Staff
The Lowell Observatory staff consists of more than 100 dedicated individuals who support our mission of scientific discovery and outreach.
Sole Trustee
Executive Director
Executive Leadership
Lisa Actor, Chief Philanthropy Officer
Dr. Danielle Adams, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer
Dr. Amanda Bosh, Chief Operating Officer
Samantha Gorney, Director of Education
Dr. Christoph Keller, Director of Science
Dr. Kyler Kuehn, Director of Technology
Anne LaBruzzo, Chief Financial Officer
Science
Astronomers & Planetary Scientists
Emeritus Astronomers
Adjunct Astronomers
Dr. David Schaffer
Dr. David Trilling (NAU)
Dr. Kaspar von Braun
Researchers
PhD Students
Research Associates & Assistants
Allison Bair, Research Associate
Zeke Bandeleier, Research Assistant
Hunter Brooks, Research Assistant
Brian Burt, Software Programmer
Samantha Hemmelgarn, Research Assistant
Kathryn Neugent, Research Associate
Hannah Zigo, Research Assistant
Library & Archives
Lauren Amundson, Librarian and Archivist
Stacey Christen, Archives and Museum Specialist
Melissa Valenzuela, Archives Assistant
Operations
Amanda Bosh, Chief Operating Officer
Human Resources
Administration
Anne LaBruzzo, Chief Financial Officer
Business Office
Robin Melena, Senior Grants and Contracts Manager
Lynn Yeager, Controller
Jessica Howard, Accounting Assistant
Le Cam Nguyen, Purchasing Agent
Buildings and Grounds
Dave Shuck, Facilities, Grounds, and Maintenance Manager
Gabe Saganitso, Facilities and Mechanical Technician
James Dibelka, Grounds Maintenance
Henry Monroe, Grounds Maintenance
Philanthropy
Lisa Actor, Chief Philanthropy Officer
Stephen Riggs, Senior Philanthropy Manager
Rachel Edelstein, Annual Giving Officer
Shannon Gonzales, Membership & Database Manager
Mattie Harrington, Executive Assistant
Bruce Kosaveach, Philanthropy Manager
Hannah Rounds, Corporate and Foundation Philanthropy Manager
Lynn Sawyer, Philanthropy Assistant
Sherry Shaffer, Philanthropy Manager
Emma Wood, Membership Assistant
Marketing & Revenue
Dr. Danielle Adams, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer
Marketing and Communications
Cody Half-Moon, Marketing Manager
Heather Craig, Marketing Operations Specialist
Alex Elbert, Creative Specialist
Sarah Gilbert, Senior Creative Specialist
Madison Mooney, Content Marketing Specialist
Nate Nise, Media Production Specialist
Kevin Schindler, Historian and PIO
Visitor Experience
Miriam Robbins, Visitor Experience Manager
Kimberley Denune, Visitor Experience Supervisor
Robert Hall, Visitor Experience Lead
Richard Montano, Visitor Experience Lead
Outreach
Samantha Gorney, Director of Education
Todd Gonzales, Education Manager
John Compton, Program & Scheduling Coordinator
Kelly Ferguson, Early Education Supervisor
Jelena Lane, Venue & Events Manager
Scott Nelson, LOCKs Educator
Jillian Wagner, Event Coordinator
Public Program Supervisors
Sarah Burcher, Public Program Manager
Kevin Conley
Curtis Dankof
Resi Baucco
Kevin White
James Cole, Senior Public Program Educator
Ariel Daniel, Senior Public Program Educator
Jonathan Ford, Senior Public Program Educator
Hailey Osborn, Senior Public Program Educator
Angel Singleton, Senior Public Program Educator
Native American Astronomy Outreach Program
Alethia Little, Multi Cultural Outreach Supervisor
Misha Pipe
Travis Brown
Technology
Dr. Kyler Kuehn, Director of Technology
David Sawyer, Technical Project Manager
Ryan Hamilton, Head of Instrumentation
Tom Bida, Senior Instrument Scientist
Jeff Gehring, Technical Facilities Manager
Len Bright, Technical Assistant
Michael Collins, Electrical Engineer
Jared Dahlseid, Machinist
Dyer Lytle, Software Engineer
Support Astronomer
Dr. Tim Ellsworth-Bowers
Lowell Discovery Telescope & Navy Precision Optical Interferometer
Frank Cornelius, LDT Engineering Manager
Dave Noble, NPOI Project Manager
Jose Fernandez, LDT Night Operations Manager
Jason Sanborn, NPOI Night Operations Manager
Solvay Blomquist, NPOI Observer Technician
Thomas Coleman – NPOI Systems/Software Engineer
Ben Hardesty – NPOI Opto-Mechanical Engineer
Khristian Jones, NPOI Associate Electrical Engineer
Thomas Kelley, LDT Telescope Operator
Heidi Larson, NPOI Instrument Support Specialist
Erin Maier, NPOI Observer Technician
Georgi Mandushev, LDT Software Engineer
Ishara Nisley, LDT & NPOI Observer/Operator
Ben Reed, LDT Jr. Electrical Engineer
Ben Shafransky, LDT Telescope Operator
Cecilia Siqueiros
LDT Telescope Operator
Michael Sweaton, LDT Electrical Engineer
Jacob Tiegs, LDT Mechanical Technician
Beau Wigman, Anderson Mesa Site Steward
Wyatt Clark, Mechanical Engineering Intern
Bradley Kingsley, Mechanical Engineering Intern
IT
C. J. von Buchwald-Wright, System and Network Administrator
Scott Do, IT Systems Support Specialist
Lake Fox, Jr IT Support Intern