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

Rachel Giemza

Youth, Family, & Special Programs | Email

Emily Pavlisich

School & Group Programs | Email

Shelby Roback

Naturalist Training | Email

David Stieler

Curriculum & Sites | Email

Joe Walewski

Teaching & Learning Coordinator | Email

Charlie Pavlisich

Science and Research | Email

Noah Shea

Adventure Education | Email

Lori Walewski

Informal Education | Email

Courtney Wright

Live Animals | Email

Graduate Naturalists

Mentor Naturalists

Alyssa Armstrong
Rachel Clark
Leah Kessler
Jonny Tostenson
Brie Wintz

Graduate Naturalists

Alexis Barrett
Ben Valerius
Carolina Conway
Diego Medina
Emmerson Kuhl
Emma Swenson
Fen Sego
Haley McCauley
Haylee Dunn
Leaf Pearson
Logan Woods
Maya Deutchman
Na Choih
Nellie Goepel
Nolan Pudoff
Ocean Clevette
Sean Vandervort

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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Facilities

Maintenace & Custodial Services

Carter Acker

Maintenance | Email

Molly Conway

Custodial Services | Email

Rose Evans

Custodial Services | Email

Bob Geatz

Maintenance | Email

Matt Lehtinen

Custodial Services | Email

Matthew Meadowcroft

Maintenance Technician | Email

Swae Rose

Facilities Services | Email

Bob Wolke

Maintenance | Email

Food Services

Brandy Heilman

Food Service | Email

Shawn Nowotczynski

Food Service | Email

Scott Miller

Food Service | Email

Robin Revier

Food Service | Email

Kiaryn Rose

Food Services | Email

Administration

Kathy Chumley

Office Administration | Email

Sarah Mayer

Organic Farm | Email

Tamber Weller

Office Manager & Store | Email

Board of Trustees

Schele Smith (Chair)
Nancy Quattelbaum Burke (Vice Chair)
Doug Connell (Secretary)
John Priem (Treasurer)
Mark Carey
Sarah Edstrom
Monica Hamling
Erik Klein

Jennifer Neimi
Raj Pillai
Tari Rayala
Lee Thao
John Thein
Sandy Timmerman
Roberto Zayas

Emeritus Members

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

Deceased

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