People

Denise Young, Executive Director (she/her/hers)
612-624-2013, dlyoung@umn.edu

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

Hannah Baines, Director of Development (she/her/hers)
612-626-2673, hmbaines@umn.edu

Kevin Curran, Associate Development Officer (he/him/his)
612-301-2678, kcurran@umn.edu

Business & Marketing

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

Emily Dzieweczynski, Marketing & Communications Assistant (she/they)
dziew020@umn.edu

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

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

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

Daryl Lawrence, Museum Facility Manager (he/him/his)
612-625-7330, daryl@umn.edu

Quentin Rouhoff, Ticketing & Operations Coordinator (he/him/his)
612-626-9660, rouho001@umn.edu

Kate Sigurdson, Human Resources and Volunteer Coordinator (she/her/hers)
612-625-3537, ksigurds@umn.edu

Holly Menninger, Director of Public Engagement & Science Learning (she/her/hers)
612-625-6889, hmenning@umn.edu

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

Heather Cummins, Gallery Programs Coordinator (she/her/hers)
612-624-8245, cummi344@umn.edu

Amber Kastner, Public Science Events Manager (she/her/hers)
612-626-3858, kastner@umn.edu

Sarah Devine, Planetarium Programs Coordinator (she/her/hers)
612-626-2253, komp0030@umn.edu

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

Don Luce, Curator of Exhibits (he/him/his)
612-624-1342, lucex001@umn.edu

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

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

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

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

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

Ken Kozak, Curator of Herpetology
612-624-3982, kozak016@umn.edu

Katie Noren, Museum Assistant
nore0102@umn.edu

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

Andrew Simons, Curator of Fishes (he/him/his)
612-624-6292, asimons@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