Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team!

Administration

Amy Workman. A woman with long brown hair wearing dark rimmed glasses

Amy Workman

Upham Woods Center Director


Phone: (608) 264-3485
Email: amy.workman@wisc.edu

Molly Bodde. A woman with long light brown hair wearing glasses

Molly Silva

Administrative & Financial Assistant Director

Phone: (608) 254-5744
Email: molly.silva@wisc.edu

Craig Boehlke

Facilities and Operations Manager


Phone: (608) 254-6461
Email: craig.boehlke@wisc.edu

Programming

A woman with short hair wearing a maroon shirt with a dark vest

Rachael Lewandowski-Sarette

On-Site and Accessibility Coordinator

Phone: (608) 890-1137
Email: lewandowskis@wisc.edu

Jen Maggio-Laack

Program Planning and Outreach Coordinator

Phone: (608) 890-2127
Email: jen.maggio-laack@wisc.edu

Facilities

a smiling woman wearing glasses and an Upham Woods t-shirt in front of commercial ovens

Lisa Warner-Zirzow

Kitchen Lead


Phone: (608) 890-4043
Email: warnerzirzow@wisc.edu

Man wearing orange baseball cap and green Upham Woods t-shirt standing next to a small tree

Darin Curtis

Building and Grounds Maintenance Technician

Phone: (608) 712-2414
Email: dpcurtis2@wisc.edu

a young man wearing a white shirt and red tie smiling

Jacob Malek

Custodian

Email: jtmalek@wisc.edu

A man wearing a light colored T-shirt and a dark baseball hat

Joel Avery

Maintenance

Seasonal Staff

Alaina Allen

2025-26 WisCorps Service Member

Hannah Strayer

2025-26 WisCorps Service Member

Young woman wearing plaid button down squatting to collect mushrooms in the woods

Cara Schoenhard

DWD Youth Apprentice

Animal Ambassadors

Koda

Barred Owl

Toaster

Ball Python

Maize

Corn Snake

Larry

3-Toed Box Turtle

Big Mama & Little Mama

Painted Turtles

Egor

Snapping Turtle

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