The Works Museum Staff + Boad

The Works Museum Staff

Jill Measells
Chief Executive Officer

Sarah Curtis
Senior Director of Advancement

Marissa Woodruff
Director of Education

Emily Kinny
Development Manager

Frances Van Sloun
Education Manager

Mary Jo Bellinger​
Event and Volunteer Coordinator 

Sam Bergh
Visitor Experience Staff

Elzie Biegane
Visitor Experience Staff

Cal Cauthorn​
STEM Educator

Katy Epler
Registration Coordinator

Adi Hanany
Visitor Experience Supervisor

Korey Haynes ​
STEM Educator

Kaiya Hoyer-Leitzel
Database and Operations Manager

Nicole Jaeckel Sykora
Graphic Designer and Website
Coordinator

Micah Jagoda
Visitor Experience Staff

Sonia Krech-Jacobsen
STEM Educator and
Procurement Specialist

Grace Lilla
Visitor Experience Staff

Anna Moan
Visitor Experience Staff

Aaron Myers
Visitor Experience Staff

Leah Nelson
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Richard Pollard
STEM Educator

Will Schar
STEM Educator

Nicole Sheridan
Visitor Experience Supervisor

Melanie Shibley
STEM Educator

Lauren Witt
Grant Coordinator

Patti Winward
Group Visit and Program
Support Staff

Interested joining our team? View our current job openings!

Board of Trustees

Nicole Cameli - Chair
Senior Associate General Counsel – Mergers and Acquisitions, Emerson

Jazmine Darden
Solidworks Application Engineer, GoEngineer

Charmaine Harris
Senior Program Manager,
Lifetouch

John Lee
Retired CEO,
Barr Engineering

Hawley Mathieson
Teacher of the deaf,
Edina Public Schools

Rob Sleezer - Secretary
 Professor of Computer Information Science,
Mankato State University

Stephan Schaerbauer
USDA Veterinarian Area,
Vet in Charge

Rachel Walker
Director of Permitting, Mission Clean Energy

Erica Amevo
Vice President, Human Resources, Uponor

Julianne Laue - Vice Chair
Environmental and Sustainability Director, JE Dunn

Louise Miltich - Treasurer
Executive Vice President,
Great Plains Institute

Komal Bansal
Senior Manager of Info
Security - Vice President,
U.S. Bank

Derrick Schlangen
Director, Engineering & Technology, Great River Energy

Sonja Jenko
Nuclear Fuel Supply Engineer, Talen Energy

Laurie Pryor
Former, State of Minnesota Legislator

Sarah Simpson
Transmission & Distribution EDC Tech Manager,
Burns & McDonnell

Sarah Stratton
VP, Senior Water Research Scientist, Barr Engineering

Bradley Steber
Vice President, CenterPoint Energy & Minnesota Gas Operation