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.
- Alice Tate, Vice Chair
- Spydercast LLC
- Tara Cho, Secretary
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Anna Townsend, Treasurer
- Cherry Bekaert
Board
-
Drew Ammons
Ammons Development Group -
Dr. Cassandra Stroud Conover
Retired Attorney & Educator -
Amelia Crawford
Cherry Bekaert -
Jennifer Elam
Thomas R & Elizabeth E. McLean Foundation, Inc. -
David Emswiler
First Citizens Wealth Management -
Amy Fulk
30 Public Relations -
Eileen Goldgeier
Retired General Counsel – Brown University, NC State & UNCW -
Alfred Leach
Leach Advisors LLC -
Mark McIntire
Duke Energy -
Emily Dahl McLoughlin
Purposefuel Marketing -
Will Morgan
The Raleigh Group -
Lou Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund -
Zeel Patel
InClinicRx -
Mary Peloquin-Dodd
PFM Financial Advisors, LLC -
Matt Pickens
SCPH Health -
Will Polk
NC Public Safety -
Scott Quesenberry
SECU -
Michael Rapacz
Radeas -
Tommy Sevier
McGuireWoods -
Matt Shelton
Bandwidth, Inc. -
Jake Shepherd
BUILT Global -
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