Staff & Leadership

Leadership Team

Peter Smerud

Executive Director | Email

Kirk Geadelmann

Finance Director | Email

Jessica Vance

Marketing Director | Email

Stephanie Carpenter

Program Director | Email

Meredith St. Pierre

Development Director | Email

Program Naturalists

David Butcher

Adventure Education | Email

Rachel Giemza

Youth, Family, & Special Programs | Email

Peter Harris

Science and Research | Email

David Stieler

Curriculum & Sites | Email

Joe Walewski

Programs & Naturalist Training | Email

Charlie Pavlisich

Science and Research | Email

Shelby Roback

School & Group Programs | Email

Lori Walewski

Informal Education | Email

Courtney Wright

Live Animals | Email

Graduate Naturalists

Mentor Naturalists

Kate Folkman
Chloe McKinley
Noah Shea
Spencer Skaggs
Evan Unruh-Friesen

Graduate Naturalists

Alyssa Armstrong
Catherine Bohner
Kathryn Borowics
Rachel Clark
Alex Horgan
Bri Jol
Paul Karpinski
Leah Kessler
Jesse Lentz
Cassidy Michels
Henry Scott
Jonny Tostenson
Brianna Wintz

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.

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Group of People Outside Wearing Blue Jackets at Wolf Ridge — *2021-2022 Wolf Ridge Graduate Naturalists*

Facilities

Maintenace & Custodial Services

Carter Acker

Maintenance | Email

Rose Evans

Custodial Services | Email

Bob Geatz

Maintenance | Email

Michael Nowotczynski

Custodial Services | Email

Dave Nyquist

Maintenance | Email

Swae Rose

Custodial Services | Email

Bob Wolke

Maintenance | Email

Food Services

Brandy Heilman

Food Service | Email

Alyssa Klinker

Food Service | Email

Robin Revier

Food Service | Email

Kiaryn Rose

Food Services | Email

Administration

Kathy Chumley

Office Administration | Email

Krysty Fulton

Office Admin & Store | Email

Sarah Mayer

Organic Farm | Email

Board of Trustees

John Priem (Chair)
Nancy Quattelbaum Burke
Gene Champeau
Doug Connell (Vice Chair)
Andy Datko
Sarah Edstrom
Jennifer Neimi

Raj Pillai
Tari Rayala
Schele Smith
Lee Thao
John Thein
Sandy Timmerman
Roberto Zayas

Emeritus Members

Tom Berg
Russ Bierbaum
James E. Brandenberg
William M. Burns
Ron Kirk
Rene Settergren

Deceased

Thomas Atchison
Richard (Dick) Gray, Sr
Peter Heegaard
Robert Heller
Donn Larson
Myron Latimer
Sigurd Olson
Michael Plautz
Werner Tismer