Staff

**Please note that the museum's voicemail system is currently experiencing an outage. We apologize for this inconvenience and we're working to fix the issue.**

• For general museum inquiries, please email us at information@vmnh.virginia.gov.
• For questions about the museum's educational programs, please email us at discover@vmnh.virginia.gov.
• For questions regarding memberships, donations and sponsorships, please email Charlotte Harter.
• To reach a specific staff member, please email the appropriate staff member using the directory below.

Executive Director's Office

• Joe Keiper, Ph. D. 
  (276) 634-4151
  Executive Director
• Mary Zell Galen
  (276) 634-4150
  Administrative Coordinator

Administration & Services

• Jonathan Martin
  (276) 634-4153
  Chief Financial Officer
• Ken Barksdale
  (276) 634-4189
  Visitor Services Specialist
• Joel Clifton
  (276) 634-4194
  Trades Technician/ISO
• Glynda Cassady
  (276) 634-4155
  Purchasing Manager
• Frank DeShazo
  (276) 634-4141 ext: 4304
  Museum Technician
• Bobbie Dillon
  (276) 634-4156
  Fiscal Technician
• Lynn Elmahmoud
  (276) 634-4141 ext: 4304
  Museum Technician
• John Hairston
  (276) 634-4141 ext: 4304
  Museum Technician
• Robbie Hendrix
  (276) 634-4147
  Visitor Services & Events Manager
• Jerome Jackson
  (276) 634-4141 ext: 4304
  Museum Technician
• Donnie Jones
  (276) 634-4192
  Trades Technician
• Tim King
  (276) 634-4145
  Building Operations Manager
• Lynette Perkins
  (276) 634-4158
  Human Resources Manager
• Letitia Pulliam
  (276) 634-4189
  Visitor Services Specialist

Advancement

• Ryan Barber
  (276) 634-4163
  Deputy Director
• Charlotte Harter
  (276) 634-4162
  Administrative & Financial Assistant
• Zachary Ryder
  (276) 634-4165
  Marketing & Public Relations Manager

Education & Public Programs

• Christy Deatherage
  (276) 634-4187
  Education Manager
• Bruce Gatling-Austin
  Outreach Educator - Central Virginia
• Jordan Brim
  (276) 634-4188
  Educator
• Ann Mallek
  Outreach Education Coordinator - Central Virginia
• Nancy Newman
  Outreach Educator - Central Virginia
• Terri Robertson
  (276) 634-4164
  Educator
• Susan Walton
  Outreach Education Coordinator - Eastern Virginia

Research & Collections

• Hayden Bassett, Ph.D.
  (276) 634-4176
  Assistant Curator of Archaeology
• Haley Cartmell
  (276) 634-4181
  Collections Manager
• Maddy Gunter-Bassett
  (276) 634-4168
  Archaeologist
• Jill Harris
  (276) 634-4182
  Registrar
• Liberty Hightower
  (276) 634-4175
  Research Technician - Biology
• Kal Ivanov, Ph.D.
  (276) 634-4174
  Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
• Arianna Kuhn, Ph.D.
  Assistant Curator of Herpetology
• Jackson Means, Ph.D.
  (276) 634-4180
  Myriapodologist
• Nancy Moncrief, Ph.D.
  (276) 634-4177
  Curator of Mammalogy
• Adam Pritchard, Ph.D.
  (276) 634-4173
  Assistant Curator of Paleontology
• Lucy Treado
  (276) 634-4141 ext: 4402
  Paleontology Technician
• Ben Williams
  (276) 634-4171
  Science Administrator
• William Welsh
  CHML Director of Operations