth Morton Charlie Trautmann Cathy Zumoff Sciencenter admission prices low and allows us to New Visions Fund for High Impact Programs 325,933 Rose Bethe Paul Downes Janie Rempel Frank Trautmann Joel Zumoff create innovative exhibits and programs each year, Jeb Brooks Jean Hadfield Carrie Shearer Nancy Trautmann Sustainability Fund 26,128 217,971 regardless of the economy. G. Walton Cottrell Richard Hutcheson Suzanne Spitz Carol Travis Bill and Jane Bassett Fund 113,911 Jean Cottrell Keith Kennedy* Edmund Sutton Mack Travis *Deceased Endowment Growth Sharon Bloch Event Fund 14,503

$3,000,000 Brooks Family Foundation Fund for Ocean Education 61,497 Cottrell Family Fund 30,748 Support Now and his young daughter into the Sciencenter. “Who would have thought thirty years $2,500,000 Cowie Family Fund 61,497 ago that a small city like Ithaca would Into the Future: John and Ruth Morton Fund for Community Programs 122,994 Joel & Cathy Zumoff be able to sustain an institution that has become a hallmark of the science $2,000,000 Saltonstall Fund for Animal Care 13,581 museum world and that has made Joel and Cathy Zumoff began significant contributions to exhibits that Trautmann Fund for Facilities Management 91,017 volunteering for the Sciencenter before have circulated world-wide? the Sciencenter made its home on First $1,500,000 Yale Family Fund 48,844 Street. According to Joel, “Science does “The Sciencenter continues to evolve and improve, and its mission is even important for the local community to not come naturally for many young 81,263 2,727,533 people, so the ability of the Sciencenter more relevant and critical now than continue to support institutions that $1,000,000 to make it fun, as well as educational, is it was when it was started. We live in make a difference locally and globally particularly important.” a technologically advanced era, and and that help to put Ithaca ‘on the map.’ it is important to inspire an interest We are very pleased to make annual Cathy fondly remembers when the in science in young people to help contributions to the Sciencenter and $500,000 Sciencenter was located in the small provide the future leaders in STEM to support its special projects. We also building on Green Street where the (Science, Technology, Engineering, and hope others will consider making a Tompkins County Mental Health building Mathematics) research and applications.” planned gift to help new generations now stands. As a volunteer guide, she of children appreciate science and the 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 was present on a quiet day during the As members of the Sciencenter Catalyst process of scientific inquiry.” Society, Joel and Cathy say, “It is really * Reflects total contributions to date plus income earned, less payout of 4.5% to fund designated purpose Ithaca Festival when Carl Sagan brought Gifts Value of Endowment

16 17 “Thank you for such an interactive Financial Report Corporate and Foundation Giving

place for the whole The Sciencenter places highest priority on sound $25,000+ Cornell University Foundation+ Fracture Analysis Consultants fiscal management to ensure that every dollar is Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund+ Goodrich ISR Systems Hilton Garden Inn, Ithaca family to enjoy.” put to the best possible use in helping youth reach Institute of Museum and Library Legacy Foundation of Tompkins King Ferry Winery Services* County* – Sherry Nalli their fullest potential and become empowered to Lindsay Lustick Garner, Linz Real 2012 Operating Revenue: Kionix, Inc. NASA* Estate use science in shaping a better future. NASA through the Cornell/New Tompkins County Solid Waste Emily Maletz Graphic Design^ $2,648,555 York Space Grant Consortium* Management Division* Pearson Construction LLC^ NOAA* Tompkins Trust Company Richardson Bros. Electrical NSF through the Consortium of Contractors, Inc. $1,000 - $2,499 Endowment & Other Universities for Research in Tompkins County Chamber of 22% Grants Earthquake Engineering* Bangs Ambulance, Inc.^ 26% Commerce NSF through the Nanoscale Cargill Deicing Technology, Inc. True Insurance Informal Science Education Cornell Section of the American WVBR^ Network* Chemical Society* NSF through the Network for The Horner Foundation Programs * indicates grant award 4% Donations Earthquake Engineering Miller Mayer Simulation (NEES)* ^ indicates in-kind gift 9% Robert G. and Jane V. Engel + indicates donor-directed gift NSF through the University of Foundation, Inc. Maryland* University Sand & Gravel, Inc. Park Foundation* 2012 Expenses: Store Sales Vanguard Charitable Endowment 5% Tompkins County Tourism Program* Program+ Triad Foundation* $2,433,438 Traveling Exhibition $500 - $999 Admission & Membership Rental Income $10,000 - $24,999 ATC-NY 15% 19% Cascade Investment Ciaschi, Dietershagen, Little, Fundraising Cayuga Radio Group^ Mickelson & Co. CPA’s 6% M&T Bank Elmira Savings Bank The Philanthropic Fund+ The Marvin and Annette Lee Administration Foundation 25% Weaver Wind Energy Security Mutual Insurance $5,000 - $9,999 T.G. Miller, P.C. BorgWarner Morse TEC Therm, Inc. Brooks Family Foundation Tompkins County Area EPA through the Cornell Lab of Development Ornithology* Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. NYSEG United Way of Tompkins County+ Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund+ $250 - $499 $2,500 - $4,999 Exhibits & Educational Programs Corks & More^ 69% Cayuga Landscape Company^ Cornell Rubik’s Cube Club CFCU Community Credit Union First National Bank of Groton

18 19 Sciencenter Board Sciencenter Staff As of June 2013 Board of Trustees Board Committees Charlie Trautmann Executive Director Robin Davisson, Chair Karen LaFace Executive Finance & Audit Tim Scott Associate Director for Program Helene Schember, Vice-Chair Matt Lewkowicz Robin Davisson, Chair Blixy Taetzsch, Chair Judy Ammack Volunteer Coordinator Mark Kreydt, Secretary Randy Lovell Teresa Bell Public and Media Relations Manager Thomas Van Derzee, Treasurer John Neuman Buildings & Grounds Governance Christine Bissen Director of Advancement Sciencenter staff Sciencenter G. Walton Cottrell, Past-Chair Melinda Oakes Jeffrey Keno, Chair+ Greg Galvin, Chair Donna Bodenstein Birthday Host Charlie Trautmann, Ex officio Ayana Richardson Matt Lewkowicz, Chair* Robin Burlingham Traveling Exhibitions Manager Laurie Robinson Strategic Planning Sarah Cox Museum Greeter and Floor Assistant Giving Back to Our Community Kevin Dilley Education Program Manager, National Collaborative Projects Lisken Cordes John Saunders Education John Neuman, Chair In their personal capacities, individuals on the Sciencenter staff are Chris Fagan Director of Finance and Human Resources Greg Galvin Karen Smith Charles Walcott, Chair proud to support—through volunteering and gifts—the following Larry George Exhibit Fabricator Russell Givens^ Blixy Taetzsch Josh Giblin Director of Guest Relations and Operations non-profit organizations: Stephen Grimm Kara Taylor Development/ ^Joined in 2013 Jay Hodgson Exhibit Developer Carolyn Horner Carol Travis Campaign Planning +Chair through 2012 Alexandra Jackson Director of National Collaborative Projects Akwesasne Freedom School Ithaca Children’s Garden Mark Hurwitz^ Charles Walcott Laurie Robinson, Chair *Chair in 2013 David Jordan Exhibit Developer American Cancer Society Ithaca Public Education Initiative American Heart Association Ithaca Youth Bureau Jeffrey Keno Sean Whittaker Michelle Kortenaar Director of Education American Red Cross Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Kathy Krafft Traveling Exhibitions Curator BirthNet of the Fingerlakes Leadership Tompkins Alberto Lopez Torres Youth Education Manager Books for Bolivia Loaves & Fishes Miriam Musco Early Childhood Education Manager Advisory Board Board Emeriti Cancer Resource Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Mike Napierski Facilities Manager and Exhibits Fabricator Cayuga Waterfront Trail Center Agata Okulicz-Kozaryn Advancement Coordinator John Alexander Denise Lee Franklin Robinson William Bassett Nancy Schuler Community Building Works! Paleontological Research Institution Beth Silverberg Director of Individual and Corporate Giving Planned Parenthood of the Southern Warren Allmon Deborah Levin Verne Rockcastle Lisken Cordes John Schwartz Community School of Music and Arts Alli Sribarra Grant Administrator Cornell Outdoor Education Finger Lakes William Bassett Ilma Levine Tacie Saltonstall Robert Cowie Nelson Sobel Susan Trask Museum Store Manager Cornell Plantations St. Baldrick’s Foundation Jennifer Engel Suzanne Soyring Dale Corson* Bruce Lewenstein Lynnette Scofield Julie Yurek Live Exhibits Coordinator Cornell University St. Catherine of Siena Parish Susan Currie Robert McGuire Arthur Shull Gary Ferguson Michael Stamm Covenant House Salvation Army Ann Druyan Susan Mittler Michael Stamm David Fernandez Bruce Thompson Dharma Drum Chan Meditation Scleroderma Foundation Smile Train Jennifer Engel Lorraine Moynihan Yervant Terzian Jeffrey Keno Carol Travis Center Discovery Trail Southworth Library Howard Evans Schmitt Bruce Thompson Donald Kompf Amy Yale-Loehr Dryden Sertoma Club SPCA of Tompkins County Svante Myrick Deborah Levin Eugene Yarussi Gary Ferguson Marguerite Uphoff Food Bank of the Southern Tier Tompkins County Area Development David Fernandez Michael Nolan Cal Walker Ilma Levine Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau Tompkins County Public Library Kent Fuchs William Nye Gary Woloszyn Robert McGuire Friends of WVBR Bound for Glory United Way Johanna Gettinger Thomas O’Rourke Amy Yale-Loehr Robert Orrange GreenStar Community Projects University of Kansas Endowment Weir Farm National Historic Site Mary Grainger Arthur Pearce Eugene Yarussi Leilani Peck GreenStar Cooperative Market Historic Ithaca WRFI Community Radio Howard Hartnett* Richard Prybyl Richard Prybyl The History Center WSKG Frank H.T. Rhodes Jean Rowley Janet Hawkes Hospicare Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Richard Hutcheson Martha Robertson *Deceased

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