Officers

Robert Steelman, President (1998)

Linda Burba, Vice–President (1998)

Ted Burba, Vice–President (1998)

David W. Pequet, Treasurer (1984)

Donald VerMerris, Secretary  (2004)

Dale A. Young, Historian (2002)

Matthew Pequet, Webmaster (2008)

Honorary Directors

 The Honorable Gerald R. Ford

38th U.S. President (1913-2006)

Capt. Eugene A. Cernan, ret.

Apollo and Gemini Astronaut

Marty Allen

Gerald R. Ford Foundation

Col. Jack Lousma, ret. 

Skylab and Shuttle  Astronaut

Blanche M. Chaffee (1912-1996)

Don L. Chaffee (1910-1998)

Donna Chaffee Young (1932-2002)

Dr. George J. Woons

Retired Superintendent

Kent Intermediate School District 

Douglas Guthrie

Detroit News

Dr. Jack and Joanne Townsend  

Judge Michael R. Smolenski (1944 - 2009)

Retired, Michigan Court of Appeals

Directors

Ricky Ainsworth

Coordinator

Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium

Lt. Col. Harold Bode (1997)

USAF Chaplain, ret.

David DeBruyn (1987)

Curator Emeritus

Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium

W.D. “Frank” and Glea Frankforter (1997)

Director Emeritus, Public Museum

 of Grand Rapids

Kevin Konarska (2007)

Kent Intermediate S. D. Superintendent 

Professor Douglas Kindschi (2007)

Grand Valley State University

Mike Karpus (2006)

Grand Rapids Press

Max Gibbs (1972)

Brent Havens  (1991)