GSCA 2026 Board of Directors
Officers and Executive Committee
Chair
Jim Remar
CEO, Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Vice Chair
Patty Collins
Director of Global Sales, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, California, US
Treasurer
Gordon Stalans
CFO/CIO, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee, US
Secretary
Adam Smith
President & CEO Exploration Place Wichita, KS
Mike Lutz
Lutz Strategies, Washougal, WA
Tyler Mifflin
Managing Director, SK Films, Toronto, ON
James Neihouse, ASC
Rockledge, FL
Governance Committee
Gordon Stalans, Chair
CFO/CIO, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Patty Collins
Director of Global Sales, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, California, US
Amber Hawtin
VP of Sales & Marketing, SK Films, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jim Remar
CEO, Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Adam Smith
President and CEO, Exploration Place, Wichita, KS
Derek Threinen
Executive Vice President, Film Distribution and Theater Development, Mission Partners Entertainment Group
Directors
Jonathan Bird
Filmmaker, Oceanic Research Group, North Reading, Massachusetts, US
Caroline Borgudd
Senior Communication Strategist and Steering Committee Member, Cosmonova, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Jason Brown
Henry Buhl, Jr., Director, Kamin Science Center and Vice President at Carnegie Museums
Dianne Clark
Executive Director, Sci-Port Discovery Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, US
Patty Collins
Director of Global Sales, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, California, US
Michael Daut
Writer/Producer/Director, Michael Daut Productions and K2 Studios, Los Angeles, California, US
Regina Faden, Ph.D.
President of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Amber Hawtin
VP of Sales & Marketing, SK Films, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alan Hanstein
Director, Challenger Learning Center, Tallahassee, FL
Ryan Holota
VP Operations, Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Mike Lutz
Lutz Strategies Heber City, UT, USA
Shaun MacGillivray
President/Producer/Co-Director, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, California, US
Tyler Mifflin
Managing Director, SK Films, Toronto, ON
James Neihouse
Filmmaker/Cinematographer, ASC, Rockledge, Florida, US
Joanie Vandenberg Philipp
President, Cosmic Picture Distribution
Jim Remar
CEO, Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Adam Smith
President and CEO, Exploration Place, Wichita, Kansas, US
Gordon Stalans
CFO/CIO, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Phil Streather
CEO, Principal Large Format, Camerton, UK
Derek Threinen
Executive Vice President, Film Distribution and Theater Development, Mission Partners Entertainment Group
Alexandra van der Zee
Program Manager, Museon-Omniversum, Evanston, The Hague, the Netherlands