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2022 Foundation Staff List

EXECUTIVE

Raquel Thueme
President

Sheryl Johnston
Executive Assistant

ADMINISTRATION

Connie Palmer
Director of Finance and Administration

Todd Grubb*
Accountant

Jovita Johnson
Accounting Administrative Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS

Kristin Longley
Director of Communications

Andrea Bergstrom
Communications Projects Coordinator

COLLECTIONS & EDUCATION

Ann M. Loshaw
Director of Collections & Education

Kerry Bellinger
Registrar

Michele Downes
Visitor Experience Specialist

Hollister Henry
Collections Technician

Davina Kuh Jakobi
Manager of Curatorial Affairs

Julia Popler
Manager of Visitor Services

Cole Rutledge
Visitor Experience Specialist

Renee Saba
Manager of Education Programs

Joshua Smith
Education & Events Assistant

HORTICULTURE

Todd Bakos
Director of Estate Operations

Mike Belco*
Integrated Pest Management Specialist

Wendy Bentley
Landscape Operations Field Manager

Rebecca Fulk
Landscape Specialist

Kristin Juarez
Floriculturist

Benjamin Schwarz-Schneider
Landscape Specialist

PROGRAMS

Raquel R. Robinson
Vice President of Programs

Tryphena Clarke
Community Engagement Officer

Erin Franzen*
Program Officer

Kenneth Frierson
Program Officer

Tanya Upthegrove Gregory
Learning Officer

Victoria Hall
Grants Manager

Elizabeth Jordan
Senior Program Officer

SECURITY

Al Barron
Lead Security Officer

Shane Boles
Security Officer

Alvin Bradford
Security Officer

Rodney Cooper
Security Officer

John Erwin
Security Officer

Ronnie Summers
Security Officer

*No longer with the Foundation