The Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support the Museum. All Friends activities serve the broader goal of helping the Museum illuminate the natural world and inspire its conservation.
Board of Directors
Officers
- Andrea Nixon, Chair
- Financial Services Executive/Community Leader
- Andrea Oakley Fox, Vice Chair
- Charles Aris, Inc.
- Anna Townsend, Treasurer
- Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC
- John Rumsey, Secretary
- RHA Wealth
Board
- Drew Ammons
Ammons Development Group - Lori Bush
Community Volunteer - Sloan Carpenter
Parker Poe - Tara Cho
Womble Bond Dickinson - Dr. Cassandra Stroud Conover
Retired Attorney & Educator - Chad Eckhardt
ERMCO - David Emswiler
Bank of America - Amy Fulk
30 Public Relations - Emily Dahl McLoughlin
Purposefuel Marketing
- Will Morgan
Manning Fulton - Lou Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Will Polk
NC Public Safety - Scott Quesenberry
SECU - Michael Rapacz
Radeas - Tommy Sevier
McGuireWoods - Missie Thompson
Community Volunteer - Dr. Denise Young
Director, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Friends Staff
- Angela Baker-James, Executive Director
- angela.baker-james@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.8094
- Jill Diaz, Director of Development
- jill.diaz@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9949
- Heather Flynt, Chief Financial Officer
- heather.flynt@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9407
Development & Administrative Staff
- Deb Boysen, Finance and HR Administrator
- deborah.boysen@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9408
- Katie Cupp, Membership Manager
- katie.cupp@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9959
- MayAnn Doan, Special Events & Marketing Coordinator
- mayann.doan@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9828
- Joe Luhning, Development Officer
- joseph.luhning@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9817
- Barbara Osbeck, Office Manager
- barbara.osbeck@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9402
- Dee Penven-Crew, Finance Administrator
- dee.penven-crew@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9825
Retail & Rental Operations
- Maria Cardeno, Rental Events Manager
- maria.cardeno@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9403
- Leslie Barbour, Rental Events Associate leslie.barbour@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.8065
- Lauren Buckner, Box Office Manager
- lauren.buckner@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9855
- Tammy Evans, Museum Store Floor Manager
- TheMuseumStore@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.8061
- Heather Heath, Retail Operations Manager
- heather.heath@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9851
- Meghan Kelly, Museum Store Buyer
- meghan.kelly@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9853
- Tina Rake, Museum Store Floor Manager
- TheMuseumStore@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9854
