Staff Directory

President's Office

 
Ellen Censky, PhD President & CEO 414-278-2746 [email protected]
Perry Shaffer Executive Project Assistant 414-278-2748 [email protected]

 

Business Office

 
Gail Boym Corporate Controller 414-278-6977 [email protected]

Retail
 
Alec Zapushek Director of Retail 414-278-6177 [email protected]
Sydney Davis Manager of Retail 414-278-6981 [email protected]

Human Resources
Emily Hill Director of Human Resources & Labor Relations 414-278-2752 [email protected]
 

Marketing & Audience Development

 
Rebecca Ehlers Vice President of Marketing, Communications, & Visitor Experience 414-278-2733 [email protected]
Marketing
 
Sophia Otap Rodgers Museum Editor, Writer, & Media Buyer 414-278-2737 [email protected]
Madeline Anderson Director of Communications 414-278-2784 [email protected]
   
Events
 
Katie Shorts Director of Event Sales & Operations 414-278-6937 [email protected]
Melissa Neumann Event & Group Sales Coordinator 414-278-6936 [email protected]
   
Visitor Services
 
Deb Heinzmann Director of Visitor Services 414-278-2751 [email protected]
Nicole Woods Senior Manager of Visitor Services 414-278-6951 [email protected]

Curatorial, Programs, and Exhibits

 
Jennifer Zaspel, PhD Vice President & Academic Dean [email protected]  
Christopher D. Tyrrell, PhD Research Curator, Botany [email protected]  
Aaron R. Atencio, PhD Research Curator, Cultural Collections, History & Anthropology [email protected]  
Nicolas J. Dowdy, PhD Research Curator, Zoology & Director of Collections Informatics [email protected]  
Jonathan Hendricks Robert & Sally Manegold Associate Research Curator of Paleontology [email protected]  
Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections/Senior Collections Manager [email protected]  
Julia Colby Zoology Collection Manager [email protected]  
Alyssa Caywood Collections Digitization Manager [email protected]  
Jackie Schweitzer Chester Read Curator of History Collections [email protected]  
Sara Podejko Registrar [email protected]  
James Flores Tribal Liason 414-278-6933 [email protected]
   
Education and Public Programs
 
Dawn Koceja Community Engagement & Advocacy Officer [email protected]  
   
Daniel M. Soref Dome Theater and Planetarium
 
Bob Bonadurer Director of Theater & Planetarium [email protected]  

Development and Membership

 
Julie Quinlan Brame Senior Vice President of Development 414-278-6986 [email protected]
Daniel O'Brien Senior Director of Major Gifts 414-278-2792 [email protected]
Joshua Parr Senior Director of Development 414-278-2767 [email protected]
Diane Hastreiter Major Gifts Coordinator 414-278-6128 [email protected]
Lisa Pieper Director of Individual Giving 414-278-2739 [email protected]
Roselyn Smolej-Hill Director of Planned & Major Gifts 414-278-6129 [email protected]
Stacey Greenwaldt Director of Membership 414-278-6126 [email protected]

 

Information and Electronic Systems

 
Ryan Schmidt Information & Electronic Systems Manager 414-278-2740 [email protected]
OPEN Systems Analyst    

 

Facility Operations

 
Steven Raynier Director of Facility Operations & Projects 414-278-2738 [email protected]