Executive Leadership and Staff

Search Institute Executive Leadership

Peter L. Benson, Ph.D.
President and CEO

Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Vice President

Paul Kirst
Chief Financial Officer and Director, Finance and Administration Group

Phil Rose
Director, Sales, Marketing, and Communications Group

Search Institute Staff

  • Mary Ackerman, Director of External Relations and Special Assistant to the President
  • Karl Anderson, Editor
  • Riana Aulet, Payroll/Accounts Payable Specialist
  • Deena Bartley, Project Coordinator
  • Kay Blankenburg, Accounting Manager
  • Jenny Bohlke, Production Artist
  • Kate Brielmaier, Senior Editor
  • Mary Ellen Buscher, Production Supervisor
  • William Collins, Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
  • Jan DeWall, Conference Manager
  • Stephanie Drakulich, Resource Specialist
  • Nathan Eklund, Sr. Consultant, Education
  • Kathie Fraher, Sr. Data Analyst/Programmer
  • Tenessa Gemelke, Publishing Manager
  • Peter Hodges, Marketing Manager
  • Denise Johnson, Receptionist
  • Jenny Jolly, Web Editor
  • Bill Kauffmann, Resource Specialist
  • Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, Resource Specialist
  • Erika Klein, Survey Services Coordinator
  • Sandra Longfellow, Manager, Information Resource Center
  • Kwenen Nelson, Resource Specialist
  • Mary Margaret Reagan-Montiel, Project Manager, Parenting
  • Jennifer Rosengren, Human Resources Manager
  • Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
  • Joe Sederberg, Shipping and Receiving Clerk
  • Kaija Shaffer, Communications Manager
  • Melody St. Marie, Executive Assistant to the President
  • Chad Sullivan, I.S. Manager
  • Amy Syvertsen, Research Scientist
  • Nancy Tellett-Royce, Sr. Consultant, Community Initiatives
  • Rick Trierweiler, Database Administrator
  • Jean Wachs, Administrative Manager
  • Suzy Winther, Marketing and Communications Assistant