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MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES & PARKS Sam Polles, Ph.D.   executive director
Al Tuck   deputy director
Robert Cook   deputy administrator
COMMISSIONERS Bryan Jones   chairman
Charles Rigdon   vice chairman
William “Billy” Deviney
Jerry Munro
John C Stanley IV
MUSEUM STAFF libby hartfield Libby Hartfield
museum director
charles knight Charles Knight
assistant museum director
ADMINISTRATION mary jenkins Mary Jenkins
executive assistant
Connie Gore
gift shop manager
Mary Stevens
librarian
Harold Garner
facilities maintenance manager
fran noone Fran Noone
receptionist
charles jeffcoat Charles Jeffcoat
custodian
AQUARIUMS Vacant
aquarium coordinator
karen dierolf Karen Dierolf
aquatic biologist
bryan fedrick Bryan Fedrick
aquatic biologist
John Hardy
aquarium assistant
mike stegall Mike Stegall
aquarist
EDUCATION Angel Rohnke
education coordinator
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john defillipo Crystie Baker
outreach naturalist
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joan elder Joan Elder
preschool educator
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megan ellis Megan Ellis
outreach naturalist
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rebecca jones Jonathan Harris
educator
yolanda hawkins Yolanda Hawkins
education assistant
rebecca jones Rebecca Jones
special events
isabel kelly Isabel Kelly
preschool educator
joseph mcgee Joseph M. McGee
outreach naturalist
ann peden Ann Peden
volunteer services
john defillipo Andrea Schumann
outreach naturalist
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nicole smith Nicole Phillips
naturalist
corey wright Corey Wright
naturalist
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andy sanderson Vacant
naturalist
EXHIBIT MANAGEMENT norton mckeigney Norton McKeigney
exhibits supervisor
ray terry Ray Terry
exhibits supervisor
NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM Sherry Surrette, Ph.D.
natural heritage program coordinator
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adrianne clark Joelle Carney
database manager/conservation biologist
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adrianne clark Adrianne Clark
database technician
aaron francois Aaron Francois
database technician
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tom mann Tom Mann
zoologist
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andy sanderson Andy Sanderson
conservation resources biologist
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andy sanderson Matt Smith
database manager
heather sullivan Heather Sullivan
botanist
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Andrew Whitehurst
scenic streams/natural areas coordinator
RESEARCH & COLLECTIONS lisa yager Lisa Yager, Ph.D.
research coordinator
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jeremy copley Jeremy Copley
collections/research assistant
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bob jones R.L. Jones, Ph.D.
herpetologist
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sean mcgregor Sean McGregor
conservation associate biologist
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sean mcgregor Susan Murray
conservation geneticist
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scott peyton Scott Peyton
collections manager
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george phillips George Phillips
paleontology curator
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kathy shelton Kathy Shelton
biologist
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LaToya Turner
laboratory assistant
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nick winstead Nicholas Winstead
ornithologist
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