IONS People

Faculty & Staff

President’s Office

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz – President/CEO
Rose Welch – Executive Assistant to the President/Board

General Administration

Tiffany Mitchell – Operations Manager
Rolando Pintro – Director of Information Technology

Johnny Calvert – Finance/Comptroller
Jane Halpin – Accounting Manager
Pamela Cole – HR Administration

Research and Education Department

Cassandra Vieten – Director of Research
Dean Radin – Senior Scientist
Jenny Mathews – Research and Conference Coordinator
Nina Fry – Research Coordinator
Charlene Farrell – Research Assistant
Leena Michel – Research Assistant

Arnaud Delorme – Visiting Scholar
Michael Bloch – Visiting Scholar

Katia Petersen – Senior Educational Advisor to The Worldview Literacy Project

Angela Murphy – Director of Membership, Marketing, and Media
Kathleen Erickson-Freeman – Associate Director of Education
Mark Krigbaum – Media Specialist
Tom Joyce – Graphic Designer
Giovanni Mandala – Audio Technician

Engagement Department

Rosa Guilfoyle – Donor Relations Coordinator
Sherri Phillips – Donation Administrator
Kathleen Erickson-Freeman – Planned Giving Manager
Rusty Shores – Membership and eCommerce Coordinator

Communications Department

Matthew Gilbert – Director of Communications
Michelle Riddle – Consulting Webmaster
Jason Norris – Website and Data Administrator
Heidi Fuller – Consulting Communications and Community Manager

IONS Property / EarthRise Retreat Center

Cathy Coleman – Executive Director
Kay Thompson – Operations and Events Manager
Lisa VanderBoom – Bookings and Contracts Manager
Jan Fischer – Retreat Center Assistant
Connie King – Outreach and Communications Manager
Trecey Chittenden – Lead Chef
Deborah Day – Kitchen Manager
Randy Evensen – Facilities Site Manager
John Stample – Facilities Site Management
Rey Hernandez/Carmen Dominguez – Housekeeping
Pamela Cole – Bokstore Manager
Brian Chester – Groundskeeper
Gary Scott – Maintenance Associate

Board of Directors

Bill Sechrest – Chair
Richard Bishop – Secretary
Lou Leeburg – Treasurer
Edgar Mitchell – Founder
Bruce Roberts – Finance Committee Chair
Lynn Montei – Fund Development Committee Chair
Jim Jensen – Marketing, Web, and Communications Committee Chair
Betsy Gordon – Land Committee Chair
Stacey Lawson – Research Committee Chair
Harriet Crosby – Nominating Committee Chair
Walter Link – Education Committee Chair
Bob Blackstone
Lisa Picard
Belvie Rooks
George Zimmer

Rose Welch – Executive Assistant to the President/Board
 

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