The IDA Youth Team

Chairman: Jonathan Casselman

Dark-Sky Youth Activist

Astronomical League Youth Activities Committee Observing Awards Coordinator

Youth Speaker and Lecturer: specializing in Astronomy and

Dark Sky Preservation

Astronomical League's Master Observers Award Winner

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Jared Lutkowski

Touring Youth Lecturer and Author: specializing in Cosmology and Astrophysics

Promoting Light Pollution Awareness among state and national government leaders

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Mentor Chair: Dr. Dave Crawford, Ph.D

Astronomer Emeritus: Kitt Peak National Observatory

Co-Founder and Executive Director: International Dark-Sky Association

Co-Founder/President of Board of Directors: Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes

Leadership in the IAU, AAS, ASP, CIE and IESNA

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Dr. Richard Schmude, Ph.D

Professor of Astronomy: Gordon College, Atlanta, Georgia

Professor of Chemistry: Gordon College

Jupiter Coordinator: Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.)

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Mike Benson

Astronomical League SERAL Chairman

Astronomical League Observing Programs Coordinator for:

Master Observers Award

Arp Peculiar Galaxies Club

Urban Club

Double Star Club

Binocular Observing Clubs

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Beverly Sales

Elementry School Educator:

with EISS and SDAIE credentials

International Dark-Sky Association: Education Working Group Member and Youth Working Group Member

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Cliff Haas

Dark-Sky Activist

Chairman: Light Pollution Awareness Committee;

Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford, Connecticut

Founder and Webmaster: Light Pollution Awareness Website-a superb online portal for Dark Skies!

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Dave Oesper

Lighting Specialist

Co-Founder: Outdoor Lighting Associates

Astronomy and Light Pollution Awareness Educator

Active member of the IDA and IESNA( Illuminating Engineering Society of North America)

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Barry Beaman

President Emeritus of the Astronomical League

Quality Assurance and Education Outreach Chair: International Space Station Amateur Telescope Project

Engineer/Software Quality Engineer with ASQ Certifications

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Jim Klemaszewski

Director: Academic Research Lab

Faculty Associate: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona

Senior Research Specialist: Arizona State University

Solid State Imaging Team Affiliate and Education/Outreach Specialist: NASA's Galileo Project

Science Educator: public, private, and homeschool student outreach

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Dr. Robert Stencel, Ph.D

William Herschel Womble Professor of Astronomy:

Denver University

Director: Denver University's Mt. Evans Observatory

Coordinator: STN-Student Telescope Network

Visionary behind the Colorado Outdoor Lighting Ordinance

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Dr. Stephen Pauley

Retired Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgeon

Chairman: International Dark-Sky Association Photobiology & Pathology Working Group

Dr. Dark: Visionary behind the Ketchum Outdoor Lighting Ordinance

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Jim Burr

Telescope Designer, Innovator and Inventor: JMI Inc.

Astronomy Lecturer/Presenter/Popularizer

Homeschool Astronomy Programs

with an educational emphasis!

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Susan Rose

President: Amateur Observers Society of New York

Caldwell Award Coordinator: Astronomical League Observing Programs

Light Pollution Educator with a special burden for the youth!

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Susannah Lazar

2001 National Young Astronomer Award Winner

Young Astronomer/Researcher

Co-Discover of 2 Asteroids: 1999 AC3 and AD3

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