Staff List

Len Kne, Director, Twin Cities
lenkne@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Stacey Stark, Associate Director, Duluth
slstark@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-7438

Kate Carlson, Spatial Technology Consultant, Twin Cities
kbcarlso@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Steve Graham, Research Associate, Duluth
steveg@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-6081

Anders Hopkins, Research Assistant, Twin Cities
hopki313@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Luke Henry, Research Assistant, Duluth
henry555@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-7438

Melinda Kernik, Spatial Data Analyst and Curator
kerni016@umn.edu | (612) 301-3932

Adam Null, Research Assistant, Twin Cities
null0007@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Travis Ormsby, Research Assistant, Twin Cities
orms0027@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Micaella Penning, GIS Specialist, Duluth
kinzl011@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-7466

Christopher Saladin, Research Assistant, Twin Cities
salad046@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Zachary Vavra, GIS Specialist, Duluth
ztvavra@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-6871

Pete Wiringa, Computing Geospatial Analyst, Twin Cities
wiringa@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Avian Ciganko-Ford, Research Assistant, Twin Cities
cigan005@umn.edu | (612) 624-7591

Former Staff

Kris Johnson (2011-14), Twin Cities
Molly McDonald (2012-14), Twin Cities
Taylor Long (2013-15), Twin Cities
Yingbin (Ben) Liang (2013-15), Twin Cities
Yilun (Allen) Lin (2013-15), Twin Cities
Agata Miszczyk (2013-15), Twin Cities
Yiqun (Ian) Xie( 2013-15), Twin Cities
Corey Betchwars (2014), Twin Cities
Steve Peyton (2015-16), Twin Cities
Teran Smith (2015-16), Twin Cities
Katie Stinebaugh (2015-17), Twin Cities
Rebecca Barney (2015-18), Twin Cities
Jacob Hartle (2015-18), Twin Cities
Coleman Shepard (2015-18), Twin Cities
Brittany Krzyzanowski (2015-19), Twin Cities 
Sharvari Sangle (2016), Twin Cities
Steve Schmidt (2016), Twin Cities
Dan Cahoun (2016), Duluth
Britta Hardel (2016), Duluth
Amanda Huber (2016), Duluth
Kyle Seifert (2016), Duluth
Gerrit VanderWaal (2016), Duluth
Josh Donato (2016-17), Twin Cities
Grace Johnson (2016-17), Twin Cities
Jeff Kropelnicki (2016-17), Twin Cities
Alex Nelson (2017), Duluth
Pam Potempa-Rivers (2017), Twin Cities
Jacob Arndt (2016-18), Twin Cities
Jacqueline Cassman (2017-18), Twin Cities
Arie Peterson (2017-18), Twin Cities
Ya Tao (2018), Twin Cities
Morgan Larson (2018), Duluth
Siona Roberts (2018), Duluth
Paul Jacobs (2018-19) Twin Cities
Han Bao (2018-19), Twin Cities
Jiateng Xu (2018-19), Twin Cities
Nels Anderson (2019), Duluth
Sophia Green (2019), Duluth
Sam Winters-Smith (2019), Twin Cities
John Zymslony (2019), Duluth