Highlights
- Tammy Stewart has been named permanent president and CEO of the Arizona Science Center, ending a six-month interim tenure.
- Stewart brings 25 years of arts and cultural leadership experience and has overseen a $14 million operation with more than 120 employees.
- She joined the Arizona Science Center in 2016 and has held roles including chief of staff, chief development officer, and vice president of institutional philanthropy.
- Stewart says an AI exhibit and semiconductor-sector programming are among the experiences under discussion for the museum's future.
Tammy Stewart has been named the permanent Hazel A. Hare President & CEO of the Arizona Science Center, the Board of Trustees announced, capping a six-month interim run that began after predecessor Guy Labine departed in 2025 to become CEO of TELUS Spark Science Centre in Calgary, Canada.
Stewart brings 25 years of experience in arts and cultural organizations to the role. She joined the Arizona Science Center in 2016 and has held multiple leadership positions at the museum since then, including chief of staff, chief development officer, vice president of institutional philanthropy and director of development. Before the science center, she spent 12 years at the Phoenix Art Museum and held positions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.
The appointment puts Stewart in charge of a $14 million operation with more than 120 employees, housed in a 164,000-square-foot building at 600 E. Washington Street in downtown Phoenix. The facility includes four levels of hands-on exhibits, a five-story theater, and the 60-foot Dorrance DOME, which opened in October.
During her tenure, Stewart has helped raise $150 million to support capital initiatives and annual operations. She told the Phoenix Business Journal — which first reported the appointment — that she is working with her teams on new experiences and exhibits, with an artificial intelligence exhibit and semiconductor-sector programming among the ideas under discussion. "We've been having a lot of conversations with our community partners, our guests, our members, and really understanding what we want Arizona science center to look like in the future. We've got some exciting plans coming,
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