Anne Schlesinger - Education Program Manager

Anne was born and raised outside of Boston, MA (yes, she is an unabashed Red Sox fan), but has spent most of the past eight years in upstate New York, where her life-long interest in natural history transformed from hobby to career goal. Anne majored in English Literature in college and minored in geology and decided when she graduated that she wanted to pursue a career that combined her interests in science with her interests in communication and people. In that vein, she completed two interpretation internships with the National Park Service in California and Colorado and loved them so much that she promptly made her way back to New York for a third environmental education internship. After a year of working as an educator at a residential environmental education center in the Catskills, Anne decided to return to school for a masters in Environmental Interpretation at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. She is passionate about environmental education and is extremely excited to be working as the Program Manager at the Marine Science Consortium.

Ali Redman - College Program Coordinator

Ali grew up in the small fishing town of Westport, Washington. She spent her happiest days as a kid aboard boats, including her own sailing dinghy. Ali received her BA at the University of Washington. Following which, for a brief period, she was a zookeeper in Seattle. After spending five years with terrestrial conservation and education projects in the beautiful archipelago of Indonesia she was convinced she wanted to move advance into marine conservation. She received her master’s degree in marine biodiversity and conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Parker McMullen-Bushman - Special Programs Coordinator

Parker was born in Bronx, New York but her love of nature developed after a family move from the metropolitan New York area to rural southern Georgia. In Georgia she joined the 4-H Club, where she participated in everything from poultry judging to backwoods camping. She spent many years at the Rock Eagle 4-H Summer Camp as a camper, a counselor, and a Special Interest Program Director.

Parker has had many experiences participating and working in all aspects of camp life and youth programming. She has been a counselor, instructor, challenge course director and environmental educator. She spent five summers working at Med-o-lark International Theater Summer Arts Camp in Maine where she was their Adventure Course Director and then their Director of Programming. Parker has also worked at several other camps, non-profit youth agencies, and outdoor education centers over the years including the Boys and Girls Club, Thousand Pines Outdoor School, YMCA Storer Camps, and the Gads Hill Center.

Parker holds a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She believes in the importance of environmental education because she feels that teaching people about their integral connection to the world around them is the key to the earth's continued survival. Parker's hobbies include shelling, camping, painting, music, photography, and travel.

Alex Vandermeys - School Programs Coordinator

Alex was born in Monterey, CA, and by 3 was acting as a tour guide for her family at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was pretty early to make a career choice, but it turns out it was a good one. Soon after, the family was transplanted to the other coast, and so Alex really grew up in Bowie, MD. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park where she majored in Ecology and Evolution, with a minor in Secondary Education.

She has worked for a number of organizations including the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Jekyll Island 4-H Center. Last spring and summer, Alex was an Educator here at the MSC and is super excited to be back on the Eastern Shore. Some of her hobbies include: reading, walking on the beach, looking for shells, cooking, baking, kayaking, and swimming.

Office and Support Staff

John Besecker - Operations Manager

Kennie Godwin - Groundskeeper

Dallas Fenton - Office and Finance Manager

Eunice Handy - Cook

Levolia Handy - Cafeteria Shift Leader

Felara Hickman - Cook

Clifton Johnson - Dishwasher

Bob Lehman - Boat Captain

Diane Lynch - Registrar

Teshie Moore - Dishwasher

Adell Payton - Housekeeper

Francine Payton - Head Housekeeper

Tony Smith - Maintenance Assistant

Robin Townsend - Cafeteria Shift Leader

Linda Wallop - Food Service Manager

Jimmy Whealton - Boat Captain