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Staff, Volunteers, Community Partners & Advisors

Staff

Director's Office

Kathy Halbreich, Director
Philippe Vergne, Deputy Director and Chief Curator
Michelle Klein, Manager, Executive Affairs
Howard Oransky, Director of Planning

Administration

David Steglich, Chief Operating Officer
Leslie Friedlander, Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer
Mary Polta, Chief Financial Officer
Tim Schultz, Accounting Manager Deborah Weaver, Accountant
Dawn Swartz, Accounting Assistant Maureen Sheridan, Accounting Assistant
Gary White, Director, Human Resources
Holly Hinton, Human Resources Administrator
Emily Taylor, Human Resources Clerk
Andrew Underwood-Bultmann, Mailroom Services Coordinator
John Lied, Director, Building Operations
Alan Hartley, Chief Engineer
Ronald Bellfield, Building Maintenance Engineer
Larry Stowes, Assistant Building Engineer
Surujny Kotila, Manager, Operations and Security
John Lindell, Building Operations Administrator
Randy Durbin, Night Operations Coordinator
James Campbell, Chief Guard
Jeff Hankemeier, Night Control Operator
Jeff Morrison, Night Control Operator
Steven Jensen, Chief Guard

Information Technology

Jose Iturrino, Manager, Information Technology
Don Wilson, Network Administrator
Brian Jung, Desktop Support Technician

Design/Editorial

Andrew Blauvelt, Design Director and Curator
Lisa Middag, Design Studio and Publications Manager
Chad Kloepfer, Senior Graphic Designer
Emmet Byrne, Graphic Designer
Greg Beckel, Pre-Press Production Specialist
Kathleen McLean, Editor
Pamela Johnson, Associate Editor
Matthew Rezac, Design Fellow
Scott Ponik, Design Fellow

Development & Membership

Christopher Stevens, Development Director
Marla Stack, Director, Special Projects Fundraising
Daniel Riehle-Merrill, Development Associate, Corporations and Foundations
Annie Schmidt, Development Associate, Special Projects
Aaron Mack, Development Associate, Special Projects
C. Scott Winter, Director of the Annual Fund
Bethany Whitehead, Associate Director, Membership
Masami Kawazato, Individual Gifts Coordinator Sarah Mahmud, Membership Benefits Coordinator
Cody Ward, Development Assistant

Education and Community Programs

Sarah Schultz, Director, Education and Community Programs
Christi Atkinson, Associate Director, Education and Community Programs
Kathleen Kvern, Project Director, mnartists.org
Ashley Duffalo, Program Manager, Family Programs
Witter Siasoco, Program Manager,Teen Programs
Reggie Prim, Community Programs Coordinator Megan Leafblad, Community Programs Coordinator
Susan Rotilie, Program Manager, School Programs
Ilene Mojsilov, Art Lab Coordinator
Lara Roy, Program Manager, Tour Programs
Susan Weir, Tour and School Programs Coordinator
Natasha Thoreson, Tour Scheduler
Sarah Peters, Program Manager, Public Programs
Morgan Wylie, Department Assistant

Film/Video

Sheryl Mousley, Curator
Dean Otto, Assistant Curator
Joe Beres, Department Assistant
Jenny Jones, Regis Dialogue Research Assistant
Verena Mund, Festival Program Associate, Women with Vision

Library

Rosemary Furtak, Librarian
Jill Vetter, Archivist
Stephanie Kays, Visual Resources Librarian
Jennifer Case Phelps, Assistant Archivist

Marketing and Public Relations

Phillip Bahar, Director, Marketing and Public Relations
Karen Gysin, Associate Director, Public Relations
Rachel Joyce, Public Relations Manager
Reid Selisker, Public Relations Coordinator
Paul Schmelzer, Associate Director, Marketing
Adrienne Wiseman, Associate Director, Marketing and Research
Meara McIntyre, Marketing Specialist
Ronnell Wheeler, Marketing Assistant
Giselle Restrepo, Marketing Assistant
Jeff Hnilicka, Visitor Services Manager
Abigail Israel, Visitor Services Specialist- Scheduling
Amy Kuretsky, Visitor Services Specialist- Membership
Eleanor McKinney, Visitor Services Specialist- Performing Arts
Kristen Mors, Visitor Services Specialist- Visual Arts
Sara Nichol, Visitor Services Specialist- Education/Community Programs
Brett Smith, Visitor Services Specialist- Film/Video
Brianne Whitcraft, Visitor Services Specialist- Marketing/PR
John Valko, Visitor Services Associate II
Max Wirsing, Visitor Services Associate II
Alexis Akagawa, Visitor Services Associate
Caroline Badenoch, Visitor Services Associate
Valerie Blair, Visitor Services Associate
Kaitlin Busse-Wolfgram, Visitor Services Associate
Cardina Esparza, Visitor Services Associate
Karen Prince, Visitor Services Associate
Melissa Schedler, Visitor Services Associate
Darcy Trunzo, Visitor Services Associate
Elena Vetter, Visitor Services Associate
Kimberlee Whaley, Visitor Services Associate
Paul Wilson, Visitor Services Associate

New Media Initiatives

Robin Dowden, Director, New Media Initiatives
Nathan Schroeder, Webmaster/Administrator
Eric Ishii Eckhardt, New Media Designer
Brent Gustafson, New Media Designer

Performing Arts

Philip Bither, William and Nadine McGuire Senior Curator of Performing Arts
Julie Voigt, Senior Program Officer
Douglas Benidt, Assistant Curator
Diana Kim, Curatorial Assistant
Leigha Horton, Department Assistant

Program Services

Cameron Zebrun, Director, Program Services
Barbara Economon, Digital Media Specialist
Cameron Wittig, Photographer
Gene Pittman, Assistant Photographer
Peter Murphy, Media Specialist
Brian Lesteberg, Media Exhibition Technician
David Dick, Supervisor, Carpentry Shop
Robert Brown, Construction Supervisor/ Carpenter
Phillip Docken, Exhibition Maintenance Technician
Kirk McCall, Drafter/Carpenter
Brian "Doc" Czypinski, Carpenter/ Exhibition Technician
Jon Voils, Frame Shop Supervisor
Randy Reeves, Conservation Framer/ Lighting Designer
Patricia Monick, Department Assistant
Eleanor Savage, Associate Director, Events and Media Production
Benjamin Geffen, Production Manager
Larry Chapin, Events Technical Director/ Video Supervisor
Owen Moldow, Crew Chief/Rigging Supervisor
Christian Gaylord, Events Technician/ Project Supervisor
Aaron Anderson, Projectionist
Brent Alwin, Audio Engineer
Jon Kirchhofer, Events Technician/ Lighting Supervisor
Robert Mills, Events Technician

Registration

Gwen Bitz, Registrar
Joseph King, Associate Registrar
Elizabeth Peck, Associate Registrar
Heather Scanlan, Assistant Registrar
David Bartley, Senior Registration Technician
Evan Reiter, Registration Technician
Noah Wilson, Sculpture Garden/ Exhibition Technician

Visual Arts

Siri Engberg, Curator
Elizabeth Carpenter, Associate Curator
Doryun Chong, Assistant Curator
Yasmil Raymond Ventura, Assistant Curator
Lynn Dierks, Visual Art Administrator
Eileen Romain, Administrative Assistant

Walker Shop/Facility Rental

Nancy Gross, Director of Merchandising and Facility Rental
Linda Carstens, Retail Operations Manager
Jo Shoberg, Accounting Assistant
Paul Schumacher, Book Buyer
Allen Mattson, Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Eliza Williams, Jewelry Specialist
Sharon Broscha, Facility Rental Manager
Terri Jackson, Facility Rental Associate
Susan Huffman, Facility Rental Associate
Nicole Lynott, Sales Supervisor
Lynn Anderson, Sales Associate
Carrie Bunker, Sales Associate
Eric Jones, Sales Associate
Megan Kerman, Sales Associate
Ashley Nederloe, Sales Associate
Sarah Rydberg, Sales Associate
Carrie Thompson, Sales Associate
Jane Vardeman, Sales Associate
Anne Marie Werley, Sales Associate

Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC)

Mickey Bloom
Shaka Farr
Nia Freshman
Laura Gantenbein
Shannon Joyce
Emmanuel Mauleon
Kate McDonald
Basanti Miller
Jesse Moll
Mosunmala Ogunlana
Yoko Okumara
Jasmine Omorogbe
Alex Smith Ricardo
Vazquez-Ortiz

Volunteers

Free First Saturday

Anna Balcer
Erin Bonner
Julaporn Buakaow
Christine Cannon
Maggie Catambay
Stan Chauss
Kim Christensen
Samuel Dickson
Erin Dougherty
Corky Einzig
Duygu Erten
Carol Flint-Kaliebe
Erin Fossum
Helen Goblirsch
Claire Goebel
Anna Gustafson
Alyson Hatchett
Marc Headrick
Jill Kittock
Ariel Knutson
Michael Kohout
Jessica Kramlinger
Travis Lail
Meaghan Larson
Claire Lew
Patrick Lew
Jonathan London
Cole Marshall
Mutsumi Nakanishi
Sally Novotny
Joanna Pataconi
Marie Peterson
Matthew Prediger
Emma Rotilie
Sarah Schewe
Judy Smith-Hodne
Ryan Sobolik
Lia Spaulding
Lily Sun
Michelle Thorson
Carolyn Tillman
Amanda Timm
Emily Walley
Emma Weinstein-Levy
Leah Zabowski

Information Guides

Tony Anastasia
Nancy Beach
Judy Berge
Maria Paz Bonnet
Joan Bren
Elizabeth Cleveland
Tobie C. Dicker
Marge Dolan

Jennifer Downham
Karen Edwards
Patricia Erviti
Lynn Goldbloom
Rivel Greenberg
Barbara Jarvis
Chris Kraft
Ruth Lauritzen
Karen Lewis
Kris Lewis
Christine Manganaro
Suzanne Martin
Susan Medo
Jane Mercier
Florence Peterson
Cheryl Ravich
Paul Rohde
Jim Rottman
Nancy Saliterman
Cindy Shapiro
Nancy Shapiro
Meghan Smith
Katrin Snider
Kathy Spraitz
Claudia Swager
Natasha Thoreson
Carla Waldemar
Kjerstin Wendland
Mindy Wexler
Ginger Wilson
Jean Wright

Tour Guides

Lorella Angelini
Rondi Atkin
Carol Avant
Nancy Beach
Nina Bliese
Michelle Blodgett
Kay Bochert
Carol Bossman
Florence Brammer
Robert Brocken
Terry Campbell
Jen Caruso
Becky Caterine
Misa Chappell
Sharon Chauss
Luanne Coleman
Kathy Conover
Robyn Cook
Merrie Dahlgren
Barbara Davey
Mary Lou Detwiler
Marge Dolan
Ashley Duffalo
Kay Ehrhart

Matt Englestad
Rina Epelstein
Dean Erickson
Heather Everhart
Sandra Boss Febbo
Mary Fernstrum
Sunny Floum
Ron Foster-Smith
Linda Freeman
Nicole Gausman
Peni Gensler
Peter Georgas
Joline Gitis
Rebecca Glenz
Grace Jiang Goggin
Audrey Goldfarb
Carole Gordon
Rivel Greenberg
Jonathan Gross
Norma Hanlon
Jessica Harner
Holly-Anne Huebscher
Lionel Hunter
Pat Hurd
Sue Jahn
Anne Jefferies
David Jiang
Marnie Jochems
Kerstin Stramark Johansen
Masami Kawazato
JoAnn Khoury
Deborah Klein
Susan Kusilek
Martha Koch
Chris Kraft
Frannie Kuhs
Caroline Lappin
Diane Larson
Patricia Leefeldt
Wendy Lubovich
Curt Lund
Dee Lynch
Josephine Mangano
Jennifer Martin
Joan Martin
Michaelynn McCarron
Christine McVay
Jane Mercier
Sheila Moar
Saralee Mogilner
Therese Moore
Connie Nardini
Candace Noot
Ann Marie Norberg
Polonia Novack
Kali Olson
Florence Peterson
Karen Peterson

Community Partners

Design

American Institute of Graphic Arts Minnesota
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota

Education and Community Programs

Apple Valley High School Dance Program
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
Art Educators of Minnesota Art Reach Alliance
Bemidji State University, Distributed Learning in Teacher Education (DeLite)
Best Buy
The Blake School, Hopkins Campus
Bronx Museum of the Arts Teen Council
Buffalo High School Fine Arts Magnet Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota
Central Minnesota Arts Board
The Children's Theatre Company
Circus Juventas
Folwell Center for Urban Initiatives
WFMP 107 FM
Free Arts Minnesota
Graywolf Press
Griots of Tomorrow
Hamline University Graduate School of Liberal Studies
Hennepin County Community Corrections
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Horace Mann Community School
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
IFP, Minnesota
Intermedia Arts
International Academy LEAP
International Leadership Institute
Juno Collective: Teens Rock the Mic
Kenwood School
KFAI 90.3/106.7 FM
Lake Region Arts Council
Macalester College, Mellon Fellows Program
MacPhail Center for Music
Metropolitan Region Arts
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Minneapolis Public Library
Minneapolis Public Schools, Arts for Academic Achievement
Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Minnesota Creative Arts & Aging Network (MN-CAAN)
Minnesota Family Project Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG)
Minnesota Spoken Word Association
Northeast Middle School
North Community High School
Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning

 


Peace Coffee
PEACE Foundation
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Ragstock
Rain Taxi Review of Books
Ramsey International Fine Arts Center
Region 2 Arts Council
Rochester Arts Center
Roosevelt High School
Ruby3
San Francisco Vietnamese Youth Development Center
Shen Pei Dance Studio
Springboard for the Arts
Turnstyle Clothing
Vision Model Management
Vital Aging Network Women's Dermatologic Society
Yo! The Movement
Young Dance
Youth Dance Ensemble
Youth Performance Company
Zeitgeist
Zenon Dance Company

Film/Video

IFP MSP
Intermedia Arts
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Twin Cities Public Television
University of Minnesota

New Media Initiatives

The McKnight Foundation
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Performing Arts

Cedar Cultural Center
The Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Dancer-Presenter's Circle
Department of Theater Arts & Dance/ University of Minnesota
Link Vostok
Macalester College
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Minnesota Spoken Word Association (MnSWA)
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Northrop Auditorium
Rogue Buddha Gallery
Southern Theater
St. Olaf College