Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers...
2010 Annual Report
FY10 HIGHLIGHTS The Virginia Air & Space Center... Achieved its 15th consecutive fiscal year in the black with total visitor admissions of 402,169. Served an additional 101,960 during the Celebrations by the Bay community event series. Continued as the region’s leading source of informal science education, serving a total 240,407 children with hands-on education programs, interactive science demonstrations, and docent-led tours that focus on math and science standards of learning guidelines. Hosted 4,022 scouts, students and homeschool families that participated in overnight and day science camps.
Space Freeze Demonstration
Served over 26,000 students with the Center’s Science on the Move Outreach Programs.
Volunteers contributed 9,658 hours of service to education programs and administrative support.
Delivered new dynamic programs, including the Lunar Sample Presentation, to nearly 9,000 people through the NASA Educator Resource Center.
Was recognized as an official Virginia Green Attraction by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for establishing new recycling and conservation procedures.
Hosted three national traveling exhibits: RISK!, Alien Earths, and Animal Grossology.
Presented live science demonstrations at NASA’s Take Your Kids to Work Day, NASA Day at Busch Gardens, Children’s Engineering Convention, Virginia Living Museum Home School Day, STEMtastic Day at Hampton University, Jefferson Lab Open House, and NEX GEN 2010.
Added new interactive exhibits that highlight the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets, as well as the conditions necessary for life to Space Quest: Exploring the Moon, Mars & Beyond. Presented a wide variety of educational and entertaining IMAX films in the Riverside IMAX Theater. Audiences enjoyed regular feature IMAX films such as Dolphins and Whales 3D, Grand Canyon Adventure 3D, Walking on the Moon 3D, Mysteries of the Nile, Sharks 3D and Hubble 3D. Hollywood blockbusters included Transformers 2, Harry Potter 6, Disney’s A Christmas Carol 3D, Avatar 3D, How to Train Your Dragon 3D, Alice in Wonderland 3D, Shrek Forever After 3D, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Through our Opportunity Program, educational programs were provided to more than 25,000 underprivileged students. Hosted several special events including the 18th Annual Halloween Bash, Apollo XII 40th Anniversary, 9th Annual Breakfast with Santa, Black History Month, Hubble Day, NASA Engineering Day, 6th Annual Egg Drop Competition, Yuri’s Night, Space Day, NASA Summer of Innovation Day, Hampton Title I Family event and NASA Diversity Day. Offered free admission opportunities for the community including Neighborhood Appreciation Days for Hampton, Newport News, York County, Poquoson, Williamsburg and James City County, FREEdom Days for military personnel, and NASA Days for NASA employees, contractors & retirees.
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Partnered with VA Museum of Natural History to present Rock-It Science Camp to Martinsville-Henry County Area students. Was featured in numerous local, regional and national publications, including MSNBC and Southern Living Magazine. Continued to use the internet as a key communication and sales tool, capturing over 18.5 million hits for the year, a 9% increase over FY09. Continued to utilize social media in its marketing plan, including text messaging, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media services. More than 1,000 people received regular updates to their cell phone through text messaging. The Center’s Facebook “fan base” grew to nearly 5,000 people. Continued to serve the community in 2010 with the Celebrations by the Bay – a community event series - including the Haunts and Harvest Festival featuring the 4th Annual Great Pumpkin Fall Fling, Haunting of Hampton, 4th Annual Winter Wonderland Tree Lighting, Hampton 400th New Year’s Eve Bash, Saturday Summer Street Fest Series, and the new Downtown Hampton Marketplace. Many of the events highlighted the City of Hampton’s 400th Anniversary activities. In addition, the Center operated Downtown Hampton on Ice, an outdoor ice skating rink.
This list reflects Center’s activity between July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
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am pleased to report that the Virginia Air & Space Center completed its 15th consecutive fiscal year in the black and its 11th consecutive year with total admissions in excess of 400,000. These remarkable achievements occurred during a challenging year affected by a decline in tourism and reductions in operating support due to the troubled economy. The Center met these challenges through concerted efforts to manage operating costs and offer unique educational experiences for our visitors. The Center provided education programming for 240,407 students during the year. New education programs were developed emphasizing global climate change and NASA’s role in data collection and analysis, the engineering challenges of the Hubble repair mission and the science revealed in the Hubble images. The Center hosted three educational, interactive traveling exhibits during the year: Risk!, Alien Earths and Animal Grossology, and updated its permanent space gallery, Space Quest: Exploring the Moon, Mars and Beyond, with the installation of a variety of interactive space exhibits. The City of Hampton provided crucial support by funding a major building improvement project to replace the Center’s gull-shaped roof with a new Bemo roofing system. Realizing the importance of conservation and recycling in their personal lives inspired the Center’s staff to extend pollution prevention to their “museum home.” As a science center, we feel it is our social responsibility to minimize our environmental impact by preventing pollution and to help educate the public on how we can all make a difference in reducing our carbon footprint. In addition to expanding our recycling program from paper, plastic, glass and aluminum to include pollutants such as fluorescent light bulbs, electronic equipment and batteries, the staff endeavor to use a wide variety of recycled and recyclable materials in operations and education programming. To further our commitment to recycling, reducing solid waste, using water efficiently and conserving energy, the Center qualified this year with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to be recognized as an official Virginia Green Attraction. Included in our efforts to “go green” and to save on printing and postage expenses is this first-ever, on-line Annual Report. Throughout the year, the museum was able to give back to the community in several ways. The Center hosted free admission opportunities for the community including Neighborhood Appreciation Days for residents of Hampton, Newport News, York County, Poquoson, Williamsburg and James City County, FREEdom Days for military personnel, and NASA Days for NASA employees and contractors. Through the Center’s Opportunity Program supported by private donations, free educational programs were provided to over 25,000 underprivileged students from across Hampton Roads. The enthusiastic support of our Board of Directors, members and community partners was crucial to the Center’s success during fiscal year 2010. The continued support of these friends, combined with the energy, loyalty and determination of our staff and volunteers, has enabled the Center to flourish and fulfill its educational mission –
to educate, entertain and inspire explorers of all ages.
Todd C. Bridgford Executive Director/CEO
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RIVERSIDE 3D IMAX THEATER ®
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variety of films kept IMAX new and interesting in FY10. Educational IMAX films offered visitors a chance to explore the beauty of the Grand Canyon, visit amazing creatures in Dolphins & Whales 3D, and experience never-before-seen, awe-inspiring images of our universe in Hubble 3D. From the summer’s action-packed hit Transformers 2 to the amazing, award-winning, Avatar 3D that drew sell-out crowds for weeks, the Center’s selection of full-length features offered something for everyone.
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Educational Films • Dolphins & Whales 3D • Sharks 3D • Hubble 3D • Magnificient Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D • Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun • Grand Canyon 3D • Mysteries of Egypt • Stormchasers • Space Station 3D
IMAX IN REVIEW: Full-length features • Transformers 2 • Harry Potter 6 • A Christmas Carol 3D • AVATAR 3D • How to Train Your Dragon 3D • Alice in Wonderland 3D • Shrek Forever After 3D • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Shrek Forever After 3D
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EDUCATION
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ducation continued to be a priority as we partnered with NASA to provide dynamic, educational programming designed to meet Virginia’s Standards of Learning Guidelines for grades pre-k through 12. During FY10, more than 240,407 students enjoyed educational experiences at the Center, from one-hour programs to engaging, educational IMAX films. For those who couldn’t travel to the Center, our Science on the Move outreach program went to them, providing more than 26,000 students with hands-on, NASAinspired, educational programming at their schools. Programming for homeschool families has become increasingly important in the last few years, and in FY10 educators made every effort to fulfill these visitors’ needs. In addition to a Homeschool Appreciation Day, the Center collaborated with NASA Langley Research Center to host home school families at Homeschool Hubble Day, providing hands-on activities through science demonstrations and one-on-one interaction with NASA researchers. Staff also conducted two 15-week programs on robotics specifically for homeschool students, offered two homeschool workshops and held a homeschool science fair.
FY10 Education Grants:
NASA Educator Resource Center
• Contracts with Hampton City Schools, Newport News Public Schools, Nansemond Suffolk Academy, and Yorktown Elementary • The Center also received a $60,000 grant from the VuBay Foundation to support the Opportunity Program and education programs for Hampton City Schools.
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Our Out-of-this-World Science camps remained popular with more than 4,000 scouts, students and home school families participating in various day and overnight science camps. New in 2010, the Center partnered with the VA Museum of Natural History to present Rock-it Science, an overnight camp, to Martinsville-Henry County Area students. Students weren’t the only ones being served by our educational programming. The Center provided a variety of educational resources for teachers including an educator open house and several teacher workshops ranging in themes from rockets to the Earth-Sun relationship. The NASA Educator Resource Center continued to be a great resource serving nearly 9,000 people through ERC programming, including a lunar sample presentation enabling visitors to touch a piece of the moon.
Summer Science Camps
IMAThe Virginia Air & Space Center Opportunity Program, Inc.
The Opportunity Program’s goal is to serve disadvantaged students, students of low income families, and mentally and physically challenged children with educational programs at a reduced price or for free. In FY10, more than 25,000 underprivileged students were served with educational programs. More than 8,000 of these were served through donations that qualified for Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) Tax Credits. The Center is the only museum in the state that qualifies for these tax credits. Community partners like Wachovia Foundation, Northrop Grumman Newport News, VuBay Foundation and Old Point National Bank contributed to the program’s success.
Space Cadets Program
Inspiring the next generation of explorers!
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EXHIBITS
Alien Earths
Animal Grossology
RISK!
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e continued to engage new audiences with traveling exhibits that were both entertaining and educational. Risk! examined the science behind risk taking with interactives challenging guests to walk across a construction beam 17 stories high or lie on a bed of nails. Alien Earths explored life on other planets where guests could search for extra-solar planets and listen to sounds from outer space. Visitors were slimed, got the scoop on poop, and buddied up to blood suckers with Animal Grossology, a hands-on exhibit that showed us how science can be pretty disgusting!
TRAVELING EXHIBITS:
February 7 – September 7, 2009
October 23, 2009 – January 3, 2010
January 30 – September 6, 2010
Animal Grossology
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Apollo XI & XII - 40th Anniversaries
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ver 40 years ago, millions of people watched as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took man’s first steps upon the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. The Virginia Air & Space Center celebrated this historic event during the months of July and November by showcasing our most treasured artifact, the Apollo XII Command Module. On November 19, 1969, our Apollo XII was the second spacecraft to successfully land astronauts on the moon. The Virginia Air & Space Center celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Apollo XI with special activities for space enthusiasts of all ages. The celebration included the Apollo themed, live science demonstration Moon Bound, where visitors could hold a piece of the moon in their hands. Visitors also had an opportunity to try on a spacesuit to explore how astronauts work in space. Guests were able to relive the very early days of America’s space program by coming face-to-face with the actual Apollo XII Command Module and seeing firsthand a moon rock brought back from the Apollo XVII mission. The Lunar Excursion Modular Simulator, the actual moon landing trainer used by the first astronauts at NASA Langley, was also a highlight of the Apollo displays. Additionally, visitors could test their skills at landing on the moon with the Apollo Lunar Landing Simulator.
Signed photo from Richard Gordon
In IMAX, MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: WALKING ON THE MOON 3D transported visitors to the surface of the moon to walk alongside the extraordinary Apollo astronauts who have stepped upon its surface. With unique photographs, CGI renditions of the lunar landscape and previously un-released NASA footage, visitors witnessed the life-changing experiences of these astronauts while on the lunar surface.
Did you Know? The Apollo XII... • Was launched on November 14, 1969 • Crew members: Pete Conrad, Alan Bean & Richard Gordon • Was the second spacecraft to land on the moon • Weighed 13,500 pounds at launch • Crew walked on the moon on Nov. 19, 1969 • Traveled over 960,000 miles on its lunar mission • Orbited the moon 31 times in 61.6 hours • Returned to Earth on Nov. 24, 1969
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VOLUNTEERS
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hat can we say? We love our volunteers! That’s because in FY10 volunteers contributed 9,658 hours of service to education programs and administrative support.
ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS FOR FY10 Ron Abrams Hilding Anderson Thomas Anderson Brittany Bahner Leighton Bailey Ronald Baker David Barhite Ben Barker John Beal Brian Beasley Roniah Bell Rachel Blackwell DaJean Boyd Joshua Boyd Myles Boyd Arthur Branan Art Bravan Tashaun Brown Nanci Browning Jessica Brunson George Bullock Cecil Byles Stuart Cake Wally Carter Ashley Cetnar Clarence Chang Mead Childs Kevin Coleman Thomas Coleman Joan Conner Nick Couch Ben Cowen Patrick Cragg Philip Cragg Skyler Crawford Kendall Crump Kevin Curtis John Dahlin Mel DesJarlais Edward Dickes Ted Dieck Frank Dulong Dottie Elwell Paul Erickson Olivia Ewell Taylor Ferebee
Le Fernandes Breyana Fitzgerald Stuart Flechner Kenneth Flick Austin Flowe John Franke J.P. Gaffney Claudia Gamble Reese Gamble J.J. Gagne Tyrel Genas Sayata Ghose Ray Goodman William Gould Delayne Graves Brandon Haeckel Kenneth Hafner Malikah Hampton Chappie Hargrove Betty Harrell Dick Harrell Shauntea Harrison Jeffery Hartman Lisa Henderson Tiarra Henderson Chuck Higgins Michael Hill Sandy Hillerson Brent Hinson Zack Hollifield Mary Howie Joey Hsu Robert Huston Katie Jaunzems Jovan Jefferson Bryan Johnson Christopher Johnson John Johnson Kerah Johnson Herbert Johnston Jadah Jones Samuel Jones Bob Kernell Al Lambert Allyson Latsch Zachary Lawrence
Jazmine Lee James Lemmlie Annie Lewis Russell Livingston Rich Logan Walter Long Tahje Lucas Robert MacLachlan Harvey Marguiles Bob Martin Michael Martin Gene Matthews Kaitlin McKenna Kevin McNamera David Merriman Don Mertz Tiffany Miller David Minniear Robert Miserentino Leigh Ann Mitchell Ken Moore Evan Morr Shaun Morris Carol Morton Martin Moul Mike Mugler Karen Murphy Philip Murphy Marly Muzychko Claudia Neira Asana Nichols Spence Nichols Erick Osby Bill Parker Davante Parris Daven Patel Juglar Patel Niraj Patel Eddie Peny Kenneth Pierpont David Pine Samuel Ouimet Frank Quinto Deborah Rice Marilyn Romero Harvey Rubin
Harvey Rubin was named 2009 Volunteer of the Year
Bert Smith Memorial Fund Scholarship In 2009, a $1,000 scholarship geared towards a high school senior interested in math, science or journalism was established in honor of Bert Smith, former volunteer coordinator and beloved friend of the Virginia Air & Space Center who passed away in 2009. (photo above: FY10 Board of Directors President Jean Yokum & former Volunteer Coordinator Bert Smith)
Mark Satterfield Carlyn Schaeffler Albert Smith Robert Smith Amos Spads Scotty Springston Lee Startt Lewis Steingold Gavin Stewart Ira Swartz Paula Swartz Christian Teague Brian Teal Daniel Tominaga David Tominaga J. J. Tsou Denise VanPatten Alyssa Weaver John Whistler Robert Whitman John Whytsell Donald Williamson Ashlyn Williams Benjamin Willamson
Harvey contributed over 1,500 hours of volunteer service to the Center since joining the volunteer corps in 2006. Harvey has served as an amateur radio operator, docent, and has conducted numerous lunar sample presentations at local senior homes.
This list reflects volunteers between July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010.
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N’dea Wilson John Winsley Jeffrey Wiseman John Witherspoon Jim Wright Bryan Xu Rose Xu Michael York Ian Yusuf Samantha Ziemba Victoria Ziemba Will Ziglar
EVENTS
Halloween Bash
Yuri’s Night
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he Center stayed very busy with a number of special events throughout the year giving visitors a variety of reasons to visit all year long. One of the year’s most popular events was Yuri’s Night on April 12, 2010. This world space party, held every year in more than 50 countries and nearly 200 cities, included music by local DJ Jeyone, a “Mars”tini lounge, a costume contest, stargazing and numerous hi-tech NASA exhibits and interactives. Drawing more than 1,500 people, this was the second year that the Virginia Air & Space Center hosted the event in partnership with NASA LaRC.
Black History Month
VASC FY10 Events • Apollo XI 40th Anniversary (7/12-20/09) • Harry Potter Premiere Party (7/29/09) • 18th Annual Halloween Bash (10/24/09) • Apollo XII 40th Anniversary (11/21-22/09) • 9th Annual Breakfast with Santa (12/12/09) • Black History Month Event with Tuskegee Airmen (2/13/10) • 6th Annual Egg Drop Contest (2/20/10) • FREEdom Days for military (March 2010) • NASA Engineering Day (3/13/10) • Hubble 3D Opening Day (3/20/10) • Yuri’s Night (4/12/10) • Space Day (5/8/10) • NASA Days Open House (5/7-16/10) • NASA Summer of Innovation Day (6/26/10)
NASA Engineering Day
Breakfast with Santa
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MARKETING
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he Center continued to use the internet as a key communication and sales tool, capturing over 18.5 million hits for the year, growing our database to more than 19,000 subscribers, and generating over $160,000 in on-line sales. The Center embraced social media as an effective way to communicate the latest Center news to our visitors. Consumers received the latest updates and discounts right on their mobile phones thanks to our text messaging campaign with more than 1,000 subscribers in FY10. Twitter and Facebook also grew in popularity with more than 5,000 facebook “fans” on various VASC pages.
Stay Connected with VASC: www.facebook.com/vascnews www.twitter.com/vascnews Text IMAX to 269411
Recognized as a Virginia Green Attraction The Center achieved Virginia Green Attraction status in FY10, taking special efforts to minimize our environmental impact. In addition to expanding our recycling program, the Center introduced a new line of recycled and recyclable food service and housekeeping products and added additional recycling receptacles throughout the Center. For more information about Virginia’s Virginia Green program, visit www.virginiaGreenTravel.org.
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CELEBRATIONS BY THE BAY
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n partnership with the City of Hampton, the Center continued to produce successful community events. The Celebrations by the Bay event series enabled the Center to extend its reach to 101,960 people and garner new support from the community. In support of the City’s 400th Anniversary, the Center produced a New Year’s Eve Bash kicking off the historic year. Also new this year was the Downtown Hampton Marketplace, a Farmer’s Market on Queensway held every Saturday from May to September.
FY10 Events • 4th Annual Great Pumpkin Fall Fling • The Haunting of Hampton • 4th Annual Winter Wonderland Tree Lighting • Downtown Hampton on Ice • Hampton 400th New Year’s Eve Bash • Saturday Summer Street Fest • Downtown Hampton Marketplace
Downtown Hampton Marketplace
Saturday Summer Street Fest
Great Pumpkin Fall Fling
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POSTIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS
Facility, Rides & Other Earned Income 3%
Community Event Fees 5%
NASA Langley Research Center 16%
City of Hampton 7%
FY10 Revenue: $5,409,744
Philanthropy 32%
Museum Store & Café 9%
Membership 2% Admissions & Programs 26%
Exhibits & Education Programs 25% Community Events 9%
Operations, Visitor Services & Maintenance 30%
FY10 Expenses: $5,327,913 Museum Store & Café 8%
In-Kind Resources 16%
Marketing & Development 12%
500,000
FY10 Total Visitors Served Total admissions: 402,169
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Student admissions: 240,407
300,000
Served through Celebrations by the Bay: 101,960
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Over 4,000 scouts, students, & homeschool families with overnight and day camps
2009-2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President
Mrs. Jean M. Yokum
Executive Vice President Dr. Robert E. Lindberg
Vice President Dr. H. Lee Beach, Jr.
Secretary
Mr. Michael W. Braham
Mr. Richard J. Pearce Mr. James A. Peterson Mr. Henry J. Pierce, Jr. Dr. Claudia M. Rankins Mr. Fredrick C. Richardson Robert L. Riddle, CCIM Dr. Linda M. Shifflette Mr. Stephen T. Smith Ken R. Spirito, A.A.E. Mr. Christopher G. Stuart Mr. James B. Thomas, Jr. Mr. F. Lewis Wood
Treasurer
Special Advisor from NASA LaRC Mrs. Lesa B. Roe
-----------------------Dr. Oktay Baysal Mrs. Melanie Rapp Beale Mr. Raymond B. Bottom, Jr. Mr. J. W. Whiting Chisman III Mr. Jerome F. Clark Mr. Frank A. Edgar, Jr. Mr. Vince Evans Mr. Gordon L. Gentry, Jr. Mr. William M. Grace Maj. General William W. Hoover Mr. William Arthur Hudgins William S. Hunt, D.M.D. Mr. James L. Lockwood, Jr. Mr. James S. McNider III Mr. Stephen A. Mosier
Special Advisor from Langley AFB Colonel Dennis G. Scarborough
Mr. James Reade Chisman
Special Financial Advisor William T. Saunders, Jr., CIMC Honorary Directors Emeriti Senator Hunter B. Andrews, deceased Dr. George W. Brooks Mr. Andrew S. Fine Mr. Edwin C. Kilgore Mr. Duncan E. McIver Mr. David L. Peebles Mrs. Ann L. Phillips Mr. A. Gary Price
Michael Braham Vice President - Cox Business Space Freeze Demonstration during Board meeting
2009 - 2010 Foundation Board of Directors President
J. W. Whiting Chisman III
Executive Vice President Mr. James S. McNider III
Treasurer
Mr. Todd C. Bridgford
Secretary
Mr. Raymond B. Bottom, Jr. Mr. Michael W. Braham Mr. James Reade Chisman Mr. Gordon L. Gentry, Jr. Mrs. Ann N. Hunnicutt Mr. John Cabot Ishon Dr. William R. Paterson Mrs. Mary L. Sandy Mr. Stanton S. Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Jean M. Yokum
Mrs. Kim K. Hinson
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2010 COMMUNITY PARTNERS Special Thanks to our Out-of-this-World Donors! Government Support
City of Hampton NASA Langley Research Center
Universal Circle
$100,000 & Up Langley Federal Credit Union
Galactic Circle
$25,000 to $49,999 Beazley Foundation M. Price Distributing Co. VuBay Foundation
Celestial Circle
$10,000 to $24,999 Downtown Hampton Development Partnerships Old Point National Bank Riverside Health System
Stellar Circle
$5,000 to $9,999 Bay Port Credit Union Chisman Trust Hampton Convention and Visitors Bureau Lockheed Martin National Institute of Aerospace Northrop Grumman Newport News Rouse-Bottom Foundation The Boeing Company Verizon Foundation Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Planetary Circle
$2,500 to $4,999 Air Force Association Langley Chapter Bass Pro Shops Hampton Citizens’ Unity Commission IMAX Corporation Science Systems and Applications, Inc. The Abbitt Group
Solar Circle
Magic Planet
$500 to $2,499 7 - Eleven Analytical Mechanics Associates Analytical Services & Material, Inc. Colonial Downs Informal Educational Products Larry King Attorney at Law Newport News Williamsburg International Airport Pomoco Nissan Science Applications International Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Tidewater Physical Therapy USAA Foundation VIGYAN, Inc.
Lunar Circle
up to $499 Boutique She She Countryside Gardens Farm Fresh LA Bodega New York Life Old Hampton Quilt Shoppe Shabby Chic Skyy Spirits, LLC.
This list reflects contributions to the Center’s annual operations between July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010.
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In-Kind $5,000 & Up Adams Outdoor Advertising Big Top Entertainment Busch Gardens City of Hampton Parks & Recreation Cox Business Services Cox Media Craft-work Sound, Inc. Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Daily Press Earworks Gately Communication Co. Hampton Chevrolet Mazda Hampton Roads Business Machines Hampton Roads Magazine Lyall Design Architects Max Media Sinclair Group Tidewater Parent Magazine Virginia Beach Woman Virginian Pilot WAFX-106.9 The Fox WVEC-TV13 Yellow Book up to $4,999 Aberdeen Barn Affordable Printing & Copies Bay Port Credit Union Becky’s Buckroe Florist Best Buy Dr. Richard A. Byles Camera City Cellular Services Chic-fil-A - Market Place Diversions Magazine Earworks Embassy Suites Hampton Farm Fresh Ferguson Center for the Arts First Impressions Hampton YMCA Jeff’s Flowers of Course, Inc. L.D. Amory & Co., Inc. Marco’s Pizza Mid-Atlantic Bottling Company Mike’s Surf Shop Ocean Breeze Water Park Point Plaza Suites Silver Diner
Starbucks Coffee Target The Grey Goose The Virginia Store True Value - Grafton Williamsburg Hospitality House Williamsburg Magazine YMCA Yellow Book Corporate Members L.D. Amory Seafood Analytical Services & Materials, Inc. Bay Port Credit Union Big Top Entertainment Co. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Gately Communications Goodman & Company Hampton Roads Business Machines Langley Federal Credit Union Mid Atlantic Bottling Company National Institute of Aerospace Northrop Grumman Newport News Old Point National Bank M. Price Distributing Co. Riverside Health System Top Guard Security, Inc. Virginia Golf Cars & Batteries
Virginia Air & Space Center Opportunity Program, Inc. $10,000 to $25,000 Northrop Grumman Newport News VuBay Foundation Wachovia Foundation up to $4,999 Dr. H. Lee Beach, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. James Reade Chisman Mr. J.W. Whiting Chisman III Cox Communications Mr. Barry I. Epstein Mr. Gordon L. Gentry, Jr. Mr. Benjamin Geunther Mr. William M. Grace Mr. & Mrs. Charlie W. Hill, Jr. Holiday Chevrolet Cadillac, Inc. William S. Hunt, D.M.D., P.C. Hunt Properties of Poquoson, Inc. Dr. Robert E. Lindberg, Jr. Old Point National Bank Mr. Fredrick C. Richardson Mr. William T. Saunders, Jr. Virginia Natural Gas VuBay Foundation Waldo Scott Center of Hope Mr. Stanton S. Wilson, Jr. Mr. F. Lewis Wood Mrs. Jean M. Yokum
Director of Education Dr. Richard Byles, Deputy Director Kim Hinson & Astronaut Jon McBride
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Annual Fund Annual Fund 2010 $1,000 & Up
Informal Education Products, LTD. Rouse-Bottom Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William T. Saunders, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Thomas, Jr. W.M. Jordan Company
$500-$999
Col. & Mrs. Donald A. Elliott, USAF (Retired) Mr. & Mrs. James F. Kibler Mr. and Mrs. J. H. H. Prentiss, Jr.
Up to $499
Mr. & Mrs. Harry B. Abramson Mr. & Mrs. James D. Ashley Dr. & Mrs. Oktay Baysal Mr. & Mrs. Khalis R. Bayyan The Honorable Melanie Rapp Beale Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Lee Boone - in memory of Bert Smith Mr. Raymond B. Bottom, Jr. Mr. Robert E. Bower in memory of Jane E. Bower Mr. William J. Boyer Lt. Col. & Mrs. Arthur Branan, Jr. (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bump Ms. Mary Dame Broad Ms. Kim K. Cavendish - in honor of Kim, Todd & Jenny Mrs. Marcus Cooper, Jr. in memory of Marcus Cooper, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John B. Corley, III Dr. & Mrs. W.R. Scott Curtis Mr. & Mrs. James L. Eason Elefteriou Family Mr. & Mrs. Lewis V. Evans, IV Mr. & Mrs. D. Michael Finch in memory of our fathers, Thomas W. Finch & Merle W. Parsons Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert R. Friedman Mr. Byron E. Gibson - in memory of Bert Smith Mr. Lawrence J. Gordon - in honor of Richard Gordon, Jr. Mrs. Nancy M. Gray Mr. Andrew D. Greenwell in honor of Anita T. Greenwell Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert I. Guilford in honor of Mike Smith & the Hampton Crabbers Ms. Rosemary Hann Mrs. Jane F. Hartsfield Dr. Helen C. Hill Mr. James F. Huff Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Holloway Ms. Nancy Holloway
Maj. General William W. Hoover, USAF (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. David W. Howell Mr. & Mrs. John Cabot Ishon Ms. Imogene M. James in honor of Billy James Mr. & Mrs. James R. Joseph Mrs. Arlene K. Kopek Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Col. (Ret) & Mrs. John Liesman Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Lindberg Mr. James R. Mack Mrs. Helen K. Main Mr. & Mrs. Harvey T. Margulies The Honorable Reba S. McClanan Mr. James S. McNider, III Lt. Col. Donald C. Mertz, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Michael, Jr. - in memory of Mr. & Mrs. James M. Michael Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. Miller Mr. & Mrs. B.M. Millner - in memory of George LeCuyer Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Moberg Mr. Edward E. Moore Mr. Edward W. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Mosier Dr. B. Voss Neal Mr. Robert W. Nunn Mr. Henry J. Pierce, Jr. Mr. P. Kenneth Pierpont in honor of Mrs. Nancy C. Pierpont Mr. David J. Pine Mr. & Mrs. A. Gary Price Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer H. Reed, III Mr. Robert L. Riddle Mrs. Dorothy Rouse-Bottom Dr. Joseph A. Russotto Ms. Mary L. Sandy Mr. Arthur B. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Barrett L. Shrout Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Smith The Honorable Turner M. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. David G. Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Stratton Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Sutton Mr. Graham N. Sword in memory of David Nevitt, Jr. Top Guard, Inc. Ms. Madge Wilson Col. & Mrs. Stanley T. Winarski Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Wingfield Dr. & Mrs. E. Thompson Witte Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Wolfe Dr. Paul H. Wornom Mrs. Dot Wright in honor of Dr. Allan Wright Mrs. Anne F. Ziglar in memory of my husband Joseph M. Ziglar
Hampton Carousel
Charles T. D’ Aiutolo Memorial - from Ms. Mary V. D’ Aiutolo Ms. Nancy D’ Aiutolo Mr. And Mrs. Stewart P. Glenn Mr. Robert P. Goodman Mr. William J. Vanzetta The Wineman Family
Bert Smith Memorial Fund - from Mrs. Patricia H. Binder Mr. and Mrs. William S. Blythe Mrs. Jean D. Burton Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Byles Mrs. Joan S. Conner Ms. Kay V. Forrest Mr. William I Horton, III Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Margulies Mr. Kenneth K. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Porter Mr. James E. Ross, Jr. LTC & Mrs. Francis A. Roy Mr. & Mrs. William I. Scallion Ms. Melinda Schenkkan Ms. Francis Sharer Mr. & Mrs. Baxter E. Simmons Mrs. Albert H. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Raymond T. Smith Ms. Dorothy A. Speight Mrs. Nancy P. Sykes Ms. Vesta B. Wallio Col. & Mrs. Robert L. Whitman Mrs. Jo Ann H. Woodcock
This list reflects contributions to the Center’s annual operations between July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010.
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2010 MUSEUM STAFF Administration Executive Director/CEO Todd Bridgford
Assistant Projectionist John Cheatham* Aaron Neely*
Deputy Director Kim Hinson
Marketing & Development Director of Sales Danielle Price
Director of Administrative Services Jenny Kelly Receptionist Linda Bump Exhibits and Collections Curator, Director of Exhibits & Collections Allen Hoilman Exhibit and Facility Support Kurt Klein Facility Director of Facility Services Chris Guthomson Facility Support John Wolfe Lead Security Guard William Tolson Security Guards Russell Brown* Grover Carter* Timothy Harris* William Miller* Gregory Robertson* Kenneth Smith Jerry Spencer* Frederick Williams* Marlon Wilson* Lead Housekeeper Ronald Anderson Housekeepers Bryant Bradby* Angela Clifton* Howard Green* Finance Staff Accountant Joleen Hassan Finance Assistant Joyce Massengill IMAX Theater IMAX Technical Manager William Mingee Lead Projectionist Christopher McHenry
Director of Marketing & Public Relations Megan Steele Special Events and Sales Manager Rachel Boyd
Deputy Director Kim Hinson, Director of Visitor Services Pearl Osby, Employee Shining Star Ryan Miller & Executive Director/CEO Todd Bridgford
Development Manager Kelly Handly
Museum Educators/Associate Museum Educators Judy Anderson* Camille Atkins* Megan Batts* Jason Batts* Jasmine Brown* Rusty Capelotti* Nicole Covert* Benjamin Cowen* Parrish Crosby* Marcus Daniels* Dorismarie Dean* Katherine Derby* MiaLynn DiDomenico* Mike Dodd* Carley Fite* Cathy French* Barbara Frey* Angela Fuentes* Joshua Gard* Ellis Hatcher* Lisa Henderson* Lydia Huey* Simone Huey* Raymond Lee* William Lee* John Lynch* Richard Mars* Leah Medley* Barbara Morrison* Carol Morton* Marla Murray* Brianna Perez* Deborah Rice* Harvey Rubin* Christopher Savage* Jaron Scott* David Shuster* Hanora Sweeney* Kristy Turnage* Denise VanPatten* Trevor Vuono* Rachel Walker* Sequoia Waye* Susan Webb* Jeffrey Weigel* Richard Williams* Stacy Wilson* Cherie Xavier*
Membership & Customer Service Manager Lucinda McDonald Graphic Designer & Web Developer Ann Marie Jenkins Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator Toni Williams Community Events Manager Scott Canaday Community Events Support Miranda Cannon* Jordan Edgar* John Green* Jeremy Hall* Ryan Miller* Kyle Ross* Jeremy Ross* Emily Schmid* Jesse Wenner* Stephanie Wolkowich* Education & Public Programs Director of Education Dr. Richard Byles ERC Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Ken Flick Education Program Analyst Swee Hart Education Program Coordinator/ Camp Coordinator Liz Batts Camp-In Coordinator Louise Schaeffler*
Visitor Services Director of Visitor Services Pearl Osby Floor Managers Roshanna Boyd Ashley Cookie* Karen Pond Museum Store Manager Helena Brice Lead Café Associate Eboni Franklin* Krystina Gall* Visitor Services Associate Brandon Ashe* Gail Barlow* Bradley Burdick* Wendell Cobbs* Andrew Dickenson* Walter Douglas* Tenia Fogg* Antwane Futrell* Telayne Hampton* Charles Hess* Azania Jenkins* Kimiko King* Sarah Love* Joshusa Mason* Paige Mason* Carl Mitchell* Taurean Osby* Jenea Parrott* Shannelle Pete* Courtney Saunders* Melissa Smith* Tracy Stevenson* Alonzo Townes* Troy Townes* Amy Watson* Sequoia Waye* Justin Wright* *denotes part-time (This list reflects staff active between July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010.)
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Visitor Center For NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base