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name: apex-staff
description: "Full WILC staff list with roles, studios, and emails for the 2024–2025 school year"
metadata: 
  node_type: memory
  type: project
  originSessionId: a7c21f3f-80cb-4099-9fc9-4faecc86bcc5
---

**Leadership:**
- Michelle Hill — Director of Work-Based Learning | mhill@waukeeschools.org
- Kathleen Sender — WILC Program Director (Russ's boss) | ksender@waukeeschools.org
- Mindi Heitland — Career Services Coordinator | mheitland@waukeeschools.org
- Lisa McFadden — Front Desk Concierge | lmcfadden@waukeeschools.org

**Russ's courses + studio:**
- Russ Goerend — Business Startup (BSU) + Designing Communication Solutions (DCS) | Studio: The Hue #111 | rgoerend@waukeeschools.org

**BTC pathway colleagues:**
- Ashley Prieksat — Developing Web-Based Technologies + Finance, Banking & Investments | Studio: The Net #112 | aprieksat@waukeeschools.org
- Brian Cyr — Architecture & Engineering + Business Startup | Studio: Fulcrum #219 | bcyr@waukeeschools.org

**Finance & Insurance:**
- Jesse Hunt — Finance, Banking & Investments | Studio: The Brokerage #208 | jhunt@waukeeschools.org

**Engineering:**
- Tyler Wright — Construction Leadership + Engineering Technology & Robotics | Studio: Job Shop #118 | twright@waukeeschools.org
- Andy Briggs — Exercise & Sport Science | Studio: Heartland #212 | abriggs@waukeeschools.org
- Carrie Eby — Exercise & Sport Science | ceby@waukeeschools.org

**Human Services:**
- Jared Almandinger — Medical & Bioscience Research | Studio: Research Lab #216 | jalmandinger@waukeeschools.org
- Kary Sprague — Basic & Advanced Nurse Aid | ksprague@waukeeschools.org
- Joy Meksay — Basic & Advanced Nurse Aid
- Chandler Thayer — Emergency Medical Tech (DMACC) | cethayer@dmacc.edu
- Dave Oldham — Emergency Medical Tech (DMACC) | jdoldham@dmacc.edu
- Whitney Overton — Health Sciences & Medicine | Studio: Finch #218 | woverton@waukeeschools.org

**Bioscience & Agriculture:**
- Heidi Mandt — Animal & Veterinary Science + Global Food Systems | Studio: Meadowbrooke #217 | hmandt@waukeeschools.org
- Al Pieper — Automotive

**School-to-Work / Other:**
- Anne Boesen — School-to-Work Coordinator | Studio: Career Center #224 | aboesen@waukeeschools.org
- Tim Murphy — School-to-Work Coordinator | tmurphy@waukeeschools.org
- Amanda Gaul — Intro to Education Coordinator | agaul@waukeeschools.org
- Adam Werley — Intro to Education Coordinator | awerley@waukeeschools.org

**Why:** Knowing staff names and roles helps write realistic artifact card examples (e.g., referencing "Jesse Hunt" in Finance artifacts, "Tyler Wright" in Engineering), and knowing Kathleen is Russ's boss matters for framing admin conversations.