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
Communications
Brian Wiebler, Communications Director – ext. 345 or email
Karl Etters, Communications Coordinator – ext. 342 or email
Leslie Ballenger, Communications Specialist – 362 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. 363 or email
Facilities
Wayne Miller, Facilities Coordinator, ext. 258 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 – 297 email
Leslie Elmore, Conservation Coordinator – 362 email
Kim Lynn Nguyen, Conservation Biologist – 292 email
Josh Webb, Conservation Stewardship Coordinator – 229 email
Holly Guthrie, Land Conservancy Office Manager- ext. 361 or email
Tyler Macmillan, Conservation Program Liaison – 250 email
Nelson Ball, RCPP Field Biologist – 288 email
Leah Thrailkill, RCPP Biological/Forestry Technician – 291 email
Caitlin Snyder, Stewardship Biologist – email
Land Management
Eric Staller, Director of Land Management and Fire Operations – ext. 240 or email
Andrew Chase, Assistant Land Manager – 298 email
Research
J. Morgan Varner, PhD, Director of Research – ext. 224 or email
Chris Matechik, Remote Sensing Analyst – 295 email
Fire Ecology Program
Kevin M. Robertson, PhD, Director, Fire Ecology Program – ext. 254 or email
Brandi Griffin, Fire Ecologist – ext. 296 or email
Jean Huffman, PhD, Research Associate, Dendrochronology – 294 email
Smoke Science Program
Holly Nowell, PhD, Smoke Science Program Director and Assistant Scientist – 260 email
Chris Matechik, Remote Sensing Analyst email
Hannah Schley, Geospatial Analyst email
Geospatial Program
Karen Cummins, Geospatial Database Administrator- 242 email
Jennifer Rogers, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technology Specialist – 293 email
Game Bird Research & Outreach Program
Dwayne Elmore, PhD, Director, Game Bird Program – 237 email
Clay Sisson, Director, Albany Quail Project – 259 email
Brad Kubecka, PhD, Program Director & Western Game Bird Scientist – 262 email
Mark Sasser, Alabama Quail Program Coordinator – email
Geoff Beane, Research/Prog. Manager, Central FL Rangeland Quail Program (CFRQP) 268 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 – 257 email
Holly Lott, Game Bird Research Biologist, Livingston Place – 276 email
Paul Grimes, Game Bird Biologist, Carolina Regional Quail Program – 271 email
Kyle Magdziuk, Delmarva Prescribed Fire Coordinator & Game Bird Biologist – 272 email
Matthew Kunkle, Rollins Ranch Research & Program Manager – 266 email
Amanda Schmidt, Game Bird Research Biologist, CFRQP – 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 – 290 email
Biological Monitoring Program
Kim Sash, Biological Monitoring Coordinator – ext. 336 or email
Livingston Place
John-Michael McCormick, Land Manager – 277 email
Holly Lott, Livingston Place Biologist – 276 email
Prescribed Fire Applications Program
John P. McGuire, Director, Private Lands Fire Initiative – 251 email
Steve Wasp, Burn Team Coordinator – 354 email
Zach Prusak, Wildland Fire Training Specialist – 279 email
John S. Kush, PhD, Outreach & Education Coordinator
George Jensen, SW Georgia Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator – 366 email
Jeremy Martin, Northwest Florida Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator – 284 email
Ryan Mitchell, Southeast Private Lands Prescribed Fire Outreach Coordinator – 280
Kyle Carrington, East Texas Prescribed Fire Outreach Coordinator – 282
National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center
Charles “Chaz” Oliver, Prescribed Fire Training Specialist– ext. 1040 or email
Southern Fire Exchange
David R. Godwin, PhD, Director, Southern Fire Exchange – ext. 261 or email
