Our Team

Departments

  • Executive Staff
  • Department Heads
  • Curatorial Staff
  • Outreach Presenters

Executive Staff

Joel Bartsch
President & Curator of Gems & Minerals
JD
Jacquelyn DiStefano
Sr. Manager of Membership
SM
Saul Moran
Director of Visitor Services
Daniel M. Brooks, Ph.D.
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Lauren Davidson
Associate Curator of Entomology, Manager of Cockrell Butterfly Center
Tom Hardwick
Consulting Curator of Egyptology
Adam Mekler
Associate Curator Of Amazonia
Jerome A. Offner, Ph.D.
Associate Curator, Northern Mesoamerica
Tina Petway
Associate Curator of Malacology
Farrar Stockton
Associate Curator of Entomology
Carolyn Sumners, Ed.D.
Curator of Astronomy
David Temple
Associate Curator Of Paleontology
Nicole Temple
Vice President of Education
Dirk Van Tuerenhout, Ph.D.
Curator of Anthropology
LR
Lisa Rebori
Senior Vice President of Collections & Exhibits
LT
Latha Thomas
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Retail Operations
MW
Melodie Wade
Senior Vice President of Digital Media & Public Relations
EB
Erin Blatzer
Senior Vice President of Budget & Business Analytics
AD
Angel DeLeon
Senior Vice President of Guest Services, HR & Building Operations
JL
Jill Lee
Chief Financial Officer
KT
Kimball Tyson
Chief Development Officer
OR
Oscar Ruiz
Vice President of Museum Facilities
RC
Ruth Canas
Adult Education Program Manager
LS
Laura Schneider
Director, Tessitura CRM
BL
Brad Levy
Senior Director of Security
RG
Rodney Gentry
Director of Exhibit Design
IP
Ivan Perez
Director of Creative Services
VT
Victor Ticas
Director of Exhibit Production & Maintenance
KS
Kavita Self
Director HMNS at Sugar Land and the George Observatory
EF
Elissa Forand
Director of Volunteers
AN
Amanda Norris
Director of Youth Education Sales
Harry Hogeland
Russell Hinote
Celeste Castro
Melissa Hudnall
Kelsey Friedemann
Kaeli Nichols
Carolyn Leap
James Washington
Sarah Garland
Sarahjane Cravens
AA
Anna Arms
Assistant to the President
Dr. Bob Bakker
Curator of Paleontology
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