Staff & Leadership
Leadership Team
Peter Smerud
Executive Director | Email
Kirk Geadelmann
Finance Director | Email
Jessica Vance
Marketing Director
Nathan Engstrom
Operations Director
Rebecca Meyer
Program Director
Misha Evertz
Development Director
Program Naturalists
Emily Pavlisich
Program Coordinator
David Stieler
Curriculum Coordinator
Joe Walewski
Teaching & Learning Coordinator | Email
Charlie Pavlisich
STEM Coordinator | Email
Graduate Naturalists
Mentor Naturalists
Lauren Chamberlain
Bella Goland
Maleah Upton
Gabbi VandenBrink
Graduate Naturalists
Edward Bardalez
Ken Forbeck
Adele Fredericks
Anna Hoppe
Megan Jacobs
Nick James
Joe Kettelholdt
Ella Krumm
Bridget Lee
Mariah Koeffler-Kemp
Amelia MacPhail
Chloe McClurry
Olivia Neuner
Delaney Nordos
Ashlynn Peachey
Tatum Severson
Kylie Ulbrich
Kat Wissman
Adam Woxman
Anni Yoney
Each year through an intense 10-month graduate program, a cohort of naturalists live, train, and teach at Wolf Ridge while earning graduate credits. We’ve trained over 1,000 naturalists during our 50-year history as an organization.
Operations
Maintenance
Bob Geatz
Maintenance Manager | Email
Carter Acker
Maintenance Technician | Email
Bob Wolke
Maintenance Technician | Email
Doug Dusenberry
Maintenance Technician | Email
Board of Trustees
Schele Smith (Chair)
Nancy Quattlebaum Burke (Vice Chair)
Doug Connell (Secretary)
Gaylen Harms (Treasurer)
Mark Carey
Sarah Edstrom
Monica Hamling
Susan Heegaard
Eric Klein
Lori Meehan
Jennifer Neimi
Raj Pillai
Anne Schneider
Sandy Timmerman
Bill Vanderwall
Roberto Zayas
Emeritus Members
Tom Berg
Russ Bierbaum
William M. Burns
Ron Kirk
Nancy Schultz
Rene Settergren
Deceased
Thomas Atchison
James E. Brandenburg
Richard (Dick) Gray, Sr
Peter Heegaard
Robert Heller
Donn Larson
Myron Latimer
Sigurd Olson
Michael Plautz
Werner Tismer
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