Carpenter Nature Center’s phone number is

 651-437-4359!  Staff extensions and email are listed below.  Also below is Board of Director info.


Jim Fitzpatrick – Executive Director, extension101, email


Mayme Johnson – Program Director, extension 103, email


Jen Vieth – Development Director, extension 108, email


Alan Maloney – Interpretive Naturalist, extension 104, email


Linda Polglase – Administrative Assistant, extension 102, email


Marty Lynch – Maintenance Foreman, Shop phone: 651-480-0572


John McPherson – Horticulturist, extension 109, email


CNC’s Board of Directors are listed below

President – Steve Messick, Hastings, MN

Vice President – Tim Power, Hastings, MN

Treasurer – James Freund, Hudson, WI

Secretary – Marsha Mose, Hudson, WI

Past President – Don Kern, Prescott, WI

Member – Gordon Bailey, Jr., Cottage Grove, MN

Member – Vickie Batroot, Stillwater, MN

Member – Dr. Denis Clohisy, Hudson, WI

Member – Jay Griggs, Hudson, WI

Member – Gary Griswold, Hudson, WI

Member – John Jensen, Hudson, WI

Member – Martin Kellogg, Stillwater, MN

Member – Curt Mages, Hastings, MN

Member – Rep. Denny McNamara, Hastings, MN

Member – Allen Most, Cottage Grove, MN

Member – Sven Sundgaard, Minneapolis, MN

Member – John Tinucci, Woodbury, MN

Exofficio Member – Jean Janssen, Hastings, MN


Honorary Board

J. Daniel Bassen, Tonka Bay, MN

Don Fluegel, Hastings MN

Larry Fussell, St. Paul, MN

Vance Grannis, Jr., Inver Grove Heights, MN

George Hoel, Hudson, WI

Robert Setzer, Hudson, WI

Daryl Standafer, Hudson, WI

Tom Thomsen, Stillwater, MN

Wendy Wustenberg, Farmington, MN


Advisory Board Members

Donna Dalton, Afton, MN

Jim Nielsen, Afton, MN

Bob Voigt, Minneapolis, MN