Our Staff

Administration

Jennifer Vieth (ext. 108)

Executive Director

Contact Jen regarding:

Earth Day Birding Festival

Raptor Release

Bird Banding

Erika Jensen (ext. 101)

Development Coordinator

Contact Erika regarding:

Donations and “Friends of CNC” program

Memorials & Tribute Gifts

Animal Ambassador Adoptions

Autumn in the Valley Gala

St. Croix Golf Scramble

Jessie Eckroad (ext. 106)

Communications Coordinator

Contact Jessie regarding:

Print and web communications

Art Festival

Education

Sarah Germscheid (ext. 103)

Director of Education and Visitor Services | Rental Coordinator

Contact Sarah regarding:

Rental Facilities

Scheduling on-site group programming

Abbey Holden (ext. 118)

Operations Manager | Outreach Coordinator | Animal Care Coordinator

Contact Abbey regarding:

Outreach programming

Animal Ambassador program

Wisconsin Campus habitat management

Alan Maloney (ext. 104)

Interpretive Naturalist

Tess Santelman (ext. 113)

Interpretive Naturalist | Volunteer Coordinator

Contact Tess regarding:

Volunteer Opportunities

Frosty 45

Anna Novalany

Outreach Naturalist

Land Management & Maintenance

Sam Behrends (ext. 109)

Orchardist and Sustainable Agriculture Instructor

Contact Sam regarding:

Apple Orchard

Apple Festival

Todd DeRosier

Maintenance Department Manager

Director Emeritus

Jim Fitzpatrick

Director Emeritus

Part-time & Seasonal Staff

Ryan Alaimo ∙ Crystal Anhalt ∙ Shelley Bowman ∙ Dani Collier ∙ Annika Hellerud ∙ Brad Johnson ∙ Grace Johnston ∙ Erin Mahnke ∙ Isabell Martinez ∙ Clare Neenen ∙ Amber Rappl ∙ Elsa Reilly ∙ Lauren Smith

Our Board of Directors

Carpenter Nature Center is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, all of whom actively support our mission and goals.

Rob McKim

President

Gary Porter

Vice President

Steve Klein

Past President

Dave Brown

Treasurer

Susan Barnes Elliott

Secretary

Joe Beattie

Jim Freund

Paul Gerbec

Gary Griswold

Don Kern

Peggy Ladner

Scott Northard

Scott Sharp

Brett Sitter

Leanne Van Allen