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Administrative Team

Jessica Jens, Director

Jessica Jens
Director
N194 County Road N
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 254-6461 ext. 202
FAX: (608) 253-7140
Email:jessica.jens@ces.uwex.edu

 

Responsibilities:

  • Provides leadership for all programs and activities conducted at Upham Woods
  • Provides leadership for Legacy Campaign efforts
  • Manages operation, maintenance and development of grounds and facilities
  • Supervises personnel and contractual services involved with operation of Upham Woods
  • Designs and leads Adventure Education programming
  • Instructs environmental education classes as needed

Toby GrabsToby Grabs
Assistant Director
N194 County Road N
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 254-6461 ext. 203
FAX: (608) 253-7140
Email: uphamcoordinator@frontier.com

 

Responsibilities:

  • Hire, train and supervise seasonal naturalists
  • Design, implement, and evaluate outpost education programming
  • Develop, implement and provide leadership for all environmental education programming
  • Instruct environmental education classes as needed
  • Write grants to fund new environmental education initiatives

Steff MertenSteff Merten
Program Coordinator
N194 County Road N
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 254-6461 ext. 209
FAX: (608) 253-7140
Email: uphamwoods@frontier.com

 

Responsibilities:

  • Schedule group visits
  • Communicate with all visiting groups to plan and coordinate educational programming
  • Develop and manage naturalist staff schedules
  • Assist the Director and Asst. Director to develop, implement and evaluate environmental education programming at Upham Woods.
  • Instruct environmental education classes as needed

Doris Bass Doris Bass
Program Assistant
N194 County Road N
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 254-6461 ext. 201
FAX: (608) 253-7140
Email: uphamassistant@frontier.com

 

 

2011 Winter Naturalists

Catherine SteeleBecky Ryan
Naturalist
B.S. Biology
University of South Dakota

Becky has worked at many camps across the country including working with the Maryland Conservation Corp Program. She is also a certified First Responder and Firefighter.

 

Catherine SteeleDylan Lewis
Naturalist
B.S. Political Science and Theater
Northwestern University

 

 

Catherine SteeleKatie Everett
Naturalist
B.A. Biology
Gustavus Adolphus College

 

 

Catherine SteeleLauren Heironimus
Naturalist
B.S. Biology
The College of Wooster

Masters in Education in progress
John Carroll University

 

 

 

 

2011 Honorarium Naturalists

Jon SteidingerJon Steidinger- Jon has been teaching at Upham Woods for at least 14 years!

 

Maintenance / House Keeping

Joel AveryJoel Avery
Maintenance

 


 

 

 

Pam Nawrot imagePam Nawrot
Lead Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine SteeleLarry Nawrot
Custodian

 

 

 

 

 
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