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Name Title Department
Madie Ritter Data Scientist I
Jill Pyatt Master Technician
Ryan Rekstis Sr. Marketing and Communications Specialist
Steve Stone Application Development Manager
Janae Csavina CVAL Manager Engineering Services
Kim Nitschke Instrumentation Group Manager Engineering Services
Frank Mocilac Technical Manager Engineering Services
Tim Lucera Regional Facilities/Security Management Engineering Services
Ashley Spink Field Operations Manager Field Science
Catie Halvorsen Field Operations Manager Field Science
Ben Vierra Manager, D16: Pacific Northwest Field Science
JoLeisa Cramer Manager, D01: Northeast Field Science
Abraham Karam Manager, D14: Desert Southwest Field Science
Becky Miller Manager, D06: Prairie Peninsula Field Science
Hanna Wright Field Ecologist I Field Science
Amy Jacobs Manager, D12: Northern Rockies; D15: Great Basin Field Science
Guy Fausnaught Manager, D03: Southeast Field Science
Matt Schroeder Assistant Director Field Science
Zack Lafaver Aquatic Field Ecologist III Field Science
Caleb Slemmons Senior Field Ecologist Field Science
Ty Lindberg Manager, D02: Mid-Atlantic Field Science
Wilmarie Plaza-Muniz Technician Specialist Field Science
Jean Sandoval Manager, D04: Atlantic Neotropical Field Science
Margaret Cumberland Field Ecologist III Field Science
Chris Baird Manager, D19: Taiga; D18: Tundra Field Science
Mike Long Manager, D20: Pacific Tropical Field Science
Bill Martin Manager, D07: Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau Field Science
Laura Nagel Master Technician Field Science
Andrea Anteau Manager, D09: Northern Plains Field Science
Lauren Hostert Manager, D10: Central Plains; D13: Southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau Field Science

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