The Cincinnati Observatory Center Board of Trustees and Staff

    The Cincinnati Observatory Center holds its Board of Trustees meetings the first Wednesday of select months at 12 noon at the Observatory.  All meetings are public.  In addition, the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Center is held at the Center at a date & time the Trustees designate.

    I.  Officers and Board of Trustees:

    (The term of each OFFICER of the COC expires in May.  TRUSTEE terms, however, are for three years--expiration year noted in parentheses next to the Trustee's name.)
     
    Charles O Schiff
    		President and Trustee
    George Strietmann Vice President and Trustee
    Dobbs Ackermann Secretary and Trustee
    Kathleen Norris Treasurer and Trustee
    Oliver (Bud) Baily Assistant Secretary and Trustee
    Patricia Bevan Trustee
    Dr. Juan Santamarina
    University of Dayton    		 Trustee
    Jeanette Fisher Trustee
    Greg Hand
    University of Cincinnati    		 UC Representative to COC and Trustee
    Lib Stone Trustee
    Dr. Michael L. Sitko
    University of Cincinnati    		 Trustee & Observatory Astronomer Emeritus
    Dr. Jim Steiner Trustee
    Scott Gainey FOTO representative to COC and Trustee
    Denny Young Trustee
    Jeanette Fisher Trustee
    Dr. T. Michael Flick
    Xavier University    		 Trustee

    II.  Observatory Staff:


    Craig Niemi Executive Director
    Dean Regas Observatory Outreach Teacher / Education Department Head
    Dr. Roger Burgess Observatory Outreach Teacher
    Richard Hamilton Observatory Scientist
    John Ventre Observatory Historian

    III.  Legal and University:

       
       
      The Observatory Center's attorney:
          John Pinney,
          Partner, Graydon Head and Ritchey
      		The COC's principal partner at the University of Cincinnati:
          Gerald A. Siegert
          Associate VP for Financial Affaris, University of Cincinnati
    IV.  Observatory Committees:
       
       
      Finance (Standing Committee)
      Charlie Schiff, Kathleen Norris (chair), George Strietmann, Rob Anning
      Nominating (Standing Committee)
      Bud Baily, Dobbs Ackermann 
      Education Mike Flick (chair), John Ventre, Terry Endress, Richard Hamilton, Frank Huss, Raymond McNeil, Dean Regas, Charlie Schiff, Michael Sitko
      Fundraising (Standing Committee)
      Chairs:  Charles Schiff, Kathleen Norris, and Lyn Marsteller 
      Public Relations (Standing Committee)
      Greg Hand (chair)
      Development (Ad Hoc Committee)
      Lyn Marsteller, Charlie Schiff (chair), Scott Gainey, Kathleen Norris, Jeanette Fisher, Denny Young, Lib Stone, Jim Steiner
      Museum (Ad Hoc Committee)
      John Ventre (co-chair), Ann Timpano (co-chair), Frank Huss, R.A. Davis, Craig Niemi, Valerie Niemi
      Personnel (Ad Hoc Committee)
      Jeanette Fischer, Charlie Schiff, Lyn Marsteller, Juan Santamarina, John Ventre, Mike Flick, Tricia Bevan
      Executive Charlie Schiff, George Streitmann, Kathleen Norris, Craig Neimi
      Grounds & Needs (Ad Hoc Committee)
      Dobbs Ackermann, Juan Santamarina, Craig Niemi
      Preservation & Restoration (Ad Hoc Committee)
      Time Ball Project (Ad Hoc Committee)
      John Ventre
    V.  Advisory Board:


       Bronwyn Bevan, Assistant Director, Exploratorium Center for Teaching and Learning, California (education/fund raising)

      Pam Bowers, Director Drake Planetarium (astronomy-education)

      Tim Burke, Attorney/Chairman of the Democratic Committee (legal)

      Tom Burns, Director Perkins Observatory (astronomy-education)

      DeVere Burt, Director Emeritus of the Cincinnati Natural History Museum (museum)

      Bob Casey, Former Observatory Project Director

      Dr. Larry Cooper, Director, Office of Space Institute & Ohio Aerospace Institute, (astronomy-
      education)

      David Duszynski, Director of Theaters-Planetarium, Cincinnati Museum Center (astronomy-education)

      Marilyn Herget, Daughter of former Observatory Director Paul Herget (History)

      William H. (Bill) Hopple III, Executive Director, Cincinnati Nature Center (education)

      Jon Jennings, President, Cincinnati Astronomical Society (astronomy-education)

      Professor Walter Langsam, Adjunct Assistant Professor Art History, University of Cincinnati
      (architecture-restoration)

      David H. Levy, Astronomer, Sky & Telescope (astronomy-education)

      Lyn Marsteller, Fundraiser (Fundraising)

      Dr. Raymond McNeil, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Northern Kentucky University  (astronomy-education)

      Jim Neumesiter, former COC Director

      John Pinney, Attorney (legal)

      Chuck Strubbe, FOTO member and former COC trustee

      Beth Sullenbarger, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Preservation Assn. (architecture-
      restoration)