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Board and Staff: Meet the Staff

Meet the Staff | Board of Trustees | Meet Our President

Executive

Thomas C. Kiernan, President
Theresa Pierno
, Executive Vice President
Ron Tipton
, Senior Vice President, Policy
Elizabeth Fayad, General Counsel
Laura Atchison, Board and National Council Liaison
Heather Graving, Executive Assistant

Government Affairs 

Craig Obey, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Laura Loomis, Senior Director of Government Affairs
Elise Russell Liguori, Legislative Representative
Tom Hill, Legislative Representative
Chad Lord, Director, National Great Lakes Campaign
Bryan Faehner, Associate Director for Park Use
Alan Spears, Legislative Representative
Christina Kamrath, Ally Partnership Manager
Paul Roach, Political Outreach Manager
Kristen Brengel, Director of Legislative and Government Relations
Stephanie Harris, Senior Administrative Coordinator
Sarah Gaines Barmeyer, Great Waters Program Manager
John Garder, Budget & Appropriations Legislative Representative
Karen Nozik, Dirctor of Ally Development and Partnership

Center for Park Research

James Nations, Vice President
Gail Dethloff, Senior Director
Elizabeth Meyers, Publications Manager
Dan Saxton, Senior Program Coordinator
Guy DiDonato, Natural Resources Manager
Catherine Moore, Cultural Resources Program Manager

Center for Park Management

Julie Williams, Vice President
Michael Heaney
, Deputy Vice President 
Robin Abramowitz, Associate Director of Knowledge Management
Bobby Chang, SharePoint Program Director
Caitlin Downey
, Analyst
Erik Eichinger, Director
Julia Eiferman, Program Coordinator
Stephanie Hester, Associate Director
Geoff Kish, Director
Kristen McConnell, Director
Hayley Mortimer, Senior Director
Jodie Riesenberger, Program Director
Charity Self, Director
Cyndi SzymanskiDirector
Jamie Varner, Senior Director
Stephanie Wight, Associate Director
Elizabeth Anderson, Marketing and Communications Manager
Sara Conner, Senior Team Coordinator
Craig Pelka, Program Coordinator

Regional Programs

Tony Jewett, Vice President of Regional Operations
Robin Martin McKenna, Deputy Vice President of Regional Operations
Mark WenzlerVice President Clean Air and Climate Programs
Patricia Willingham, Senior Coordinator, Regional Operations
Christa Cherava, Program Analyst, Clean Air & Climate
Brynne Mason, Senior Manager, Regional Operations
Bart Melton, Senior Program Manager
Karen Hevel-Mingo, Climate Progam Manager

Alaska Regional Office

Jim Stratton, Senior Director
Joan Frankevich, Program Manager
Melissa Blair, Program Manager
Linda Cooper, Office Coordinator 

Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

Joy Oakes, Senior Director, Mid-Atlantic Region
Pamela Goddard, Chesapeake and Virginia Program Manager
Heather LukacsWest Virginia Program Manager
Natalie Ramirez, Senior Program Coordinator
Cinda Waldbuesser, Senior Program Manager, Pennsylvania
Nick Lund, Civil War Associate
Yves Corbiere, West Virginia Senior Program Coordinator

Mid-West Regional Office 

Lynn McClure, Regional Director
Nathan Miller, Air Quality Analyst
Naureen Rana, Program Manager
Christine Goepfert, Upper Midwest Program Manager
Erin Denney-Thompson, Administrative Coordinator

Northeast Regional Office 

Alex Brash, Senior Director
Oliver SpellmanSenior Program Manager
Jeff Gannon, Regional Director of Development
Reina Gonzales, Office Coordinator
April Mims, Program Manager

Northern Rockies Regional Office 

Tim Stevens, Regional Director
Sharon Mader, Senior Program Manager
Will Hammerquist, Glacier Program Manager
Sarah Janicki, Program Coordinator
Patricia Dowd, Yellowstone Program Manager
Joe Josephson, Yellowstone Wildlife Fellow
Michael Jamison,Crown of the Continent Program Manager
Andrew Hagemeier, Steve and Roberta Denning Landscape Conservation Fellow
Meghan Quinn, Grand Teton Program Coordinator

Northwest Regional Office

Jim Stratton, Regional Director
David Graves, Northwest Program Manager
David Patton, Regional Director of Development
Sean Smith, Policy Director
Mariely Lemagne, Administrative Coordinator

Pacific Regional Office

Ron SundergillSenior Director, Pacific Region
Sharon Enright, Regional Director of Development
Neal Desai, Pacific Region Associate Director
Molly Kaiser, Program Assistant, Central Valley Field Office
Kari Kiser, Senior Program Coordinator
David Lamfrom, California Desert Senior Program Manager 
Lynn Davis, Las Vegas Senior Program Manager
Emily Schrepf, Central Valley Program Manager
Seth Shteir, California Desert Field Representative
Heather Dumais, Senior Program Coordinator - Air and Climate

Southeast Regional Office 

Donald Barger, Senior Director
Emily Jones, Senior Program Manager
Tracy Kramer, Program Coordinator
Stephanie Kodish, Attorney Project Manager
Chris Watson, Program Manager

Southwest Regional Office

David Nimkin, Senior Regional Director
Kevin Dahl, Program Manager
Cindi Roberson, SWRO Administrative Coordinator
Meghan Trubee, Colorado River Senior Campaign Manager
Cory MacNulty, Program Manager
Erika Pollard. Program Manager

Sun Coast Regional Office 

John Adornato III, Regional Director
Jacqueline Crucet, Senior Program Coordinator
Robert Clift, Senior Marine Outreach Coordinator
Kahlil Kettering, Biscayne Restoration Program Analyst
Sharon Colen, Administrative Assistant
Dawn Shirreffs, Everglades Restoration Program Manager

Texas Regional Office

Suzanne Dixon, Regional Director
Erika Pelletier, Administrative Coordinator

Communications

Linda M. Rancourt, Vice President, Communications

Media Relations  

Shannon Andrea, Director, Media Relations 
Kati Schmidt, Senior Media Relations Manager (West Coast)
Perry Wheeler, Media Relations Senior Coordinator
Alison Zemanski, Media Relations Manager
Jeff Billington, Senior Media Relations Manager

Online Communications  

Felicia Carr, Senior Director, Online Communications
Shane Farnor, Online Advocacy Manager
B. Stanton, Web Manager
Jennifer Errick, Editor of Online Communications

Publications 

Scott Kirkwood, Senior Director of Publications
Amy Marquis, Associate Editor
Annie Riker, Designer
Nicole Yin, Photo Editor 

Development

Ray Foote, Vice President, Development
Vanessa Andrews, Deputy Vice President of Development
Morgan Dodd, Director, Gift Planning
Russell Hornbeck, Director of Corporate Partnerships, Marketing, and Licensing
Katie Maschman Eucker, Senior Manager, Member Travel & Corporate Marketing
Benjamin Sander, Travel Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Jordan, Senior Manager of Events & Stewardship
Eronn Strickland, Manager of Donor Relations 
Lance Speidell, Associate Director, Corporate & Foundations Relations 
Andrew Allison, Senior Manager, Prospect Research
Elizabeth Borg, Senior Regional Development Director
Charles Anderson, Director of  Corporate and Foundation Relations
Nina O'Connor, Gift Planning Senior Coordinator
Georgette Blanchfield, Director, Capital Campaign
Elizabeth Ackley, Senior Coordinator for Corporate and Foundation Relations
Erin Thorp, Senior Development Coordinator
Jennifer Cole, Coordinator, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Daniel Blamer, Senior Stewardship Coordinator

Membership

Mina Stanard, Vice President
Laura Connors, Deputy VP of Membership
Michael Whybrew, Director of Online Fundraising
Kenrick Jones, Senior Database Administrator
Bruce MarshallDirector, Member Services
Kristina Conway, Direct Marketing Analyst
James Thomson, Senior Member Services Coordinator
Sonya Tynes-Shaw, Associate Director
Terry Vines, Director of Membership Operations,
Deborah Ward, Direct Marketing Manager
Megan Cantrell, Senior Coordinator of Member Engagement
Madeleine Starkey, Membership Senior Administrative Coordinator

Human Resources

Karen Allen, Vice President, Human Resources
Carolyn Curry-Wheat, Associate Director of Human Resources

Operations

Kevin Barnhurst, Vice President of Finance, Administration, and IT
Archana Sahay, Staff Accountant
Joyce Osborne, Accounts Receivable Accountant
Chanta Thompson, Accounting Specialist
L. Khoo, Administrative Coordinator
Timothy Moyer, Controller
Christine Garcia, Administrative Staff Accountant
Johanna Kent, Office Manager
Emily Brown, Staff Accountant

 

Last Update: January 10, 2012