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
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						Dr. Cassandra Stroud Conover
 Retired Attorney & Educator
- 
						Chad Eckhardt
 ERMCO
- 
						Jennifer Elam
 Thomas R & Elizabeth E. McLean Foundation, Inc.
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						David Emswiler
 Bank of America
- 
						Amy Fulk
 30 Public Relations
- 
						Eileen Goldgeier
 Retired General Counsel – Brown University, NC State & UNCW
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						Emily Dahl McLoughlin
 Purposefuel Marketing
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						Alfred Leach
 Leach Advisors LLC
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						Mark McIntire
 Duke Energy
- 
						Will Morgan
 Manning Fulton
- 
						Lou Muglia
 Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- 
						Andrea Nixon
 Financial Services Executive/Community Leader
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						Zeel Patel
 InClinicRx
- 
						Will Polk
 NC Public Safety
- 
						Scott Quesenberry
 SECU
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						Michael Rapacz
 Radeas
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						Tommy Sevier
 McGuireWoods
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						Matt Shelton
 Bandwidth, Inc.
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						Jake Shepherd
 BUILT Global
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						Alice Tate
 Spydercast LLC
- 
						Missie Thompson
 Community Volunteer
- 
						Dr. Denise Young
 Director, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Friends Staff
- Denise Young, Chief Executive Officer
- denise.young@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9801
- Jill Diaz, Chief Development Officer
- jill.diaz@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9949
- Meredith Dixon, Chief Financial Officer
- meredith.dixon@naturalsciences.org
- 919.707.9407
- Kim O'Dell, Chief Earned Revenue Officer
- kim.odell@naturalsciences.org
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
- 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
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
 
 
					