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 Fox, Chair
- Charles Aris, Inc.
- John Rumsey, Vice Chair
- RHA Wealth
- Tara Cho, Secretary
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Anna Townsend, Treasurer
- Cherry Behaert LLP
Board
-
Drew Ammons
Ammons Development Group -
Sloan Carpenter
Parker Poe -
Tara Cho
Womble Bond Dickinson -
Dr. Cassandra Stroud Conover
Retired Attorney & Educator -
Chad Eckhardt
ERMCO -
Jennifer Elam
Thomas R & Elizabeth E. McLean Foundation, Inc. -
David Emswiler
Bank of America -
Amy Fulk
30 Public Relations -
Emily Dahl McLoughlin
Purposefuel Marketing -
Alfred Leach
Leach Advisors LLC -
Mark McIntire
Duke Energy -
Will Morgan
Manning Fulton -
Lou Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund -
Andrea Nixon
Financial Services Executive/Community Leader -
Zeel Patel
InClinicRx -
Will Polk
NC Public Safety -
Scott Quesenberry
SECU -
Michael Rapacz
Radeas -
Tommy Sevier
McGuireWoods -
Matt Shelton
Bandwidth, Inc. -
Jake Shepherd
BUILT Global -
Alice Tate
Spydercast LLC -
Missie Thompson
Community Volunteer -
Dr. Denise Young
Director, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Friends Staff
- Denise Young, Executive Director
- denise.young@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9801
- 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
- Kayla Gurley, Senior Development Officer
- kayla.gurley@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9861
- 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
- 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