Organizations Filed Purposes:
PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER IGNITES CURIOSITY IN EVERY CHILD AND FUELS A PASSION FOR DISCOVERY, EXPERIMENTATION, AND CRITICAL THINKING IN ALL OF US.
EXHIBITSPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER IS WASHINGTON'S LEADING INSTITUTION FOR INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. GUESTS CAN WANDER AMONG TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES, TOUCH LIVE MARINE ANIMALS, AND EXPLORE SPACE. POPULAR ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE: LIVING EXHIBITS, SCIENCE ON A SPHERE, TINKER TANK, TROPICAL BUTTERFLY HOUSE, PUGET SOUND TIDE POOL, DINOSAURS, AND PROFESSOR WELLBODY'S ACADEMY OF HEALTH & WELLNESS.NEW EXPERIENCES INCLUDE WHAT IS REALITY, A COLLECTION OF VR AND AR EXPERIENCES THAT ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN STORIES, AND THE HIVE - AN INCUBATOR WHERE WE HOST LOCAL TECH STARTUPS WHO INTERACT WITH OUR GUESTS. WE DEVELOPED EXHIBITS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATION, LOCAL INNOVATION FOCUSED ON HOMELESSNESS, AND SCIENCE ON A SPHERE CREATED RAPID RESPONSES TO SEISMIC AND ATMOSPHERIC EVENTS, INCLUDING VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, SOLAR ECLIPSE AND SUMMER WILDFIRE SMOKE.
THEATER AND EVENT OPERATIONSPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER IS HOME TO SEATTLE'S ULTIMATE IMAX EXPERIENCE, WHICH OFFER OUR GUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE DEEP OCEANS, TRAVEL TO THE FARTHEST REACHES OF OUR UNIVERSE, GO BACK IN TIME TO WORLDS UNDISCOVERED AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. FILMS COME TO LIFE IN OUR PACCAR AND BOEING IMAX THEATERS WITH GIANT SCREENS, CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGES AND 12,000 WATTS OF DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND. BOTH THEATERS SHOW 2D AND 3D FILMS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART IMAX 3D TECHNOLOGY. PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER'S NEW LASER DOME OPERATES WITH A BRAND-NEW LASER SYSTEM AND IS HOME TO THE MOST FULL-COLOR LASERS PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN ANY LASER DOME IN AMERICA. THIS NEW SYSTEM USES NINE RAINBOW FX LASER PROJECTORS FOR LASER SHOWS THAT FEATURE LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC.
OUTREACHSCIENCE ON WHEELS: SINCE 1973, SCIENCE ON WHEELS HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO RURAL, SMALL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO STEM EDUCATION. LAST YEAR, WE DELIVERED HANDS-ON SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING TO 115,323 PEOPLE AT 454 VENUES ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE AND BEYOND, INCLUDING MANY TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OF THE STUDENTS WE SERVED, 61,332 ATTEND TITLE I SCHOOLS. WE PRIORITIZE SERVICE TO THE 300,000 TITLE I STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON BY OFFERING REDUCED OR FREE SCIENCE ON WHEELS VISITS TO LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS, CREATING THE POSITION OF ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR TO ASSIST WITH BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND ENGAGING IN A 2-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT WITH A UW GRAD STUDENT TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST NEED.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Will Daugherty | PRESIDENT & CEO | 50 | $381,875 |
| Chris Wheaton | COO & CFO THRU 09/18 | 50 | $189,934 |
| April Collier | SR. VP FOR DEVELOPMENT THRU 08/18 | 50 | $143,453 |
| Eleanor Bradley | CCO FROM 04/18 | 50 | $133,952 |
| Mark Davidson | VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES THRU 10/19 | 50 | $130,000 |
| Diana Johns | VP OF EXHIBITS AND LIFE SCIENCES | 50 | $114,052 |
| Paul Chiocco | VP OF DEVELOPMENT FROM 01/18 | 50 | $111,561 |
| Keni Sturgeon | VP OF SCI. ED. & OUTREACH THRU 11/18 | 50 | $105,219 |
| Grace Yuan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jessie Woolley-Wilson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mia Tuan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rob Shurtleff | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nathaniel Miles | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Sandy Melzer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Shawn Mcwashington | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stan Mcnaughton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mathen Ganesan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Fries | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Timothy Copes | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Steven Buchsbaum | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Curtis Blake | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Hans Bishop | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Josh Binder | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Barnwell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ash Awad | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Alberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Christopher Ackerley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Diana Birkett Rakow | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Sherilyn Anderson | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Adriane Brown | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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