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Board of Trustees 
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  
Damon Cawley
Barnet, VT
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2000
  • Former Northern Skies Observatory Director
  • City Year/AmeriCorps alum
Mark Clough
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
David R. Magnus
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). 
Benjamin J. Moss
Bethlehem, NH
NKAF Director of Communications Technology and Webmaster
  • Director of Technology at the White Mountain School in Bethlehem, NH
  • BFA Purchase College, 1990
Brad Vietje
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
William Vinton 
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)
Daniel Zucker
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
Douglas Duncan
West Glover, VT
  • Retired architect
  • PlaneWave Instruments representative
Christopher Houghton
Westboro, MA
NKAF Technical Advisor
  • Owner of Astrometrics Instruments, Inc
  • Intel chip designer 
Andy Mosedale 
Barnet, VT
  • Chief Technical Officer, Mosedale Integrated Solutions
  • computer consultant
Erik Piip
Estonia
  • computer consultant
Sidney H. Wanzer, M.D.
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

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