Our staff team for 2023 will be developing over the coming months. New team members will be posted here as well as announced on our social media platforms as hires are made.
David joined the Museum staff in 2013. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors degree in geology in 2007. He also worked as a teaching assistant in the Zoology department at Oklahoma State University from 2010 to 2013, where he graduated with a Master’s of Science. Before coming to the Sternberg, David spent seven summers working in the youth science camp industry. He also worked three summers with the National Park Service at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in southern Idaho. There, he carried out paleontology field and lab work and worked with kids showing them geology and paleontology. He is a published researcher, collaborating with professional academics on work focusing on mammal paleobiology and mechanics. David manages the entire camps program, and oversees program logistics and curriculum design.
Kathryn Gatlin - Program Assistant
Undergraduate - Fort Hays State University
Kathryn is an FHSU Geoscience+Biology major currently in her freshman year. Kathryn has been involved with our program since 2015 when she was 11 years old! She has been with us every summer since, as a student then staff member. Her interests in paleontology revolve around mammal fossils and paleoecology. Kathryn is one of our Wilderness First Responder-certified staff members, and one of our two Program Assistants who help with both logistics management as well as teaching responsibilities.
Breanda Gomez - Program Assistant
Gui Aksit - Instructor
Emily Bogner - Instructor
Alexandra Bonham - Instructor
Maggie Wolf - Instructor
Graduate student - UC Boulder
Maggie is a second year graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Museum and Field Studies program. She graduated from the University of Evansville in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Biology, where she conducted research on gecko calling phenology. She attended camps from 2015-2018, when she joined the staff as a counselor. Since that point, she has taken on several different roles and is excited to return for her first year as an instructor! Maggie is most interested in ornithology and museum visitor studies, and is passionate about making conservation education inclusive and accessible.
Marjie Cone - Instructor
Master's of Science, University of Georgia
Marjie Cone just completed her master's degree in Geology at the University of Georgia where her research focused on Carboniferous plant fossils. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Geology where she studied brachiopod morphologies. She began her journey in paleontology when she participated in a field paleontology camp with the Sternberg Camps in 2015. Marjie is passionate about education outreach and encouraging inclusivity in scientific field experiences. She is excited to be co-instructing a camp this summer with her best friend, Maggie Wolf, who she met at the Sternberg Camps!
David Levering – Camps Director, Instructor
Camps Director, Science Educator, Paleobiologist
Phone: 785-639-5249
Email: DALevering@FHSU.edu
David joined the Museum staff in 2013. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors degree in geology in 2007. He also worked as a teaching assistant in the Zoology department at Oklahoma State University from 2010 to 2013, where he graduated with a Master’s of Science. Before coming to the Sternberg, David spent seven summers working in the youth science camp industry. He also worked three summers with the National Park Service at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in southern Idaho. There, he carried out paleontology field and lab work and worked with kids showing them geology and paleontology. He is a published researcher, collaborating with professional academics on work focusing on mammal paleobiology and mechanics. David manages the entire camps program, and oversees program logistics and curriculum design.
Kathryn Gatlin - Program Assistant
Undergraduate - Fort Hays State University
Kathryn is an FHSU Geoscience+Biology major currently in her freshman year. Kathryn has been involved with our program since 2015 when she was 11 years old! She has been with us every summer since, as a student then staff member. Her interests in paleontology revolve around mammal fossils and paleoecology. Kathryn is one of our Wilderness First Responder-certified staff members, and one of our two Program Assistants who help with both logistics management as well as teaching responsibilities.
Breanda Gomez - Program Assistant
Gui Aksit - Instructor
Emily Bogner - Instructor
Alexandra Bonham - Instructor
Maggie Wolf - Instructor
Graduate student - UC Boulder
Maggie is a second year graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Museum and Field Studies program. She graduated from the University of Evansville in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Biology, where she conducted research on gecko calling phenology. She attended camps from 2015-2018, when she joined the staff as a counselor. Since that point, she has taken on several different roles and is excited to return for her first year as an instructor! Maggie is most interested in ornithology and museum visitor studies, and is passionate about making conservation education inclusive and accessible.
Marjie Cone - Instructor
Master's of Science, University of Georgia
Marjie Cone just completed her master's degree in Geology at the University of Georgia where her research focused on Carboniferous plant fossils. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Geology where she studied brachiopod morphologies. She began her journey in paleontology when she participated in a field paleontology camp with the Sternberg Camps in 2015. Marjie is passionate about education outreach and encouraging inclusivity in scientific field experiences. She is excited to be co-instructing a camp this summer with her best friend, Maggie Wolf, who she met at the Sternberg Camps!
Sierra Bornheim - Teaching Assistant
Addison Lacey - Teaching Assistant