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
- PNC Bank (retired)
- Andrea Oakley Fox, Vice Chair
- Charles Aris, Inc.
- Jason Barron, Immediate Past Chair
- Morningstar Law Group
- Toni Lockett, Treasurer
- PWC
- John Rumsey, Secretary
- RHA Wealth
Board
- Drew Ammons
Ammons Development Group - Agnieszka Bartosiak
BASF - Grant Brooks
SAS - Lori Bush
Cisco - Sloan Carpenter
Parker Poe - Tara Cho
Womble Bond Dickinson - Debbi Clarke
- Chad Eckhardt
ERMCO - David Emswiler
Bank of America - Stormie Forte
Obsidian Consulting Services, LLC - Amy Fulk
30 Public Relations
- Satish Garimella
GSK Pharma Company - John Hardin
Manning, Fulton & Skinner - Carole L. Kamin
Community Volunteer - Lou Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Amy Pickle
Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Studies - Tommy Sevier
McGuireWoods - Alkesh Shah
Software/Hotel/Real Estate Developer, Technology Staffing - Ashton Smith
Citrix - Dan Strickford
Merz Aesthetics - Missie Thompson
PNC Bank - Anna Townsend
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Friends Staff
- Angela Baker-James, Executive Director
- angela.baker-james@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9847
- Jill Diaz, Director of Development
- jill.diaz@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9949
- Angela Williams, Director of Finance
- angela.williams@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9407
Development & Administrative Staff
- Deb Boysen, Finance and HR Administrator
- deborah.boysen@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9966
- Kevin Brice, Dueling Dinosaurs Project Manager
- kevin.brice@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9808
- Katie Cupp, Membership Manager
- katie.cupp@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9959
- Lisa Dziepak, Database Coordinator
- lisa.dziepak@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9846
- Barbara Osbeck, Office Manager
- barbara.osbeck@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9855
- Dee Penven-Crew, Finance Administrator
- dee.penven-crew@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9825
Retail & Rental Operations
- Lauren Buckner, Box Office Manager
- lauren.buckner@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9858
- Tammy Evans, Museum Store Floor Manager
- TheMuseumStore@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.8061
- Victoria Furches, Rentals Assistant
- victoria.furches@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9403
- 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
- Alyssa Volz, Rental Events Manager
- alyssa.volz@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9403
