Program Committee

Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College & ASP, Co-chair
Denise Smith, Space Telescope Science Institute, Co-chair
Doug Isbell, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Co-chair

Doris Daou (NASA Headquarters)
Susana Deustua (American Astronomical Society)
Rick Fienberg (Sky & Telescope Magazine)
Lucy Fortson (Adler Planetarium)
Jason Freeman (Coalition for Science After School)
Michael Gibbs (ASP)
Michael Greene (Navigator Program, JPL)
Russ Harding (K-12 Educational Consultant)
Anita Krishnamurthi (NASA Goddard)
Jim Manning (ASP Executive Director)
Peter Michaud (Gemini/IYA Working Group)
Lynn Narasimhan (DePaul University)
Bruce Partridge (Haverford College)
Steve Pompea (National Optical Astronomy Observatories)
Pedro Russo (IYA International Coordinator)
Phil Sakimoto (Notre Dame University)
Christine Shupla (Lunar & Planetary Institute)
Simon Steel (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Michelle Thaller (IPAC/Caltech/Spitzer)
Ryan Wyatt (California Academy of Science)

Local Advisory Council

Nancy Atkinson (Public librarian and former teacher in Rochester, IL; solar system ambassador for JPL)

Jennie Belinger (Education Coordinator, Challenger Learning Center, St. Louis)

Tom Foster (Professor of Astronomy, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and President of the Illinois Association of Physics Teachers)

Pamela Gay (Visiting professor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)

Erika Gibb (Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Missouri - St. Louis)

Rich Heuermann (Administrative Officer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis)

Mark Jones (Dark Skies Coordinator, St. Louis Astronomical Society)

Keith Kinkade and Judy McGee (Global Resources for Environmental Education and Nature (GREEN), Bloomsdale, MO)

Gary Kronk (Riverbend Astronomical Society; author and webmaster about comets and meteors)

John Martin (Assistant Professor Astronomy-Physics, University of Illinois Springfield)

Samantha Reif (Geology & Astronomy Instructor, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL)

David Ritchey (Associate Director, McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis Science Center)

James Roe (Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri)

Sheldon Schafer (Vice President of Education at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria IL)

Jim Small (Vice President, St. Louis Astronomical Society)

Bruce Wilking (Professor of Astronomy at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Member of the Executive Board of Missouri Space Grant)

George Wolf (Professor of Astronomy, Missouri State University)