
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. 126
- Development: ext. 133
- Garden Nursery: ext. 127
- Library: ext. 107
- Membership: ext. 110
- Registrar: ext. 102
- School and Youth Programs: ext. 161
- Tours: ext. 160
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, ext. 123
Kathy Castaneda
Manager of Guest Services and Volunteer Programs
email: kcastaneda
(805) 682-4726, ext. 119
Joan G. Evans
Accounting Coordinator
email: jevans
(805) 682-4726, ext. 135
Jill Freeland
Director of Human Resources
email: jfreeland
(805) 682-4726, ext. 108
Kaile Katsumoto
Assistant to the Garden Directors
email: kkatsumoto
(805) 682-4726, ext. 125
Ed Marini
Manager, Design + Construction
email: emarini
(805) 682-4726, ext. 116
Conservation and Research
Denise Knapp, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation and Research
email: dknapp
(805) 682-4726, ext. 128
Sarah Cusser, Ph.D.
Terrestrial Invertebrate Conservation Ecologist
email:scusser
Matt Guilliams, Ph.D.
Ken and Shirley Tucker Systematist, Herbarium Curator
email: mguilliams
(805) 682-4726, ext. 124
Heather Schneider, Ph.D.
Rare Plant Biologist
email:hschneider
(805) 682-4726, ext. 148
Kylie Etter
Conservation Technician
email: ketter
(805) 682-4726, ext. 105
OPEN
Herbarium Curatorial Assistant
email:
(805) 682-4726, ext. 147
Steve Junak
Research Associate
email: sjunak
(805) 682-4726
Kristen Lehman, Ph.D.
Conservation Geneticist & Laboratory Manager
email: klehman
(805) 682-4726, ext. 150
Josie Lesage, Ph.D.
Applied Ecologist
email: jlesage
(805) 682-4726, ext. 168
Rikke Naesborg, Ph.D.
Tucker Lichenologist
email:rnaesborg
(805) 682-4726, ext. 657
Zachary Phillips, Ph.D.
Terrestrial Invertebrate Conservation Ecologist
email:zphillips
(805) 682-4726, ext. 120
Sean Carson
Rare Plant Technician
email: scarson
(805) 682-4726, ext. 146
Kevin Mason
Rare Plant Technician
email: kmason
(805) 682-4726
Caitlin Hazelquist
Laboratory Technician
email:chazelquist
(805) 682-4726
Isabel Rivera
Plant Genetics Laboratory Technician
email: irivera
(805) 682-4726
Dieter Wilken, Ph.D.
Research Associate
email: dwilken
(805) 682-4726, ext. 124
Development
Melissa Patrino
Director of Development
email: mpatrino
(805) 682-4726, ext. 133
Jenny McClure
Donor Relations Manager
email:jmcclure
(805) 682-4726, ext. 156
Rita Barton
Development Operations Manager
email: rbarton
(805) 682-4726, ext. 103
Education & Engagement
Scot Pipkin
Director of Education and Engagement
email: spipkin
(805) 682-4726, ext. 111
Hannah Barton
Archivist
email: hbarton
(805) 682-4726, ext. 107
Michelle Cyr
Youth and Family Programs Manager
email: mcyr
(805) 682-4726, ext. 161
Deborah Lupo
Registrar
email: registrations
(805) 682-4726, ext. 102
Michaela Mohrmann, Ph.D.
Interpretation Curator
email: mmohrmann
(805) 682-4726 ext. 169
Tours
email: tours
(805) 682-4726, ext. 160
Horticulture
Joseph Rothleutner
Director of Horticulture
email: jrothleutner
(805) 682-4726, ext. 104
Charlie Adams
Facilities Manager
email:cadams
(805) 682-4726, ext. 155
Jessica Fernandez
Propagator
email: jfernandez
(805) 682-4726 ext. 130
Betsy Lape
Living Collections Coordinator
email: blape
(805) 682-4726, ext. 152
Geege Ostroff
Security
email: gostroff
(805) 682-4726, ext. 608
Stephanie Ranes
Grounds Manager
email:sranes
(805) 682-4726, ext. 409
Christina Varnava
Living Collections Curator
email: cvarnava
(805) 682-4726, ext. 114
Bonnie Whitney
Plant Propagation Assistant
email: bwhitney
(805) 682-4726
Marketing & Communications
Jaime Eschette
Director of Marketing and Communications
email: jeschette
(805) 682-4726, ext. 126
Taylor Keefer
Marketing and Communications Specialist
email: tkeefer
Elizabeth Raffensperger
Events & Marketing Coordinator
email: events
(805) 682-4726, ext. 131
Membership & Guest Services
Amanda Sanders
Membership Manager
email: asanders
(805) 682-4726, ext. 110
*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]'