Our staff directory lists contact information for our staff by department. To e-mail staff members, simply click on their name.

To view contacts for a particular department, click a link below.

• Administration/Board Offices
• Curatorial Division
• Development & Membership Division
• Education
• Exhibits
• Planetarium
• Operations Division
• Marketing/Communications
• Maintenance & Security
• Museum Store

President/Director
Dr. Ann Tippitt	704-866-6902
Assistant Director, Operations
Karl McKinnon	704-866-6903
Executive Assistant
Dawn Gevat	704-866-6901
Accountant
Janice Edge	704-869-1985

Manager of Collections
Carrie Duran	704-869-1009
Research Coordinator/Curator of Archaeology
Dr. Alan May	704-866-6917
Curator of Life Sciences
Dawn Flynn	704-869-1913
Adjunct Curator, Backcountry Lifeways
Kay Moss	704-869-1031
Adjunct Curator, Mycology
Allein Stanley	704-866-6917
Adjunct Curator, Mycology
Dr. Deborah Langsam	704-866-6917
Adjunct Curator, Malacology
Denise Furr	704-866-6917
Adjunct Curator, Biology
Dr. Henry Stockwell	704-866-6917
Adjunct Curator, Biology
Dr. David Grant	704-866-6917

Museum Advancement Director
Debbie Windley	704-836-0020
Membership Coordinator
Vacant	704-836-0020
Marketing Director
Amy Ballard	704-866-6923
Communications/Publications Coordinator
Robert Crisp	704-866-6909

Administrative Assistant
Elysabeth Utick	704-854-6676
Head of Education
Tony Pasour	704-866-6919
Backcountry Lifeways
Suzanne Simmons	704-866-6913
Gaston County Outreach
Steve Pin	704-866-6910
Environmental Education
Becca Kirlin	704-866-6911
Aboriginal/Native Studies
Steve Watts	704-866-6912
Grassroots Outreach
Vacant	704-854-6676
Mandy Jordan	704-869-6915
Hugh Sherrill	704-866-6914

Exhibit Preparator
Mike Calvert	704-869-1029
Exhibit Preparator
Hugh Sherrill	704-866-6921
Exhibit Preparator
Rudy Rudisill	704-866-6921

Planetarium Director
Jim Craig	704-866-6922

Planetarium Presenter (P/T)
Brom Sargent	704-869-1036

Rentals
Vacant	704-866-6903
Receptionist
Vacant	704-866-6908
Receptionists (P/T)
Becky Murph Adam Bridges Cindy Parrott Dawn Martinez	704-866-6908

Maintenance/Security Manager
Mark Rudisill	704-866-6055
Weekend Security
J.C. Littlejohn	704-866-6920
Custodians
Glenn Deese Barry Nixon	704-836-0019
Outside Crew
Steve Lawber	704-866-6920

Manager
Nancy Hagerman	704-866-6924 704-854-6675
Clerks
Pacilla Rozzelle (P/T) Emily Thrower (P/T)	704-866-6924