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Harris<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53505cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53505cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>President &amp; CEO, Space Center Houston<br>Manned Space Flight Education Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>William T. Harris <\/strong>oversees the strategic direction of the space exploration learning destination, Space Center Houston. With approximately 450 employees and contractors, Space Center Houston is the No. 1 international attraction in the greater Houston area, generating a $118.7 million annual economic impact, 1,710 jobs and $53.7 million in personal income. The center is a nonprofit, Smithsonian Affiliate, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, a Certified Autism Center and named \u201cBest Museum in Texas\u201d by USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the foundation and center in April 2016, Harris has more than 38 years in nonprofit leadership including senior positions at museums and universities, where he led numerous multimillion-dollar fundraising campaigns, principal and major gifts, marketing, communications, government relations and strategy development.<\/p>\n<p>At the California Science Center Foundation, Harris was senior vice president of development and marketing, overseeing all external affairs including board relations, campaigns, annual and membership programs, public funding, marketing and communications. Harris was a leader on the team to bring the space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center, including its funding, promotion, transport, communications, marketing and exhibit opening.<\/p>\n<p>He directed a $165 million campaign creating a major new expansion called Ecosystems which nearly doubled the center\u2019s exhibit space presenting an unprecedented blend of live plants and animals, and hands-on science exhibits in 11 immersive environments. It also helped establish a neighborhood science-based elementary school serving 650 children. In March 2023, Harris was appointed by President Biden to the National Museum and Library Sciences Board where he advanced, empowered and shaped policy for America\u2019s museums, libraries and related organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Prior leadership roles include multiple positions at the University of California, Los Angeles; the RAND\/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies; the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts in Boston; and the Boston University School of Medicine. He served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay and is fluent in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>He serves as the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC). He is also a member of the board of directors and chair of the grants committee for the QueensCare Charitable Foundation, is a member of the board of directors for the Greater Houston Partnership, serves as board vice president of the Association of Science Museum Directors (ASMD) and was recently appointed to the United States National Museum and Library Services Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>Harris holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. 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