Staff Listing | Touch of Nature Environmental Center | SIU

Staff Listing

Passion, Expertise, and Wildness

Our team works behind the scenes and in the field to give you the best experience possible. Decades of combined experience in outdoor education, recreation therapy, and hospitality guarantee a high level of satisfaction for all of our program and event participants.

Professional Staff

JD Tanner
Director
jdtanner@siu.edu

Tom Brummer
Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations
tombrummer@siu.edu

Brian Croft
Assistant Director of Outdoor Education and Recreation
bcroft@siu.edu

Amy Preston
Hospitality Services Program Coordinator
amy.preston@siu.edu

Erik Oberg
Program Director of Outdoor Education
eriko@siu.edu

Jasmine Cave
Program Coordinator: Recreational Therapy
jcave@siu.edu

Sydney Pogue
Program Coordinator of Campus Outdoor Programs
sydney.pogue@siu.edu

Samantha Schmidgall
Business
Manager
sschmid@siu.edu

Martha Drone
Park
Attendant
mclarke@siu.edu

David Craig
Forest Custodian
davidc@siu.edu

Patrick Jones
Marketing Coordinator
patj@siu.edu

Deb Dalton
Culinary Worker II
debd@siu.edu

Jeff Finger
Culinary Worker III
jeff.e.finger@siu.edu

Sara Bond
Director of Development: SIU Foundation
sarab@foundation.siu.edu