Cosmosphere Staff

Jim Remar
President and Chief Executive Officer
620.665.9310 | jimr@cosmo.org
A recognized expert in the areas of museum administration, strategic planning and space artifact preservation and exhibition, Jim Remar began his career in 1997 as executive director of the Mifflinburg Buggy Museum in Mifflinburg, PA. He joined the
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Steven Birdsall
Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer
620.665.9358
stevenb@cosmo.org

Mimi Meredith
Senior Vice President of Communication and Chief Development Officer
620.665.9339
mimim@cosmo.org



Don Aich
SpaceWorks Technician620.662.9301
Don Aich, SpaceWorks Technician, is pictured with astronaut Gus Grissom’s Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7 that sunk off the coast of Florida in 1961. It was recovered from the ocean floor in 1999 and completely restored by the Cosmosphere’s SpaceWorks Restoration Team.

Steve Barnum
Retail Operations Manager620.665.9348
steveb@cosmo.org Steve Barnum, Retail Operations Manager, stands in front of the actual Gemini X. Gemini X was designed to achieve the objectives for the last two missions –rendezvous, docking and extravehicular activity (EVA).

Dale Capps
SpaceWorks Restoration Manager620.662.9301
dalec@cosmo.org Dale Capps, SpaceWorks Restoration Manager, stands in our Grand Lobby at the nose of a flown Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the world’s fastest spyplane.

Katrina Drummond
Finance Assistant620.665.9349
katrinad@cosmo.org Katrina Drummond, Finance Assistant, stands in our Grand Lobby at the nose of a flown Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the world’s fastest spyplane.

Kelsey Genschorck
Development Coordinator620.665.9326
kelseyg@cosmo.org Kelsey Genschorck, Development Associate, stands in front of the RD-107 rocket engine in the Cold War Gallery.

Sheila Harmony
Executive Assistant620.665.9310
sheilah@cosmo.org Sheila Harmony, Executive Assistant, sits at the console of an actual Mission Control panel removed from a mission control room in Houston.

Mark Hunter
Scout Programs Manager620.665.9360
markh@cosmo.org Mark Hunter, Scout Programs Manager, stands in our Grand Lobby at the nose of a flown Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the world’s fastest spyplane.

Samantha Hyman
Box Office Operations Manager620.665.9304
samanthah@cosmo.org Samantha Hyman, Box Office Operations Manager, sits in the Carey Digital Dome Theater, which features the most cutting edge technology in digital projection in the nation, featuring a custom-designed lens that allows us to project on the full dome with the highest resolution and clarity available.

Michele McCartney
Content Manager620.665.9303
michelem@cosmo.org The replica of Chuck Yeager’s X-1, “Glamorous Glennis” that was used in the film The Right Stuff. Yeager was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in “Glamorous Glennis.”

Chuck McClary
Space Science Educatorchuckm@cosmo.org Chuck McClary, Space Science Educator, stands with two lunar space suit models that were used for training during the Apollo missions.

William Morrell
Maintenance CrewWilliam Morrell, Maintenance Crew, stands in front of the remains of the Mercury-Atlas 1 rocket that exploded 58 seconds after launch on July 29, 1960. The Cosmosphere reconstructed the spacecraft from the salvaged wreckage, which can be seen in the Cosmosphere’s Kennedy Theater.

Dr. Janet Neufeld
Director of Education620.665.9323
janetn@cosmo.org Dr. Janet Neufeld, Director of Education, stands in our Grand Lobby at the nose of a flown Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the world’s fastest spyplane.

Mike Stewart
Maintenance CrewMike Stewart, Maintenance Crew, stands in front of a Mercury space suit worn by Wally Schirra on MA-8/Sigma 7.

JoAnna Strecker
School Programs Manager620.504.9474
joannas@cosmo.org JoAnna Strecker, School Programs Manager, stands in our Grand Lobby at the nose of a flown Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the world’s fastest spy plane.

Bill Tucker
Plant Services Operations Manager620.665.9331
billt@cosmo.org Bill Tucker, Plant Services Operations Manager, stands in front of an actual V-2 rocket that resides in our German Gallery. The V-2 rocket was the first long-range guided ballistic missile and was created as a weapon of mass destruction.

Shannon Whetzel
Curator620.665.9329
shannonw@cosmo.org Shannon Whetzel, Curator, sits in front of a mock-up of an Apollo Command Module control panel, currently in storage in our Collections Department. The Cosmosphere displays only 7% of approximately 15,000 space artifacts. The other 93% of the collection, the part you don’t see, is housed in the Cosmosphere’s vaults and warehouses.