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People: Staff and Board

Our Staff | Our Board | Employment

We are committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility. Read more about our commitment here.

Our Staff

Our staff members are passionate about the natural world. They're caring and talented educators, hard working, dedicated professionals, and experts in how wild things live, grow, adapt, and survive!

Sara Brintnall - Development Manager
David Clipner - Director of Education and Wildlife
Mel Drumm - President and Chief Executive Officer

Tyler Heyen - Wildlife Husbandry Manager
Julia Gwizdz - Program Manager

Brian Roberts - Director of Finance

Lannis Smith - Wildlife & School Programs Manager
Lisa Usselman - Program Coordinator
Susan Westhoff - Chief Operations Officer, Executive Director of Leslie Science & Nature Center

Trustees of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science & Nature Center

Leslie Science & Nature Center is governed by our united Ann Arbor Hands-On Board of Directors, who provide oversight and work in partnership with staff to achieve our mission.

Don Burke, Chair	Principal, Rehmann
Megan Torrance, Vice Chair	CEO, TorranceLearning
Maurita Holland, Secretary	Assoc. Professor Emerita, School of Information, University of Michigan
Matthias Bauer, Treasurer	Managing Partner, Global Productivity Solutions, LLC
Paige Morrison, Member at Large	Event Coordinator, PPM Events
Richard Chang, Member at Large	CEO, NewFoundry
Cynthia L. Gardner, Immediate Past Chair	Senior Vice President/Regional Manager, PNC Bank
Kira Barton	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Rosa Bushkuhl	Senior Business Development Manager, Renewables Strategy & Transactions
Paul T. Fanson	Senior Manager, Toyota Motor North America
Schuyler Ferguson	Assoc. Attorney, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC
Mark Holtz	Vice President, Bank of Ann Arbor
Wayne Millette	CFO, Sensei Change Associates
Nick Schmidt	High Net Worth Wealth Advisor
Mike Shriberg	Great Lakes Regional Executive Director, National Wildlife Federation

Work with us!

We are currently hiring the following positions:

Program Manager: Program Managers manage and train staff leading a wide variety of programming including, but not limited to, the following content areas: natural history, STEM, aviation, space/astronomy, chemistry, and environmental education and will also deliver said programming. The primary focus of this position is program delivery at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum in Ann Arbor, MI with a strong emphasis on virtual learning programs, museum lab-based workshops and off-site traveling workshop, though there will be some opportunities to assist in the planning and development of new programs and delivery of any UIL site programming is expected as needed. Click here for full job description.

To apply: send resume and cover letter to jobs@aahom.org.
FLIGHT DIRECTOR for Michigan’s only Challenger Learning Center: Location: Port Huron, MI. Be the Flight Director for Michigan’s ONLY Challenger Center in Port Huron, MI. The primary focus of this position is program delivery at the Saint Clair County Community College in Port Huron, MI with a strong emphasis on creating an immersive space mission program set in the brand new Challenger Learning Center. In addition, there will be some opportunities to assist in the planning and development of new programs and delivery of natural and physical science programming in the attached Experience Center. Programs are delivered to audiences of varying ages and abilities to increase the enjoyment and understanding of these topics. Click here for full job description.

To apply: send resume and cover letter to jobs@aahom.org.
Program Coodinator: Program Coordinators primarily implement a wide variety of programming including, but not limited to, the following content areas: natural history, STEM, aviation, space/astronomy, chemistry, and environmental education. The primary focus of this position is program delivery at the Saint Clair County Community College in Port Huron, MI with a strong emphasis on the immersive space mission program set in the Challenger Learning Center and the Experience Center, though there will be some opportunities to assist in the planning and development of new programs and delivery of any UIL site programming is expected as needed. Click here for full job description (pdf).

To apply: send resume and cover letter to jobs@aahom.org.

Our top priority is finding the best candidates for our team. If you are interested in a position, we would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described. If you have equal experience or context, please include that in your cover letter or application.