Contact Geauga Park District

Big Creek Park

Donald W. Meyer Center
9160 Robinson Road
Chardon, OH 44024

Administrative Offices

Phone: 440-286-9516
Geauga toll free: 800-536-4006
Fax: 440-286-1285
Email: info@geaugaparkdistrict.org

Park District Departments

Administration

Tom Curtin, Executive Director
Keith McClintock, Deputy Director

Kathy Hanes, Executive Secretary

Sherry Bosworth, Business Affairs Director
Michele Pennell, Chief Financial Officer

Robin Pilarczyk, Human Resources Manager
Emilie Gottsegen, Development Officer
Bob Keesecker, Development Officer

Planning

Aaron Young, Planning Director

Matt McCue, Senior Park Planner
Christian Lynn, Park Planner

Operations & Natural Resource Management

John Oros, Director of Operations

Construction
Steve George, Construction Manager
Keith Chapman, Construction Tech
Tom Salo, Construction Tech
Isaiah Shipman, Construction Tech
Tom Sterlekar, Construction Tech

Operations
Brett Bellas, Maintainance Manager
Shawn Harry, Foreman (North)
John Snyder, Foreman (South)
Chris Maksim, Foreman (West)
Maintenance Techs
Matt Cross
Matt Farrar
Rod Fyfe
Hans Geiss
Jerry Holzheimer
Tom Mansfield
Bob Mast
Tom Robbins
Joe Slepko
Jerry Tvergyak
Mike Valko

Natural Resource Management
Paul Pira, Park Biologist/NRM Supervisor
Tami Gingrich, Field Naturalist
Bob Lange, Land Steward
Linda Gilbert, NRM Tech

Marketing & Administrative Services Department

Paige Hosier, Director of Marketing & Administrative Services

Barb Emch, Administrative Assistant for Development
Sandy Klepach, Communications Specialist
Vicky Liptak, Graphic Designer
Don Lombardy, Information Systems Coordinator
Janet Moster, Secretary
Holly Sauder, Volunteer Coordinator
Eileen Smith, Administrative Services Coordinator

Naturalist Department

Diane Valen, Naturalist Services Director

Judy Bradt-Barnhart, Nature Education Coordinator
Dan Best, Senior Naturalist
Linda Gilbert, Naturalist
John Kolar, Naturalist
Dottie Mathiott, Naturalist
Nora Sindelar, Naturalist
Teresa Runion, Special Events Coordinator
Sandy Woolf, Secretary
Denise Wolfe, Administrative Assistant

Ranger Department

Robert Urban, Chief Ranger

John Hayhurst, Ranger Lieutenant
Larry McKinnon, Ranger Sergeant
Mike Benesh, Ranger
Joel Firem, Ranger
Dennis Sloan, Ranger
Denise Weisbarth, Ranger