Our Team

Mary Kershaw, Executive Director

Anthony Thibodeau, Director of Research and Collections

Jill Thomas, Director of Executive and Board Affairs

Tory Foster, Director of Philanthropy

Kristan Hutchison, Director of Public Engagement

Kimberly Spurr, Archaeology Division Director

Denny James, Director of Finance and Operations

Nick Baron, Museum Educator

Samantha Biter, Museum Educator

Schuyler Borges, Visitor Experience Assistant Manager

Laura Brown, Grants Officer

Jeff Burns, Project Director and Supervisory Archaeologist

Jan Busco, Botany Research Specialist

Jim Collette, Archaeologist

Kate Collette, Archaeologist

Kate Compton-Gore, NAGPRA Training Coordinator

Maclovia Corrales , Programs Coordinator

Cynthia De Angelis, Museum Shop Manager

Sarah Downing, Membership Manager

Lily Elbaum, Archivist

Holly Emerick, Visitor Experience Associate

Katherine Fye, Development Associate

Janet Hagopian, Lab Director and Ceramic Analyst

Mikala Hastings, Visitor Experience Associate

Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Curator of Anthropology

Ashkii Hawthorne, Facilities Technician

Samantha Honanie, Visitor Experience Manager

Roshauna James, Visitor Experience Associate

Garold Johnson, Visitor Experience Associate

Easy Joseph, Head of Facilities

Kat Leddy, Archaeologist

Abi Lewis, Anthropology Collections Assistant

Sofia Linskey , Archaeology Technician

Merwin Lomayestewa, IT Support Specialist

Hanna Person, Registrar

Rosemary Pietkiewicz, Custodian

Alan Petersen, Fine Arts Curator

Kirstin Phillips, Botany Collections Manager

Mark Porter, Anthropology Collections Assistant

Janet Price, Administrative Assistant

David Purcell, Supervisory Archaeologist and Historian

Tiala Rocha , Visitor Experience Associate

Sacha Siskonen, Education Manager

Mari Soliday, Volunteer Manager

Larry Stevens, Honorary Curator of Biology

Emma Stewart, Visitor Experience Associate

Signe Valentinsson, Collections Manager

Nancy Wiechec, Marketing Specialist

Mellowdi Yazzie, Bookkeeper