Staff List
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
telephone: (805) 682-4726
Frequently Called Numbers - Dial (805) 682-4726 plus the extension:
- Communications: ext. 132
- Development: ext. 133
- Garden Shop: ext. 112
- Garden Nursery: ext. 114
- Library: ext. 107
- Membership: ext. 156
- Registrar: ext. 102
If you have a general question, please use the Contact Us web form.
Garden Staff email*:
*Note: All email addresses listed below require adding @sbbg.org after email name. For example, to email 'info' you would add @sbbg.org after name to obtain full email address. Result '[email protected]'
Administration
Steve Windhager, Ph.D.
Executive Director
email: swindhager
805-682-4726 x123
Kathy Castaneda
Manager of Volunteer Programs
email: kcastaneda
805-682-4726 x119
Joan G. Evans
Registrar and Accounting Assistant
email: jevans
805-682-4726 x102
Jill Freeland
Director's Executive Assistant & HR Manager
email: jfreeland
805-682-4726 x108
Gayle Kopitzke
Controller
email: gkopitzke
805-682-4726 x125
Marquita Macomber
Accounting Assistant
email:mmacomber
805-682-4726 x131
Ed Marini
Manager, Design + Construction
email: emarini
805-682-4726 x116
Blaksley Library, SBBGPhotos, SBBG Website Admin
Randy Wright
Information Resource Steward
email: rwright
805-682-4726 x107
Conservation and Research
Denise Knapp, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation and Research
email: dknapp
805-682-4726 x128
Matt Guilliams, Ph.D.
Ken and Shirley Tucker Systematist, Herbarium Curator
email: mguilliams
805-682-4726 x124
Heather Schneider, Ph.D.
Rare Plant Biologist
email:hschneider
805-682-4726 x148
Stephanie Calloway
Conservation Technician
email: scalloway
805-682-4726 x105
Sherwin Carlquist, Ph.D.
Research Associate
email: scarlquist
805-682-4726
Lucie Gimmel
Herbarium Curatorial Assistant
email: lgimmel
805-682-4726 x147
Steve Junak
Research Associate
email: sjunak
805-682-4726
Kristen Lehman, Ph.D.
Conservation Geneticist & Laboratory Manager
email: klehman
805 682-4726 x150
Sarah Termondt
Rare Plant Technician
email: stermondt
805 682-4726 x146
Dieter Wilken, Ph.D.
Research Associate
email: dwilken
805-682-4726 x124
Development and Communications
Heidi Whitman, CFRE
Director of Development & Communications
email: hwhitman
805-682-4726 x133
Flannery Hill
Marketing & Membership Manager
email:fhill
805-682-4726 x132
Megan Keefe
Development and Communications Assistant
email: mkeefe
805-682-4726 x110
Paula Schaefer
Multimedia Coordinator
email: pschaefer
805-682-4726 X121
Natalie Wiezel
Events Coordinator
email: nwiezel
805-682-4726 x103
Education
Scot Pipkin
Director of Education and Engagement
email: spipkin
805-682-4726 x111
Michelle Cyr
Education Programs Coordinator
email: mgee
805-682-4726 x161
Caitlin Lam
Education Programs Assistant
email: clam
805-682-4726 x160
Tours
[email protected]
805-682-4726 x160
Gift Shop
Stacy Bloodworth
Shop Manager
email: sbloodworth
805-682-4726 x122
Gail Milliken
Shop Assistant
email: gmilliken
805-682-4726 x113
Susan Burke
Shop Assistant
email: sburke
805-682-4726 x112
Deborah Lupo
Shop Assistant
email: dlupo
805-682-4726 x112
Horticulture
Betsy Collins
Director of Horticulture
email: bcollins
805-682-4726 x104
Pablo Arias-Benavides
Gardener
email:parias-benavides
805-682-4726
Robert Carrillo
Gardener
email: rcarrillo
805-682-4726
John Cornejo
Maintenance Technician
email: jcornejo
805-682-4726
Dave Kershaw
Head Gardener
email: dkershaw
805-682-4726 x155
Wesley Franken
Gardener
email: wfranken
805-682-4726
Manuel Gonzalez
Gardener
email: mannyg
805-682-4726
Betsy Lape
Living Collections Coordinator
email: blape
805-682-4726 x152
Julian Lavelle
Gardener
email: jlavelle
805-682-4726
James Lechuga
Facilities Manager
email: jlechuga
805-682-4726 x126
Antony Lee
Gardener
email: alee
805-682-4726 x632
Jason Nelson
Gardener
email: jnelson
805-682-4726 x609
Geege Ostroff
Gardener/Security
email: gostroff
805-682-4726 x608
Bruce Reed
Horticulturist
email: breed
805-682-4726 x114
Nick Resler
Gardener
email:nresler
805-682-4726
Heather Wehnau
Propagation Manager
email: hwehnau
805-682-4726 x130
Bonnie Whitney
Plant Propagation Assistant
email: bwhitney
805-682-4726
Patrick Wiley
Nursery Technician
email: pwiley
805-682-4726
Visitor Services
Barbara Backlund
Visitor Services Manager
email: bbacklund
805-682-4726 x118
Michaela Ackerman
Visitor Services Representative
email: ackerman
805-682-4726
Dana Crampton
Visitor Services Representative
email: dcrampton
805-682-4726 x633
Mary Flood
Visitor Services Representative
email: mflood
805-682-4726 x618
Joleen Law
Visitor Services Representative
email: jlaw
805-682-4726
Tom Rhodes
Visitor Services Representative
email: trhodes
805-682-4726 x624
Firth Wilkinson
Visitor Services Representative
email: fwilkinson
(805) 682-4726 x149
*Note: All email addresses listed below require adding @sbbg.org after email name. For example, to email 'info' you would add @sbbg.org after name to obtain full email address. Result '[email protected]'
