Who We Are
The Dahlem Center – also known as Jackson’s Nature Place – is a small nature center nonprofit in southern Jackson, MI. We have 300 acres of land with over 5 miles of trails open everyday from dawn to dusk.
We are made up of:
- 7 staff
- 12 board members
- countless members, volunteers, donors, and community members
Staff
- Hannah Schauer (Executive Director)
- hschauer@dahlemcenter.org
- Denise Bigham (Office Manager)
- dbigham@dahlemcenter.org
- Carrie Benham (Naturalist Educator, Camp Director)
- cbenham@dahlemcenter.org
- Kayla Sipe (Little Acorns Lead Teacher, Preschool Director)
- ksipe@dahlemcenter.org
- Kayla Fairchild (Little Acorns Assistant Teacher)
- kfairchild@dahlemcenter.org
- Jeff Smith (Maintenance)
- jsmith@dahlemcenter.org
- Mara Kerr-MacKay (Development Specialist)
- mmackay@dahlemcenter.org
Board of Directors
- Tom Davey (President)
- John Haynes (Secretary)
- Justin Phelps (Treasurer)
- John Bacon (Past President)
- Jason Valente (Jackson College Liaison)
- Bob Basore, Trustee
- Travis Fojtasek, Trustee
- Lindsay Galicki, Trustee
- Libby Greanya, Trustee
- Aaron Laidler, Trustee
- Becky Mehall, Trustee
- Andy Walz Trustee
- Betty Desbiens Board Member Emeritus