Welcome to Tall Timbers

Call Tall Timbers – 850.893.4153

Tall Timbers Staff Contacts

Administration

William E. Palmer, PhD, President/CEO – ext. 226 or email
Audrey Browning, Executive Administrative Assistant, ext. 241 or email
Kris Miller, Receptionist/ Facilities Coordinator, ext. 228 or email

Accounting

Melissa Proctor, Controller, Chief Financial Officer – ext. 248 or email
Bonita Ashton, Assistant Controller/Bookkeeper – ext. 246 or email
Rosi Nichols, Payroll Accountant, email
Alvin D Johnson, Accounts Payable – ext. 264 or email
Deanna Doss, LP Payables & Employee Onboarding/Benefits – ext. 245 or email
Rebekah Church, Sr. Grants Manager – ext. 225 or email

Communications

Brian Wiebler, Communications Director – ext. 345 or email
Karl Etters, Communications Coordinator – ext. 342 or email
Leslie Ballenger, Communications Specialist – email

Development

Crystal Davis Rice, Development Director – ext. 343 or email
Hannah Miller, Development Coordinator – ext. 249 or email
Madison Phillips, Development Events Manager – ext. 249 or email

Facilities
Wayne Miller, Facilities Coordinator, ext. 228 or email
Jerome Golden, Facilities – ext. 233 or email

Information Technology

Kurt Haffner, IT Systems Manager – email
Darren Kopacz, IT Systems Coordinator – ext. 247 or email

Land Conservancy

Shane Wellendorf, Tall Timbers Land Conservancy Director – ext. 231 or email
Neil A. Fleckenstein, Planning Coordinator – ext. 335 or email
Ben Naselius, Red Hills Planner – email
Leslie Elmore, Conservation Coordinator – email
Kim Lynn Nguyen, Conservation Biologist – email
Josh Webb, Conservation Stewardship Coordinator – email
Holly Guthrie, Land Conservancy Office Manager- ext. 361 or email
Tyler Macmillan, Conservation Program Liaison – email
Nelson Ball, RCPP Field Biologist – email
Kyla Lenehan, RCPP Biological/Forestry Technician – email

Land Management

Eric Staller, Director of Land Management and Fire Operations – ext. 240 or email
Andrew Chase, Assistant Land Manager – email

Research

J. Morgan Varner, PhD, Director of Research – ext. 224 or email
Nicole Zampieri, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Scientist – email
Joe Noble, Project Research Associate – ext. 232 or email
Chris Matechik, Remote Sensing Analyst – email

Fire Ecology

Kevin M. Robertson, PhD, Director, Fire Ecology Program – ext. 254 or email
Brandi Griffin, Fire Ecologist – ext. 243 or email
Jean Huffman, PhD, Research Associate, Dendrochronology – email

Fire Science Applications

Seth Bigelow, PhD, Senior Research Ecologist – email
Saphira Orrion, Field Technician – email

Smoke Science Program

Holly Nowell, PhD, Smoke Science Program Director and Assistant Scientist – email

Geospatial Lab

Karen Cummins, Geospatial Database Administrator- email
Jennifer Rogers, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technology Specialist – email

Game Bird Research & Outreach

Dwayne Elmore, PhD, Director, Game Bird Program – email
Clay Sisson, Director, Albany Quail Project – email
Brad Kubecka, PhD, Program Director & Western Game Bird Scientist – email
Mark Sasser, Alabama Quail Program Coordinator – email
Geoff Beane, Research/Prog. Manager, Central FL Rangeland Quail Program (CFRQP) email
Alex Jackson, Game Bird Research and Extension Biologist – ext. 268 or email
Michael Hazelbaker, Game Bird Research Biologist, Tall Timbers – ext. 237 or email
Justin Rectenwald, Game Bird Biologist, Albany Quail Project – email
Holly Lott, Game Bird Research Biologist, Livingston Place – email
Paul Grimes, Game Bird Biologist, Carolina Regional Quail Program – email
Kyle Magdziuk, Delmarva Prescribed Fire Coordinator & Game Bird Biologist – email
Matthew Kunkle, Rollins Ranch Research & Program Manager – email
Amanda Schmidt, Game Bird Research Biologist, CFRQP – email
John Palarski, Biologist, WPQP – email
Sarah Brown, Public Lands Monitoring Coordinator – email

Stoddard Bird Lab

Kate Richardson, PhD, Stoddard Bird Director and Assistant Scientist – ext. 223 or email
Rob Meyer, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Conservation Biologist – email

Biological Monitoring

Kim Sash, Biological Monitoring Coordinator – ext. 336 or email

Livingston Place

John-Michael McCormick, Land Manager – email
Holly Lott, Livingston Place Biologist – email

Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative

John P. McGuire, Director, Private Lands Fire Initiative – email
Steve Wasp, Burn Team Coordinator – email
Zach Prusak, Wildland Fire Training Specialist – email
John S. Kush, PhD, Outreach & Education Coordinator
George Jensen, SW Georgia Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator – email
Lee Stuckey, Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator – email
Jeremy Martin, Northwest Florida Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator – email
Ryan Mitchell, Southeast Private Lands Prescribed Fire Outreach Coordinator
Ashley Curtis, Savannah River PBA Coordinator
Kyle Carrington, East Texas Prescribed Fire Outreach Coordinator
Josiah Gullatte, Prescribed Fire Outreach Specialist and Training Liaison