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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

 

Program Naturalists

 

Rachel Giemza

Summer & Special Programs Director | Email

Emily Pavlisich

Program Coordinator

Shelby Roback

Director of Naturalist Training | Email

David Stieler

Curriculum Coordinator

Joe Walewski

Teaching & Learning Coordinator | Email

Charlie Pavlisich

STEM Coordinator | Email

Lori Walewski

Informal Education

Courtney Wright

Animal Care & Wildlife Program Coordinator

Brie Wintz

Program Assistant Naturalist | Email

Jonny Tostenson

Program Assistant Naturalist | Email

Leah Kessler

Program Assistant Naturalist | Email

Graduate Naturalists

Mentor Naturalists

Emmerson Kuhl | Email

Haley McCauley | Email

Logan Woods | Email

 

Graduate Naturalists

Cait Flannery
Eric Parazak
Gabbi VandenBrink
Izabella Goland
Jannes Packet
Kayla Edmunds
Kelsy O’Morrow
Logan Stecker
Lauren Chamberlain
Madie Cloutier
Maleah Upton
Marcus Popovich
Mo Armstrong
Neko Nelson
Teagan Weiss

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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Operations

Maintenance

Bob Geatz

Maintenance Manager | Email

Carter Acker

Maintenance Technician | Email

Bob Wolke

Maintenance Technician | Email

Doug Dusenberry

Maintenance Technician | Email

Custodial Services

Barbara Doherty

Custodian | Email

Rose Evans

Custodial Services Manager | Email

Nash Hanson

Custodian | Email

Jeff Unger

Custodian | Email

Dining Services

Lane Prekker

Dining Services Manager / Head Chef | Email

Shawn Nowotczynski

Cook | Email

Keith Johnston

Prep Cook | Email

Valerie Melander

Prep Cook | Email

Louise Covert

Prep Cook | Email

Organic Farm

Sarah Mayer

Farm Manager | Email

Swae Rose

Facilities Assistant | Email

Administration

Kathy Chumley

Administrative Assistant | Email

Jo Hazelton

Administrative Assistant | Email

Cara Norris

Bookkeeper & Store Manager | Email

Rae Schuety

Sales & Marketing Coordinator | Email

Board of Trustees

Schele Smith (Chair)
Nancy Quattelbaum 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
John Priem
Tari Rayala
Anne Schneider
Lee Thao
John Thein
Sandy Timmerman
Bill Vanderwall
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

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