Staff
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Director's Office
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Saralyn Reece Hardy
she/her/hers
Marilyn Stokstad Director
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Kelly Banks
she/her/hers
Assistant to the Director
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Avery Smith
she/her/hers
Administrative & Archives Assistant
Administration
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Jennifer Talbott
she/her/hers
Deputy Director for Operations and Innovation
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Rebecca Blocksome
she/her/hers
Grant Writer and Project Coordinator
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Jennifer C. Thomas
she/her/hers
Office and Systems Manager
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Mary Kate Connor
Administrative & Archives Assistant
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Megan Gannon
she/her/hers
Legal Extern
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Diane Hunter
HR Specialist
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Seth Todd
Accounting Specialist
Communications & Creative Services
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Elizabeth Kanost
she/her/hers
Director of External Affairs
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Ryan Waggoner
he/him/his
Director of Creative Services
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Jeffrey McKee
Graphic Designer
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Brandon Jessip
he/him/his
Student Digital Imaging Assistant
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Sara McClure
she/her/hers
Berkley Communications Assistant
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Jack Weidner
he/him/his
Student Video Production Assistant
Curatorial
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Susan Earle
she/her/hers
Curator, European & American Art
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Kris Ercums
he/him/his
Curator, Global Contemporary & Asian Art
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Kate Meyer
Curator, Works on Paper
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Sydney Pursel
she/her/hers
Curator of Public Practice
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Luke Jordan
Photography Specialist
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Allison Charba
Loo Family Global Indigenous Art Intern
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Sarah Dyer
she/her/hers
Connie E. Perkins European & American Contemporary Art Intern
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Carolyn Hanson
Donald Sloan Works on Paper Intern
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Lena Mose
Curatorial Student Assistant
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Vidhita Raina
she/her/hers
Mellon Foundation Asian Art Intern
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Stephen Goddard
Associate Director/Senior Curator Emeritus
Exhibitions
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Trang Nguyen
she/her/hers
Head of Exhibitions
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Doug Bergstrom
he/him/his
Exhibition Technician
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Matthew Falvey
Exhibition Technician
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Scott Barber
he/him/his
Matter/Framer
Collections
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Sofía Galarza Liu
she/her/ella
Head of Collection Management
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Angela Watts
she/her/hers
Collection Manager
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Sarah Schroeder
she/her/hers
Collection Manager
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Grace Awbrey
she/her/hers
Robert A. Hiller Collections Intern
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Isabella Dino
she/her/hers
Mellon Foundation Collections Intern
K-12 & Family Education
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Kristina Walker
she/her/hers
Director of Education & Interpretation
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Colleen MacGilvray
she/her/hers
Partners in Education Across Kansas Program Coordinator
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Rachel Straughn-Navarro
she/her/hers
School and Educator Engagement Coordinator
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Allie Fischer
she/her/hers
Berkley Education Intern, Education
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Andrew Stockmann
he/him/his
US Department of Education Partners in Education Across Kansas (PEAK) Intern
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Riley Taylor
Tour & Engagement Coordinator
Technology
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Camas House
IT Support Technician
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Matt Schott
Programmer II
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Ryan Thorup
he/him/his
Full Stack Web Developer
University Education & Research
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Celka Straughn
she/her/hers
Deputy Director for Public Practice and Curatorial, Mellon Director of Academic Programs
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Joey Orr
he/him/his
Andrew W. Mellon Curator for Research
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Maggie Brown-Peoples
Mellon Foundation Academic Programs Coordinator
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Suzan Hampton
Mellon Foundation Arts Research Integration (ARI) Fellow
Visitor Experience & Public Engagement
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Adina Duke
she/her/hers
Associate Director for Public Engagement
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Beatrice Levine
Visitor Experience Assistant Manager
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Emily Almloff
she/her/hers
Visitor Experience Student Assistant
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Abby Bishop
she/her/hers
Visitor Experience Student Assistant
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Estefany Lopez Ponce
she/her/hers
Visitor Experience Student Assistant
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Julia Irminger
Visitor Experience Student Assistant