People

Administration

Holly Menninger, Executive Director (she/her/hers)
612-625-6889, hmenning@umn.edu

Cale Drange, Financial Specialist
612-626-4440, drang002@umn.edu

Jennifer Olson, Finance Professional 3 (she/her/hers)
612-624-2596, olson356@umn.edu

Development

Casey David, Director of Development (she/her)

612-626-2673, caseyd@umn.edu

Christian Glanville, Membership Manager (he/him)

612-626-0089, ckglan@umn.edu

Matt Horstman, Associate Development Officer (he/him)
612-301-2678, matt87@umn.edu

Emily Kelson, Advancement Communication Specialist (she/her)

ekelson@umn.edu

Business & Marketing

Adrienne Wiseman, Director of Business & Marketing (she/her/hers)
612-624-0793, awiseman@umn.edu

Bea Chihak, Community Events Coordinator (they/she/xe)
chihak@umn.edu

Emily Dzieweczynski, Communications Associate (she/they)
dziew020@umn.edu

Nehwoen Luogon-Bojkov, Communications Associate (she/her/hers)
luogo001@umn.edu

Naomi Marx, Community Events Coordinator (she/her)

Operations

Emma Allen, Director of Operations (she/her/hers)
612-626-1897, eallen@umn.edu

Amina Adem, Groups Sales Coordinator (she/her)

adem@umn.edu

Chris Clark, Building Facility Coordinator (he/his/him)

clar1613@umn.edu

Kyle Grindberg, Museum Technology Specialist
612-626-5780, kyleg@umn.edu

Daryl Lawrence, Museum Facilities Manager (he/him/his)
daryl@umn.edu

Emily Personius, Group Sales Assistant (she/her)

Hannah Pepin, Office and Administrative Assistant (she/her/hers)

612-626-0603, pepi0028@umn.edu

Kate Sigurdson, Employee Experience Lead (she/her/hers)
612-625-3537, ksigurds@umn.edu

James Toetschinger, Visitor Services & Accessibility Manager (he/him/his)

612-626-9660, toets002@umn.edu

Keely Wardyn, Visitor Services Coordinator (she/her/hers)

612-626-9660, wardy002@umn.edu

Kristen Williams, Volunteer and Student Employee Coordinator

612-624-2892, kewill@umn.edu

Rentals

Laura Devereaux, Facility Rental Manager (she/her/hers)

612-626-3528, ldeverea@umn.edu

Korra Ringgenberg, Events Specialist (she/her/hers)

ektan002@umn.edu

Education, Exhibits & Programs

Jennifer Stampe, Director of Public Engagement and Science Learning (she/her/hers)
612-626-2299, jstampe@umn.edu

Sally Brummel, Planetarium Manager (she/her/hers)
612-624-8146, sbrummel@umn.edu

Kaitlin Ehret, Planetarium Programs Coordinator (she/her)
ehret017@umn.edu

Darnell Eveleth, Planetarium Technical Coordinator (he/him)

evele008@umn.edu

Sadie Fisher, School Programs Coordinator (she/her)

fish0924@umn.edu

Scarlet Fitzsimmons, Gallery Programs Coordinator (she/her)
612-624-8245, scarlet@umn.edu

Donny Gettinger, Exhibits Coordinator (he/him/his)

612-624-3808, egetting@umn.edu

Ethan Kruszka, Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager (he/him)
ekruszka@umn.edu

Thaddeus LaCoursiere, Planetarium Production Coordinator (he/him/his)
612-625-3599, tlacours@umn.edu

Jennifer Menken, Education Collections Manager (she/her/hers)
612-626-7133, menke004@umn.edu

Patricia O’Leary, Youth & Family Programs Coordinator (she/her)
olear247@umn.edu

Sarah Riemer, Education Programs Manager (she/her/hers)
612-624-6878, sriemer@umn.edu

Summer Scharringhausen, Program and Evaluation Specialist (she/her)

colli774@umn.edu

Research & Collections

George Weiblen, Science Director & Curator of Plants (he/him/his)
612-624-3461, gweiblen@umn.edu

Keith Barker, Curator of Genetic Resources (he/him/his)
612-624-2737, barke042@umn.edu

Al Bergstedt, Digitization Technician (He/They)
bergs412@umn.edu

Kassandra Ford, Curator of Fishes & Mollusks (she/her/hers)
ford0411@umn.edu

Anna Fowler, Curatorial Technician (she/her)

612-625-0529, fowle358@umn.edu

Sam Getty, Curatorial Research Associate (she/her/hers)

getty031@umn.edu

Angela Hornsby, Zoological Collections Manager, (she/her)
612-626-9600, horns076@umn.edu

Sharon Jansa, Curator of Mammals (she/her/hers)
612-624-6293, jansa003@umn.edu

Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology & Curator of Birds (she/her/hers)
sreddy@umn.edu

Robin Thomson, Entomology Collections Manager (she/her)
thom1514@umn.edu

Tim Whitfeld, Herbarium Collections Manager (he/him/his)
612-625-0215, whitf015@umn.edu

Ya Yang, Curator of Plants (she/her/hers)
yangya@umn.edu

Statewide Engagement

Natalie Kennedy, Director of Statewide Engagement (she/her/hers)
612-624-7775, nkennedy@umn.edu

Jennifer Behm, Statewide Youth & Family Programs Coordinator (she/her/hers)

612-624-1561, behm0051@umn.edu

Ellie Hechter, Family Engagement and STEM Nights Coordinator, (she/her)
STEMnights@umn.edu

Nia Navarro, Statewide Community Engagement Coordinator (she/they)
enavarro@umn.edu

Winonah Ojanen (Gaagige Aanakwadikwe), Native American Initiatives Education Specialist (she/her)

Aanakwad@umn.edu

Ashley O’Neill Prado, Statewide Education Programs Manager (they/them)

612-625-0132, aprado@umn.edu

Maria Olson, Exploradome Coordinator and Educator (she/her)

olso7959@umn.edu

Megan Raschka, Statewide Curriculum Coordinator and Educator (she/her)
mjfarka@umn.edu

The Bell Museum Advisory Board champions the mission of the Bell Museum, serving as a community advocate for the museum in all respects. The Advisory Board provides overall guidance and feedback on the museum’s direction, programs, and outcomes.

Information about the Advisory Board, a description of responsibilities and contact information can be found here.

Mary Nichols, Chair
Dean Emerita, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Minnesota

Kim Steward, Vice Chair
Director of Co-Product Innovation, Cargill

David Briese
Director of Greater Minnesota Historic Sites, Minnesota Historical Society

Wilmer Fernandez
Lean Enterprise Program Manager, Emerson

Susan Galatowitsch
Professor Emerita, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota

Steve Gullickson
CEO, MGK

Jill Jensen
Science Educator, Kennedy Elementary School, ISD 200 (Hastings)

Mike Jensen
Solar Energy group Project Executive, Mortenson Construction

Jed Larkin
Senior VP of Tax, Moderna

Josh Leonard

Education Director, Belwin Outdoor Science, Saint Paul Public Schools

Peter Leppik
VP of Customer Feedback and Analytics, US Bank

John Moriarty
Senior Manager of Wildlife (Retired), Three Rivers Park District

Angela Osuji
Science Educator (Retired)

Jonathan Palmer
Executive Director, Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions (RCODE)

Laura Pilarski
Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, Southern Minnesota

Melissa Rahn
Vice Chair, Government Relations, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Amber Sausen
Architect and Principal, Alliiance

Sara Schultz
Director, Minnesota State University Moorhead Planetarium

Asha Shoffner
Environmental and Outdoor Education Project Manager, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation

Robert Stine
Dean Emeritus, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Minnesota