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Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

Sam Polles, Ph.D., Executive Director
Al Tuck, Deputy Director
Robert Cook, Deputy Administrator

Commissioners

John C. Stanley, IV, Chairman
William C. Deviney, Jr., Vice-Chairman
Bryan Jones
Jerry Munro

Museum Staff

Libby Hartfield
MUSEUM DIRECTOR
Charles Knight
ASSISTANT MUSEUM DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION

Mary Jenkins
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Connie Gore
GIFT SHOP MANAGER
Mary Stevens
LIBRARIAN
Harold Garner
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Fran Noone
RECEPTIONIST
Brandy Jenkins
ASSISSTANT
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
Shirley Hall
CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR
Charles Jeffcoat
CUSTODIAN

AQUARIUMS

Terry Majure
AQUARIUM COORDINATOR
Karen Dierolf
AQUATIC BIOLOGIST
Bryan Fedrick
AQUATIC BIOLOGIST
Mike Stegall
AQUARIST

EDUCATION

Angel Rohnke
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Crystie Baker
OUTREACH NATURALIST
John DeFillipo
OUTREACH NATURALIST
Joan Elder
PRESCHOOL EDUCATOR
Megan Ellis
OUTREACH NATURALIST
Yolanda Hawkins
EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Rebecca Jones
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Isabel Kelly
PRESCHOOL EDUCATOR
Joseph M. McGee
OUTREACH NATURALIST
Ann Peden
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Nicole Smith
NATURALIST
Corey Wright
NATURALIST

EXHIBIT MANAGEMENT

Norton McKeigney
EXHIBITS SUPERVISOR
Ray Terry
EXHIBITS SUPERVISOR

NATURAL HERITAGE

Sherry Surrette, Ph.D.
NATURAL HERITAGE
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Adrianne Clark
DATABASE TECHNICIAN
Aaron Francois
DATABASE TECHNICIAN
Tom Mann
BIOLOGIST
Matt Smith
DATABASE MANAGER
Heather Sullivan
BOTANIST
Andrew Whitehurst
SCENIC STREAMS/
NATURAL AREAS COORDINATOR

RESEARCH & COLLECTIONS

Lisa Yager, Ph.D.
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
Jeremy Copley
COLLECTIONS/RESEARCH ASSISTANT
R.L. Jones, Ph.D.
HERPETOLOGIST
Scott Peyton
COLLECTIONS MANAGER
George Phillips
PALEONTOLOGY CURATOR
Kathy Shelton
BIOLOGIST
Todd Slack, Ph.D.
ICHTHYOLOGIST
LaToya Turner
LABORATORY ASSISTANT
Nicholas Winstead
ORNITHOLOGIST