The Discovery Museum and Planetarium

The Discovery Museum

4450 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604

Phone: 203-372-3521
Fax: 203-374-1929

Staff


Jeffrey Bishop ext. 120
Executive Director

Dimitris Raptopoulos ext. 128
Chief Operations Officer/Corporate Relations Director

Susan Ball ext. 124
Director of Institutional Advancement

Laurel Anderson ext. 131
Director of Accounting

Jerry McKoy ext. 126
Director of Facilities

Alan Winick ext. 114
Director of Education

Adam Zuckerman ext. 116
Director of Exhibits

Robin Gulas ext. 125
Manager of Visitor Services and Membership

Uyen Thy Ho ext. 129
Rentals and Marketing Coordinator

Robin Keller ext. 117
Education Department Administrator

Sokrin Keo
Receptionist

David Mestre ext. 118
Manager of Space Science Education

Lynn Harris Olins ext. 121
Educational Specialist and Group Scheduling

Katy Reed
Development Associate

Samuel Simon ext. 138
Maintenance Technician

Susan Tabachnick ext 130
Special Project Associate



Board of Trustees


Daniel J. Donovan (Chairman)
Managing Member, Prospero LLC, Westport, CT
Vice President and Managing Member, NuPower LLC

Joseph D'Avanzo (Treasurer)
Fairfield, CT

Patrick F. McDonnell (Secretary)
Director of Conservation & Load Management
United Illuminating, New Haven, CT

Don Burton
Chief Executive Officer, eebee’s adventures, Southport, CT

Kevin H. Chamberlain, P.E., SECB
Chief Executive Officer, DeStefano & Chamberlain, Inc., Fairfield, CT

Honorable William Finch, ex officio
Mayor of Bridgeport, CT

Honorable John Harkins, ex officio
Mayor of Stratford, CT

Guy Hatfield
Hatfield Insurance Agency, Inc., Fairfield, CT

Honorable Timothy Herbst, ex officio
First Selectman, Trumbull, CT

Honorable Thomas A. Herrmann, ex officio
First Selectman, Easton, CT

David Ives
Chief Executive Officer, TVEyes, Fairfield, CT

Michelle H. James
Associate Director, Institutional Relations
Americares, Stamford, CT

Honorable Gordon Joseloff, ex officio
First Selectman, Westport, CT

Patricia E. Matteson
Financial Advisor, Global Wealth Management
Merrill Lynch, Stamford, CT

Gail Solis
Consultant, Bridgeport, CT

Honorable Michael Tetreau
First Selectman, Fairfield, CT

Stephanie Thompson
William Pitt Real Estate, Fairfield, CT

Thomas Vos
Consultant, Black Rock, CT

Honorable Gayle M. Weinstein, ex officio
First Selectperson, Weston, CT


Life Trustees


Barbara Bodine
Community Leader, Easton, CT

Jeffrey Clair
Fairfield, CT

Mellie Cooper
Artist, Southport, CT

Martha Gesswein
Community Leader, Fairfield, CT

June Getraer
Community Leader, Greens Farms, CT

Bruce Hubler
Corporate Senior Vice President (retired),
Dunn & Bradstreet, Bridgeport, CT

Geraldine W. Johnson
Retired Superintendent of Schools, Bridgeport, CT

Edward V. Lahey, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus
Senior Vice President (retired), Pepsico, Southport, CT

Alice V. Meyer
Retired Connecticut State Representative, Easton, CT

Patrick J. Regan
Private Investor, Sonoma, CA

Alloe E. Stokes
Community Leader, Southport, CT

James Tice
Managing General Partner, Off the Record Research, Purchase, NY

William L. Wallace III
AIG Financial Products, Fairfield, CT


Advisory Council

William E. Bodine
Southport, CT

Claire S. Gold
Superintendent Westport Board of Education (Ret.)

Carmen Luz Gonzalez
Hamilton Sundstrand-UTC
Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor

Peter F. Hurst
President and CEO, The Community's Bank, Bridgeport, CT

Dr. Jeonkyu Lee, Ph.D
Professor, School of Engineering
University of Bridgeport

Dr. Edward W. Malin, Ph.D.
Chair and Director, Isabelle Farmington School of Education

Dr. Jani Macari Pallis
Associate Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering
University of Bridgeport School of Engineering

Mr. Kevin R. Renfro
UTC Aerospace Systems, Hamilton Sundstrand

Mike Roer
President, The Entrepreneurship Foundation, Fairfield, CT

Tarek Sobh
Dean, School of Engineering, Distinguished Professor
University of Bridgeport
Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research

Pedro Wasmer
Founder and President (Ret.), Somerset Capital Group, Ltd.
Fairfield, CT