Board of Trustees
Mark S. Breen
St. Johnsbury, VT
NKAF Vice President
Barnet, VT
Peacham, VT
NKAF Treasurer
Peacham, VT
NKAF co-Founder
Previous NKAF President
Bethlehem, NH
NKAF Director of Communications Technology and Webmaster
South Ryegate, VT
NKAF Science Advisor and Educator
Waterford, VT
NKAF President and Educator
Danville, VT
Non-Board Consultants
John Blackwell
Head Science Advisor
Exeter, NH
West Glover, VT
Westboro, MA
NKAF Technical Advisor
Barnet, VT
Estonia
Exeter, NH
NKAF co-Founder and Trustee Emeritus
Previous NKAF Secretary
Mark S. Breen
St. Johnsbury, VT
NKAF Vice President
- Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: Senior Meteorologist and Planetarium Director
- Lyndon State College: Astronomy Educator, part-time
- Member: American Meteorological Society, Mid-Atlantic Planetarium Society
Barnet, VT
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2000
- Former Northern Skies Observatory Director
- City Year/AmeriCorps alum
Peacham, VT
NKAF Treasurer
- Vice President at Community National Bank
- Previously served with Ledyard National Bank in Hanover, Passumpsic Savings Bank in St Johnsbury, and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
- University of Vermont, B.S. and Northeastern University, MBA
- Current and past civic involvement includes the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and the Lebanon and St. Johnsbury Chambers of Commerce
- Participated in the inaugural Upper Valley Leadership program
Peacham, VT
NKAF co-Founder
Previous NKAF President
- Science teacher, retired
- Wagner College, New York City, B.S. 1959, biology; Syracuse University, M.S. 1966, developmental biology
- Science teacher: Syracuse University; St. Johnsbury Academy; Robert Academy and the American College for Girls, Istanbul; Danville, Vt.; Peacham, Vt.; Lyndon State College, Vt.; and King George School, Sutton, Vt. (all between 1964 and 2007).
Bethlehem, NH
NKAF Director of Communications Technology and Webmaster
- Director of Technology at the White Mountain School in Bethlehem, NH
- BFA Purchase College, 1990
South Ryegate, VT
NKAF Science Advisor and Educator
- University of Vermont, B.A. Zoology, 1982
- Managed brain research lab, UVM College of Medicine, 1983 - 1993
- Former president at Stellafane
- Expert in energy conservation
- Experienced amateur astronomer and specialist in astronomy education outreach
Waterford, VT
NKAF President and Educator
- Dartmouth College, AB Magna Cum Laude, 1976, with honors in physics.
- Dartmouth College, Masters in Liberal Studies, 1991.
- Adjunct Faculty and Master Teacher with the Antioch Center for School Renewal, Antioch New England University
- Physics and Astronomy teacher, and Chair of Academic Support and Enrichment Services, St. Johnsbury Academy
- Presidential Awardee in Science and Mathematics Teaching, 1991
- Former Planetarium Director at Fairbanks Museum (1978-1980) and the Peddie School (1976-1978, Hightstown, NJ)
Danville, VT
- Brown University, B.A., physics 1984
- Wesleyan University, M.A. astronomy 1987
- Owner of Parallax Management Services, Inc.
- Teacher, physics and astronomy
- Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Management Committee
Non-Board Consultants
John Blackwell
Head Science Advisor
Exeter, NH
- Science Department Chair and Director of the Grainger Observatory at Phillips Exeter Academy
- Full-time educator in the physics discipline teaching three college level astronomy courses: Introductory Astronomy, Selected Topics in Astronomy and Advanced Astronomy Methods
- Recipient of the 2010 Thomas J. Brennan Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) for excellence in teaching high school astronomy
West Glover, VT
- Retired architect
- PlaneWave Instruments representative
Westboro, MA
NKAF Technical Advisor
- Owner of Astrometrics Instruments, Inc
- Intel chip designer
Barnet, VT
- Chief Technical Officer, Mosedale Integrated Solutions
- computer consultant
Estonia
- computer consultant
Exeter, NH
NKAF co-Founder and Trustee Emeritus
Previous NKAF Secretary
- Duke University, A.B. 1950, M.D. 1954. Residency training in 1950s at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
- Private practice, internal medicine, Concord, Mass., 1960-1988. Harvard University Health Services, 1988-1998. Retired 1998
- Longstanding amateur interest in astronomy