Contact Us

Physical Address: 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

Recorded Museum Information 801.581.4303	NHMU Fax Line 801.585.3684
Museum Receptionist 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. MT Monday through Friday 801.581.6927	Press Inquiries 801.585.6369
Museum Store 801.587.5784	Private Event Rentals events@nhmu.utah.edu 801.585.9538

Museum Program Contacts

Museum Membership Email Membership Office 801.585.9054	Field Trips 801.585.5237
Birthday Parties 801.585.3948	Group Visits 801.585.9538
Camp Programs and Scout Workshops 801.585.3948	Teaching Toolboxes 801.585.5237
Youth Teaching Youth 801.587.5702	Museum on the Move Outreach Program 801.587.5789
Junior Science Academy 801.581.6286 or 801.585.3948	Have some feedback for the Museum? Email Us
Asking for a donation to a fundraising event? See Community Donation Webpage

Contact us by submitting the form below:

Administration and Operations

Sarah B. George, Ph.D. Executive Director 801.581.4889 sgeorge@nhmu.utah.edu	Ann Hanniball Associate Director for Community and Government Relations 801.581.4433 ahanniball@nhmu.utah.edu
Becky Menlove Associate Director for Visitor Experience 801.585.1073 bmenlove@nhmu.utah.edu	Tony Millet Chief Financial Officer 801.581.7229 tmillet@nhmu.utah.edu
Paula Aoki Assistant to the Director 801.581.7083 paoki@nhmu.utah.edu	Abby Curran Chief Operating Officer 801-585-9529 acurran@nhmu.utah.edu
Michael Martin Facilities Manager 801.585.9492 mmartin@nhmu.utah.edu	Madlyn Runburg Education Special Initiatives 801.671.7713 mrunburg@nhmu.utah.edu

Anthropology

Tyler Faith, Ph.D. Curator of Anthropology tyler.faith@anthro.utah.edu	Duncan Metcalfe, Ph.D. Curator of Anthropology 801.587.5741 metcalfe@anthro.utah.edu
Lisbeth Louderback, Ph.D. Curator of Archaeology 801.585.2634 llouderback@nhmu.utah.edu	Glenna Nielsen-Grimm, Ph.D. Anthropology-Collections Manager 801.587.5746 gnielsen@nhmu.utah.edu
Michelle Knoll Anthropology-Assistant Curator of Archaeology 801.581.3876 mknoll@nhmu.utah.edu	Anne T. Lawlor Anthropology-Assistant Collection Manager 801.587.5730 alawlor@nhmu.utah.edu
Shannon Arnold Boomgarden, Ph.D. Assistant Field School Director & NHMU Archaeology Lab Manager 801.587.5747 sarnold@nhmu.utah.edu	Corrine Springer Archaeological Center-Range Creek Site Manager cspringer@nhmu.utah.edu
Emlyn Stutz Anthropology-Collections Assistant estutz@nhmu.utah.edu	Nicole Herzog, Ph.D. Anthropology-Postdoctoral Research Associate 801.587.5749 nicole.herzog@anthro.utah.edu
Mary Anne Sheffield Anthropology-Collections Assistant msheffield@nhmu.utah.edu	Kathy Kankainen Anthropology-Lab Specialist
Anthropology-General Information 801.587.5730

Botany

Bryn Dentinger, Ph.D. Curator of Mycology 801.585.1506 bryn.dentinger@utah.edu	Mimi Brown Genomics Technician mimi.brown@utah.edu
Mitchell J. Power, Ph.D. Curator of Botany 801.581.6520 mpower@nhmu.utah.edu	Elizabeth P. Johnson Botany Collections Manager 801.587.5745 johnson@nhmu.utah.edu

Community, Government and Public Relations

Ann Hanniball Associate Director for Community and Government Relations 801.581.4433 ahanniball@nhmu.utah.edu	Patti Carpenter Public Relations Manager 801.585.6369 pcarpenter@nhmu.utah.edu
Kris Chapman Public Relations Assistant 801.585.9142 kchapman@nhmu.utah.edu	Ally Coconis Community Outreach Coordinator 801.585.3438 acoconis@nhmu.utah.edu

Development and Membership

Chris Eisenberg Director of Philanthropy 801.585.1437 ceisenberg@nhmu.utah.edu	Jessie Foster Strike Manager of Individual and Corporate Philanthropy 801.585.9484 jstrike@nhmu.utah.edu
Amy Gallivan Damico Manager, Stewardship and Special Events 801.585.7119 adamico@nhmu.utah.edu	Kiley Morgan Philanthropy Coordinator 801.585.3908 kmorgan@nhmu.utah.edu
Maren Fisher Membership & Grants Coordinator 801.585.9054 mfisher@nhmu.utah.edu	Fanny Blauer Membership Specialist 801.585.9486 fblauer@nhmu.utah.edu
Andrea Matlin Philanthropy Coordinator & Annual Fund Specialist 801.581.8909 amatlin@nhmu.utah.edu

Entomology & Malacology

Entomology & Malacology Collections Manager

801.587.7907

cbills@nhmu.utah.edu

Exhibits

Lisa Thompson Exhibit Developer/ Interpretive Planner 801.587.3611 lthompson@nhmu.utah.edu	Timothy Lee Exhibits Manager/Senior Designer 801.585.1105 tlee@nhmu.utah.edu
Dawn Renée Farkas Prasad Exhibit Graphic Designer 801.585.1865 dfarkasprasad@nhmu.utah.edu	Will Black Exhibit Services Supervisor 801.587.5757 wblack@nhmu.utah.edu
Bill Thomas Preparator 801.587.5766 wthomas@nhmu.utah.edu	Geoffrey Leonard Preparator 801.587.5765 gleonard@nhmu.utah.edu
Emily Szalay Preparator 801.581.6927 eszalay@nhmu.utah.edu

Information Technology

Mark Ingalls IT Manager 801.587.5767 mingalls@nhmu.utah.edu	Will Aoki Lead Network/ Computer Technician 801.587.5768 waoki@nhmu.utah.edu
Eric Gibson IT Support Tech 801.585.1924 eric.gibson@utah.edu	Logan Ropelato IT Support Tech 801.585.1924 u0715720@utah.edu

Marketing

Jim Breitinger Director of Marketing 801.587.9760 jbreitinger@nhmu.utah.edu	Jill Schwartz Art Director 801.587.5792 jschwartz@nhmu.utah.edu
Mark Johnston Digital Marketing Coordinator 801.585.0233 mjohnston@nhmu.utah.edu

Mineralogy

Mineralogy-Collections Manager

dave.richerson@utah.edu

Museum Store & Cafe

Suzanne Ruhlman

Museum Store Manager

801.585.5068

sruhlman@nhmu.utah.edu

Cafe Manager

801.587.8280

pmulder@nhmu.utah.edu

Paleontology

Randall Irmis, Ph.D. Chief Curator, Curator of Paleontology 801.585.0561 irmis@nhmu.utah.edu	Carolyn Levitt-Bussian, M.S. Paleontology-Collections Manager 801.581.5578 clevitt@nhmu.utah.edu
Tylor Birthisel Paleontology - Preparator & Preparation Lab Manager 801.587.5775 tbirthisel@nhmu.utah.edu	Scott Sampson, Ph.D. Paleontology-Adjunct Curator
Matthew Haber, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate	Terry “Bucky” Gates, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate
Lindsay Zanno, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate	Jeffrey Eaton, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate
Jim Kirkland, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate	Mark Loewen, Ph.D. Paleontology-Research Associate
Benn Breeden Paleontology-Graduate Student	Keegan Melstrom Paleontology-Graduate Student
Cornelia Rasmussen Paleontology-Graduate Student	Deanna Brandau Paleontology-Graduate Student

Public Programs

Colleen McLaughlin Public Programs Manager 801.585.9442 cmclaughlin@nhmu.utah.edu	Paulmichael Maxfield Public Program Coordinator 801.585.5920 pmaxfield@nhmu.utah.edu
Echo Paixao Assistant Gallery Programs Coordinator 801.587.5721 epaixao@nhmu.utah.edu	Shelli Campbell Youth and Family Programs Coordinator 801.585.3948 scampbell@nhmu.utah.edu
Nichelle O'Saurus Volunteer Coordinator 801.585.7767 nosaurus@nhmu.utah.edu	Ciera Elliott Guest Services Coordinator 801.587.5788 celliott@nhmu.utah.edu

Registrar's Office

Collections Registrar

801.585.7484

jkrishna@nhmu.utah.edu

Megan Mizuta, M.S.

Associate Registrar for Loans and Exhibitions

801.587.5774

mmizuta@nhmu.utah.edu

School Programs and Teacher Resources

Tracey Collins School Programs Manager 801.587.5713 tcollins@nhmu.utah.edu	Linda Aaron Youth Development Programs Coordinator 801.587.5702 laaron@nhmu.utah.edu
Jonny Gonzalez Youth Teaching Youth Program Specialist 801.587.5701 jgonzalez@nhmu.utah.edu	Christine Briscoe Junior Science Academy Coordinator 801.581.6286 cbriscoe@nhmu.utah.edu
McKenna Lane Digital Learning and Curriculum Specialist 801.581.6418 mlane@nhmu.utah.edu	Aidan Bailey Education Program Specialist 801.587.3536 abailey@nhmu.utah.edu
Matthew Cobley Education Program Specialist 801.587.5789 mcobley@nhmu.utah.edu	Bonnie Jean Knighton Education Program Specialist 801.587.5707 bknighton@nhmu.utah.edu
Paul Whisman Education Program Specialist 801.587.5706 pwhisman@nhmu.utah.edu	Katie Worthen Education Program Specialist 801.581.5567 kworthen@nhmu.utah.edu
Catherine Aviles Education Program Specialist 801.587.5714 caviles@nhmu.utah.edu	Annie Young Education Program Specialist 801.585.5237 ayoung@nhmu.utah.edu
Val Allyse Education Program Facilitator 801.585.5940 vallyse@nhmu.utah.edu	Jaimie Onigkeit Education Program Facilitator 801.585.5940 jonigkeit@nhmu.utah.edu

Special Events and Rentals

801.585.9538

events@nhmu.utah.edu

Vertebrate Zoology

Eric Rickart, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Curator 801.585.7759 rickart@nhmu.utah.edu	Shannen Robson, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Collections Manager 801.585.7759 robson@nhmu.utah.edu
William Newmark, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Research Curator 801.587.5738 bnewmark@nhmu.utah.edu	Lois Alexander, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Research Associate
Lawrence Heaney, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Reserach Associate	Duke Rogers, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Research Associate
Rebecca Rowe, Ph.D. Vetebrate Zoology-Research Associate	Jack Broughton, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Adjunct Curator
Sarah Bush, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Adjunct Curator	Dale Clayton, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology-Adjunct Curator
Colleen Farmer, Ph.D. Vertebrate Zoology/Paleontology-Adjunct Curator