BARNYARDS & BACKYARDS - Key Persons


Abby Perry

Job Titles:
  • Extension Educator & Magazine Coordinator

Adam Oparka

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Allana Bustos

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate
  • Office Associate, Senior
Biography: Allana Bustos is an Office Associate, Senior at the University of Wyoming Libraries. She overlooks several conference rooms in Coe Library and assists the Dean of the Libraries in various manners, including the Library Council and Library Board. Allana also serves as the Libraries' Diversity Council and Employee Support Committee liaison. Allana earned her B.A. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Pre-Law and a minor in Sociology from the University of Wyoming. She is a Wyoming native and loves exploring the mountains. Allana enjoys camping, identifying wild mushrooms, listening to country music and eating tacos.

Amy Smith


Ben Baumgartner

Job Titles:
  • Parking Enforcement Supervisor

Brenna Philbrick

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate

Brooke Ortel

Job Titles:
  • Writer / Editor

Caleb Carter

Job Titles:
  • District Manager

Casidy Mittelstadt

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Cass Kvenild

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean of Libraries
Cass Kvenild is the interim dean of Libraries at UW. Her research interests include library services to distance learners as well as the intersection of technology and student learning in libraries. Her recent publications examine the role of library collections, partnerships, and catalog records in promoting STEM curricula in K-12 classrooms. Cass is an elected delegate on OCLC's Americas Regional Council. She also serves on the WEST Operations and Collections Council, the University Press of Colorado Board of Trustees, and the Journal of Technology Integrated Lessons and Teaching editorial board.

Cassandra Kvenild

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Libraries

Chad Bade

Job Titles:
  • Dir, Emergency Management, Health and Safety

Chad Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Communications and Marketing

Chen Zong

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Research Analyst II

Colin Harnish

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Training and Safety

Craig Sorensen

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Demand Response

Dakota Emerson

Job Titles:
  • Demand Response Transit Supervisor

Darcy Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Business Services / Service

David Willems

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Research Analyst III

Donna Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Master Gardener Coordinator

Dr. David M Brown

Job Titles:
  • NNLM Regional Medical Librarian
Biography: Dr. David M Brown is the Public Health Engagement Specialist and State Outreach Specialist for North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming for the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), Region 4. Before joining the University of Wyoming and the NNLM, he worked as a professor of Public Health, teaching MPH and Dr. PH students. He has served in many leadership roles within professional associations and professional journals. Dr. Brown's scholarship has resulted in over 30 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and other reviewed documents. He has presented at over 75 local, state, national and international conferences in the areas of school-based health education, health literacy, health research methods and educational methods. Education: Ed.D., Health Education, Teachers College Columbia University MLIS, Health and e-science, Wayne State University MA, Computers and Education, Teachers College Columbia University

Ed Seidel

Job Titles:
  • University President

Elizabeth Whitt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Fieldhouse North

Job Titles:
  • Director, Golf Operations

Gayle Amundson

Job Titles:
  • Accountant

George W. Hopper Law

Job Titles:
  • Library / Learning Resource Center

Hill Hall


Jacelyn Downey

Job Titles:
  • Education Programs Manager

Jacob Mares

Job Titles:
  • Community Forestry Coordinator

Jared Mohr-Leiva

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate, Senior

Jeff Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator & State Small Acre / Horticulture Specialist

Jennifer Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Marketing & Communications Specialist
Biography: Jennifer has worked in higher education for over fifteen years, specializing in marketing, communications, student programming, event planning, student organization management and advising, and facility management. She oversees the implementation of all marketing efforts on behalf of UW Libraries, including websites, social media presence, advertising pieces, newsletters, multimedia pieces, news releases, etc. Prior to her work with academic libraries, she worked in student affairs where she was the Associate Director for the Center for Student Involvement & Leadership with the Wyoming Union. Kirk holds an M.B.A. as well as a B.S. in Recording Industry, both from Middle Tennessee State University. She moved out to the mountain west more than ten years ago to escape the humidity of the south and enjoy actual winter months. When she's not working you can find her out in nature, taking photos or at random music venues across the country.

Jeremiah Varidman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman & Extension Educator

Jeremy Cain

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Kaijsa Calkins

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate

Kristin Blevins

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Laurie Mendick

Job Titles:
  • Director, Business Operations

Luke Koestler-Roach

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Manager, Fleet Maintenance Services

Matt Jolivet


Micaela Myers

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Micah Most


Michelle Eberle

Job Titles:
  • Design

Nathaniel Williams

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Fixed Route

Nick Beumer

Job Titles:
  • Fixed Route Transit Supervisor

Paul Kunkel

Job Titles:
  • Director of Transportation Services

Paula Martin

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean & Assistant Dean, User Services

Rachael Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate, Transit Services

Rex Lockman


Russ Kersey

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Fleet Maintenance Services

Sandra Brown

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate

Shantel Smith

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Utilities Management / Service

Shawn Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Steve Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Facilities Management / Service

Steve Scott

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Computer Reporting Analyst

Suzann Koller

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Suzie Waggoner

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Research Analyst III

Tod Scott

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Facilities Services

William Robertson Coe

Job Titles:
  • Library / Writing Center