MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF
WILDLIFE, FISHERIES & 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
Charles Rigdon
MUSEUM STAFF
Libby Hartfield
museum director
Charles Knight
assistant museum director
ADMINISTRATION
Mary Jenkins
executive assistant
Connie Gore
gift shop manager
Mary Stevens
librarian
Harold Garner
facilities maintenance manager
Fran Noone
receptionist
Brandy Jenkins
administrative assistant
Charles Jeffcoat
custodian
AQUARIUMS
Vacant
aquarium coordinator
Karen Dierolf
aquatic biologist
Bryan Fedrick
aquatic biologist
Mike Stegall
aquarist
EDUCATION
Angel Rohnke
education coordinator
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Crystie Baker
outreach naturalist
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John DeFillipo
outreach naturalist
Joan Elder
preschool educator
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Megan Ellis
outreach naturalist
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Jonathan Harris
educator
Yolanda Hawkins
education assistant
Rebecca Jones
special projects coordinator
Isabel Kelly
preschool educator
Joseph M. McGee
outreach naturalist
Ann Peden
volunteer services
Nicole Smith
naturalist
Corey Wright
naturalist
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Vacant
naturalist
EXHIBIT MANAGEMENT
Norton McKeigney
exhibits supervisor
Ray Terry
exhibits supervisor
NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM
Sherry Surrette, Ph.D.
natural heritage program coordinator
Adrianne Clark
database technician
Aaron Francois
database technician
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Tom Mann
zoologist
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Andy Sanderson
conservation resources biologist
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Matt Smith
database manager
Heather Sullivan
botanist
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Andrew Whitehurst
scenic streams/natural areas coordinator
RESEARCH & COLLECTIONS
Lisa Yager, Ph.D.
research coordinator
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Jeremy Copley
collections/research assistant
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R.L. Jones, Ph.D.
herpetologist
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Sean McGregor
conservation associate biologist
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Scott Peyton
collections manager
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George Phillips
paleontology curator
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Kathy Shelton
biologist
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Todd Slack, Ph.D.
ichthyologist
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LaToya Turner
laboratory assistant
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Nicholas Winstead
ornithologist
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