Staff
Please call us at 406-848-2400 or email [email protected] and we will be happy to help connect you with the appropriate staff contact.
Lisa Diekmann
President & CEO
Lisa Diekmann became President & CEO of Yellowstone Forever in August 2020. She began her career with Goldman, Sachs, & Co. and later worked for the United Nations Environment Programme. She moved to Bozeman, Montana, in 1996 to become founding Executive Director of the Yellowstone Park Foundation. She left the Yellowstone Park Foundation in 2007 to join The Wilderness Society and was, most recently, Director of Development for the Bridger Ski Foundation. Lisa is the recent past board chair of Mountain Journal. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Sam Archibald
Lead Field Educator
Sam Barkley
Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships
Alison Becker
Institute Operations Manager
Wendie Carr
Chief Marketing Officer
Erica Cerovski
Controller
Marisa Cleary
Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship
Debbie Collins
Product Manager
JD Davis
Chief Development Officer
Lisa Dean
Executive Assistant
Amanda Evans
Lead Field Educator
Katy Fast
Education Coordinator
Brian Gerber
Fleet & Facilities Assistant
Amanda Hagerty
Institute Director
Olesja Hoppe
Regional Director of Philanthropy
Tammi Johnson
Retail Operations Manager
Kelly Kirk
Warehouse Lead
Dennis McIntosh
Facilities and Sustainability Manager
Kristi Mills
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Mount
Regional Director of Philanthropy
Josh Murray
Accounting Coordinator
Nina Novikoff
Director of Human Resources
Kristin Park
Annual Fund Manager
Melissa Ritter
Human Resources Generalist
Katie Roloson
Director of Fleet and Field Campuses
Colin Smith
IT Administrator
Bill Stimmel
Director of Retail
Réka Szabó
Graphic Designer
Elle Winchester
Director of Annual Fund
Michael Wright
IT Infrastructure Manager
Kim Yablonski
Foundation Relations & Park Projects Manager