Meet our staff

John Rakowski

Executive Director
jrakowski@riveredge.us

Tammy Lorge

Senior Controller
tlorge@riveredge.us

Sharon Cross

Director of Development
scross@riveredge.us

Julie Dickson

Administrative Assistant
jdickson@riveredge.us

Renee Buchholz

Membership & Database Manager
rbuchholz@riveredge.us

Hannah Sedgwick

Special Events & Volunteer Manager
hsedgwick@riveredge.us

 

Anna Jean Hallmann

Grants Specialist
ajhallmann@riveredge.us

Amy Casey

Marketing & Communications Specialist
acasey@riveredge.us

Matt Smith

Director of Research & Conservation
msmith@riveredge.us

Jana Gedymin

Research Manager
jgedymin@riveredge.us

Nathaniel Reinartz

Conservation Manager
nreinartz@riveredge.us

 

Kimberly Kisiolek

Land Management Technician
kkisiolek@riveredge.us

Mary Holleback

Naturalist & Citizen Science Manager
mholleback@riveredge.us

Keith Hiestand

Senior Facilities Manager
khiestand@riveredge.us

Don Gilmore

Buildings & Grounds Assistant Manager

Toddianna Kraemer-Curtiss

Buildings, Grounds, & Farm Assistant
tkraemercurtiss@riveredge.us

Dan Wundrock

Buildings & Grounds Assistant

James Hagedorn

Custodian

Linden Reid

Director of Education
lreid@riveredge.us

Steff Merten

Associate Director of Education
smerten@riveredge.us

Jana Schwai

Curriculum & Instruction Specialist
jschwai@riveredge.us

Alina Prahl

Nature Center Program Manager
aprahl@riveredge.us

Rachel Race

Scientist in Residence (Northern Ozaukee School District)
rrace@riveredge.us

Ronald Bell

Scientist in Residence (LUMIN Schools)
rbell@riveredge.us

Nikki Aterianus

Environmental Educator

Lesley Ammons

Environmental Educator

Lauren Wendland

Environmental Educator
lwendland@riveredge.us

Abby Kroll

Environmental Educator
akroll@riveredge.us

Kieran Kraemer

Environmental Educator
kkraemer@riveredge.us

Lydia Rassel

Environmental Educator
lrassel@riveredge.us

Lauren (Lola) Forbush

Environmental Educator
lforbush@riveredge.us

Jocelyn Ritger

Environmental Educator
jritger@riveredge.us

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