About Us

Our Staff

Staff

The Museum employs floor staff whom we playfully call “Playologists”. These hard-working, play-seeking individuals, many with backgrounds in early childhood development and education, are trained to assist our visitors in having the best time possible and more importantly, to facilitate play! You will find them stationed throughout the Museum in the Museum’s uniform of teal character shirts and khaki pants.

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Leadership

Our Board of Directors is a committed and professionally diverse group of community leaders who have a keen interest in and understanding of the importance of early childhood education. The Museum is fortunate to have this prestigious group of individuals working on behalf of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

Leadership

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Administrative Staff Directory

Executive

Kate Wells
CEO
602.648.2740

Staff childhood photo: toddler sitting on a rug beside a row of dolls

Melissa Wilson
Executive Support & Office Manager
602.648.2752

Finance

Staff childhood photo: smiling young girl with long blond hair

Cathy Linthicum 
Finance Associate
602.648.2750

Staff childhood photo: young child in a pink dress holding a stuffed animal

Nadia Ortega
Finance Associate
602.648.2770

Development

Georgie Hanlin
Executive Director of Development
602.648.2744

Staff childhood photo: child in a white helmet driving a toy pedal car

Chris Slaughter
Director of Development
602.648.2743

Staff childhood photo: smiling child resting her chin on her hand

Denisse Moreno
Donor Relations Coordinator
602.648.2761

Staff childhood portrait: smiling girl with curly hair in a navy shirt

Paige Schlobohm
Development Assistant

Marketing

Black and white staff childhood photo: toddler holding a small toy

Marion Wiener
Director of Marketing & Communications
602.648.2746

Keri Attarpour
Marketing Manager
602.648.2758

Staff childhood photo: smiling girl with blond bangs making ears with her hands

Charlie Russell
Digital Marketing Specialist
602.648.2757

Operations

Staff childhood photo: smiling toddler in a white dress and green gingham

Betsy Ferman
Chief Operating Officer
602.648.2741

Staff childhood photo: smiling child in a Phoenix T-shirt

Beth Jenkins
Exhibits & Project Manager
602.648.2755

Staff childhood photo: toddler in a white sun hat at a swimming pool

Sava Elder
Exhibits Coordinator

Staff childhood photo: smiling girl with dark hair in a white collared dress

Tara Smith
Senior Human Resource Manager
602.648.2759

Staff childhood photo: toddler in a white pinafore dress sitting for a portrait

Marisa Camarillo
Volunteer & Community Relations Manager
602.648.2754

Visitor Engagement

Staff childhood portrait: grinning child in a pink outfit

Kelley Fitzsimmons
Director of Visitor Engagement
602.648.2753

Isaiah Campos
Event Sales Coordinator
602.648.2775

Staff childhood photo: young child in Winnie the Pooh overalls

Noelia Arroyo
Party Coordinator
602.648.2762

Visitor Development

Ernesto Muñoz
Director of Visitor Development
602.648.2769

Damien Griffor
Café Manager

Staff childhood photo: toddler in a striped shirt sitting by a wooden fence

Jason Brabon
Retail Manager

Staff childhood photo: child raising one arm high in a front yard

Canyon Stewart
Visitor Services Manager
602.648.2778

Kelley Liebst
Group Success Coordinator
602.648.2747

Staff childhood photo: young girl in a light blue dress sitting outdoors

Pilar Ramirez
Member Success Coordinator
602.648.2749

Staff childhood photo: smiling toddler with curly hair and a red bow tie

Matthew Lacey
Lead Café Associate

Visitor Experience

Staff childhood photo: baby in a white dress holding a bonnet

Rachel Raizola
Director of Visitor Experience
602.648.2776

Maricarmen Anguiano
Visitor Experience Manager
602.648.2767

Staff childhood photo: grinning child wrapped in a white scarf

Mac McGinnis Caughman
Education & Program Manager
602.648.2751

Staff childhood photo: laughing toddler walking on a grassy lawn

Ryne O’Donnell
Camp & Experience Coordinator
602.648.2766

Leadership

Scott Horn | Chair

President
TFO Family Office Partners

Allison Otu, MBA | Chair Elect

Executive Director, Marketing & Strategic Communications
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Arizona State University

Brandon Blakely | Secretary

Associate, Trusts & Estates
Fennemore Law

Kory Leadon, CFP | Treasurer

Personal CFO
Brighton Jones

Daniel Brown

Realtor & CEO
Myriad Arizona

Elizabeth Byrnes

Philanthropist

Sydney Gallego

Director, Government Advocacy
National Association of Realtors

Gennaro Garcia

Muralist/Artist

Laura Giles

Business Attorney
Ballard Spahr

Ryan Hale

Vice President/District Manager
U.S. Bank

Tricia Lehti

Territory Sales Executive, Senior Vice President
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Marty Martin III

Asset Liability Risk Manager
Western Alliance Bank

Erica Maxwell

District Director
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation

An Nguyen, PsyD

Psychologist
Trinity Tree Psychological Services

Ashton Princell

Public Affairs Manager, Local
Government Relations
APS

Mike Renaud

President & CEO
Valle del Sol

Katherine Fairbanks Sam

Founder
Sam Consulting Services

Colin Seale | IDEA Chair

Founder & CEO
thinkLaw

Mo Sobki

Analytics Consultant Leader
Head of Competitive Intelligence at Edward Jones

Kailey Thielen

Director, Pharmaceutical Partnerships
The ALS Association

Jacob Valdez

Attorney, Labor & Employment
Snell & Wilmer

Nicole Wheatcroft, CPA

Manager
DRS CPA, PLLC

Kristin Windtberg

Partner, Litigation and Employment
Osborn Maledon, P.A.

Terry Woodbeck, MD

Pediatrician/Internist

Trustees Emeritus

Tom Ambrose
Sarah Bodney
Gretchen Freeman
Lisa Handley
Terry Hanson
Sally Hurwitz, PhD
Hildy Saizow
Gayle Starr
Josie Young

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