Staff Directory

President's Office

 
Ellen Censky, PhD President & CEO 414-278-2746 censky@mpm.edu
Katie Sanders Chief Planning Officer 414-278-6130 sandersk@mpm.edu
Perry Shaffer Executive Project Assistant 414-278-2748 shafferp@mpm.edu
James Flores Tribal Liason 414-278-6993 floresj@mpm.edu

 

Business Office

 
Gail Boym Corporate Controller 414-278-6977 boym@mpm.edu

Retail
 
Alec Zapushek Director of Retail 414-278-6177 zapushek@mpm.edu
Brian Ahrens Manager of Retail 414-278-6981 ahrensb@mpm.edu
Jim Lesczynski Mailroom Clerk leszczynskij@mpm.edu  

Human Resources
Emily Hill Director of Human Resources & Labor Relations 414-278-2752 hille@mpm.edu
 

Marketing & Audience Development

 
Rebecca Ehlers Vice President of Marketing, Communications, & Visitor Experience 414-278-2733 ehlersr@mpm.edu
Marketing
 
Sophia Otap Rodgers Museum Editor, Writer, & Media Buyer 414-278-2737 otaps@mpm.edu
Madeline Anderson Director of Communications 414-278-2784 andersonm@mpm.edu
   
Events
 
Kristine Thomsen Director of Special Events & Group Sales  414-278-6934 thomsenk@mpm.edu
Melissa Neumann Events Coordinator 414-278-6936 neumannm@mpm.edu
   
Visitor Services
 
Deb Heinzmann Director of Visitor Services 414-278-2751 heinzmann@mpm.edu
Nicole Brushel Senior Manager of Visitor Services 414-278-6951 brushel@mpm.edu

Curatorial, Programs, and Exhibits

 
Jennifer Zaspel, PhD Vice President & Academic Dean zaspelj@mpm.edu  
Christopher D. Tyrrell, PhD Research Curator, Botany tyrrell@mpm.edu  
Aaron R. Atencio, PhD Research Curator, Cultural Collections, History and Anthropology atencioa@mpm.edu  
Nicolas J. Dowdy, PhD Research Curator, Zoology and Director of Collections Informatics dowdyn@mpm.edu  
Patricia Coorough-Burke Robert and Sally Manegold Curator of Geological Collections coorough@mpm.edu  
Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections/Senior Collections Manager thomae@mpm.edu  
Julia Colby Zoology Collection Manager colby@mpm.edu  
Alyssa Caywood Collections Digitization Manager caywood@mpm.edu  
Jackie Schweitzer Chester Read Curator of History Collections schweitzer@mpm.edu  
Sara Podejko Registrar podejko@mpm.edu  
   
Education and Public Programs
 
Adriana Vazquez Director of Education & Programs vazqueza@mpm.edu  
Dawn Koceja Community Engagement and Advocacy Officer koceja@mpm.edu  
   
Daniel M. Soref Dome Theater and Planetarium
 
Bob Bonadurer Director of Theater & Planetarium bonadurer@mpm.edu  

Development and Membership

 
Julie Quinlan Brame Senior Vice President of Development 414-278-6986 quinlanbramej@mpm.edu
Kaye Leszczynski Senior Director of Major Gifts 414-278-2792 leszczynskik@mpm.edu
Joshua Parr Director of Development 414-278-2767 parrj@mpm.edu
Diane Hastreiter Major Gifts Coordinator 414-278-6128 hastreiter@mpm.edu
Lisa Pieper Director of Individual Giving 414-278-2739 pieperl@mpm.edu
Roselyn Smolej-Hill Director of Planned & Major Gifts 414-278-6129 smolejHill@mpm.edu
Matt Schoeffler Regional Gift Officer 414-278-6937  
Stacey Greenwaldt Director of Membership 414-278-6126 greenwaldt@mpm.edu

 

Information and Electronic Systems

 
Ryan Schmidt Information & Electronic Systems Manager 414-278-2740 schmidtr@mpm.edu
OPEN Systems Analyst    

 

Facility Operations

 
Steven Raynier Director of Facility Operations and Projects 414-278-2738 rayniers@mpm.edu
Tim McLarty Security Supervisor 414-278-6994