Staff List

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
telephone: (805) 682-4726  fax: (805) 563-0352

Frequently Called Numbers - Dial (805) 682-4726 plus the extension:

• Business Office ext. 101
• Registrar ext. 102
• Garden Growers Retail Nursery ext. 127
• Garden Shop ext. 112

If you have a general question, please use the Contact Us web form.

SBBG 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 'info@sbbg.org'

Administration

Steve Windhager, Ph.D.
Executive Director
email: swindhager
805-682-4726 x123

Jill Freeland
Director's Executive Assistant & Coordinator of Special Projects
email: jfreeland
805-682-4726 x108

Gayle Kopitzke
Controller
email: gkopitzke
805-682-4726 x125

Frédérique Lavoipierre
Volunteer Program Manager
email: flavoipierre
805-682-4726 x119 

Ed Marini
Manager, Design + Construction
email: emarini
805-682-4726 x116

Collections (Blaksley Library, SBBG Photos)

Tricia Wardlaw
Collections Manager
email: twardlaw
805-682-4726 x103

Randy Wright
Technology Steward
email: rwright

Conservation & Research

Dieter Wilken, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation
email: dwilken
805-682-4726 x124

Steve Junak
Herbarium Curator
email: sjunak
805-682-4726 x105

Denise Knapp
Conservation Program Manager
email: dknapp
805-682-4726 x128

Robert Muller, Ph.D.
Research Associate
email: rmuller
805-682-4726 x150

Development and Marketing

Gina Benesh
Director of Development
email: gbenesh
805-682-4726 x133

Meghan Hoyne Brown
Communications Associate
email:mbrown

Nina Dunbar
Assistant Director of Development
email: ndunbar
805-682-4726 x151

Joni Kelly
Communications Manager
email: jkelly
805-682-4726 x132

Laura Muasher
Development Associate
email: lmuasher
805-682-4726 x110

Paula Schaefer
Multi Media Coordinator
email: pschaefer
805-682-4726 x611

Education

Judy Sanregret
Director of Education
email: jsanregret
805-682-4726 x111

Joan Evans
Education Program Coordinator
email: jevans
805-682-4726 x102

Bob Haller, Ph.D.
Botanist
email: bhaller
805-682-4726 x148

Gift Shop

Gail Milliken
Gift Shop & Visitor Services Manager
email: gmilliken
805-682-4726 x113

Patricia Cox
Shop Assistant
email: pcox
805-682-4726

Lynda Kreutzkampf
Shop Assistant
email: lkreutzkampf
805-682-4726 x613

Natalie Rosamund
Shop Assistant
email: nrosamund
805-682-4726 x634

Horticulture

Betsy Collins
Director of Horticulture
email: bcollins
805-682-4726 x104

Dave Kershaw
Head Gardener
email: dkershaw
805-682-4726 x155

Manuel Gonzalez
Gardener
email: mannyg
805-682-4726 x607

Jay Kendall
Gardener
email: jkendall
805-682-4726 x606

Betsy Lape
Living Collections Coordinator
email: blape
805-682-4726 x152

James Lechuga
Facilities Manager
email: jlechuga
805-682-4726 x109

Antony Lee
Gardener
email: alee
805-682-4726 x632

Jason Nelson
Gardener
email: jnelson
805-682-4726 x609

Geege Ostroff
Gardener/Security
email: gostroff
805-682-4726 x608

Bruce Reed
Horticulturist
email: breed
805-682-4726 x114

Stephanie Ranes
Gardener
email:sranes

Chi Truong
Horticulture Intern
email:ctruong

Heather Wehnau
Plant Propagation Manager
email: hwehnau
805-682-4726 x130

Bonnie Whitney
Plant Propagation Assistant
email: bwhitney

Visitor Services

Barbara Backlund
VSR Manager
email: bbacklund
805-682-4726 x631

Michaela Ackerman
VSR
email: mackerman
805-682-4726 x620

Dana Crampton
VSR
email: dcrampton
805-682-4726 x633

Connie Fung
VSR
email:cfung
805-682-4726 x618

Tom Rhodes
VSR
email: trhodes
805-682-4726 x624

*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 'info@sbbg.org'