STAFF DIRECTORY
Christy Shira
Finance Director
Fun Fact: "The latin name for ferret, Mustela putorius furo means "smelly little thief""
Eric Miller
Executive Director
Fun Fact: "The Hubble telescope can be used to see more than 13 billion years into the past!"
Ashten Goodenough
Director of Operations
Fun Fact: "It is impossible to eat 6 saltine crackers in 60 seconds without drinking anything."
Alissa Korsak, PhD
Development Director
Fun Fact: "The average temperature on Mars is approximately -81°F"
Emily Mahon
Education Director
Fun Fact: "Eating cheese at the end of a meal can help neutralize the acids in your mouth and reduce the chance of tooth decay."
Daniel Coombs
Visitor Services Manager
Fun Fact: "Muscles cannot push, they can only pull."
Cynthia Mouzis
Events & Donations Coordinator
Fun Fact: "If you force a smile for 30 seconds, you will feel happy."
Jennifer Snow
Visitor Services & Communications Coordinator
Fun Fact: "Because of the effects of zero gravity, astronauts can grow up to 3% of their height while in space!"
Pam Smart
Membership Program Coordinator
Fun Fact: "It's OK to be called a bird-brain: a Crow's brain (relative to body size) is larger than a human's!"
Kevin Williamson
Facility and Exhibits Manager
Fun Fact: "Bananas don't grow on trees. They grow on the world's largest herb, which is in the same family as lilies, orchids and palms."
Olivia Schmitz
Reservations Specialist
Fun Fact: "It officially takes 364 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop!"
Robert Klusaw
Exhibits Fabricator
Fun Fact: "Pluto, which is half the width of the United States, has a heart-shaped glacier that’s the size of Texas and Oklahoma. This fascinating world also has blue skies, spinning moons, mountains as high as the Rockies, and it even snows—but the snow is red." Source: NASA
