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Administrative and Program Staff

Brigitte Boucher

Credentials: MA

Position title: Communications & Marketing Manager

Pronouns: she/they

Email: brboucher@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-4663

Janet Branchaw

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Director of WISCIENCE, Associate Professor of Kinesiology

Pronouns: she/her

Email: branchaw@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-1182

Keegan Buscaino

Credentials: BS

Position title: Program Coordinator, BioCommons Manager

Pronouns: she/her

Email: buscaino@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-0598

Amanda Butz

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Director of Evaluation & Research

Pronouns: she/her

Email: abutz2@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-6029

Anna Courtier

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Director of Community-Based Learning

Pronouns: she/her

Email: anna.courtier@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-5526

MaryRuth Kotelnicki

Credentials: MS

Position title: BioHouse Program Manager

Pronouns: she/her

Email: mkotelnicki@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-3340

Miranda Mellen

Credentials: BS

Position title: Program Coordinator

Pronouns: she/her

Email: mlmellen@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-5480

Jonathan Pauli

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Faculty Director of BioHouse, Associate Professor of Forest & Wildlife Ecology

Pronouns: he/him

Email: jnpauli@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-0285

Nancy Ruggeri

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Director of Research Mentor and Mentee Education

Pronouns: she/her

Email: nruggeri@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-0321

Amber Smith

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Associate Director of WISCIENCE

Pronouns: she/her

Email: amber.smith@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-0850

Sarah Sweger

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Assistant Director for STEM Student Engagement

Pronouns: she/her

Email: ssweger@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-2993

Cara Theisen

Credentials: Ph.D.

Position title: Director of Professional Development in Teaching & Learning

Pronouns: she/her

Email: chtheisen@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-4497