People with Passion for the Mission
Meet Our Team
Meet Our Team
Executive Staff
Executive Staff
Christina Melton
Executive Director
Kristian Beatty
Deputy Director
Development & Donor Engagement
Megan Exnicios
Director of Development
Vera Fonteneaux
Volunteer Coordinator & Development Assistant
Operations
Dyvar Anderson-Wright
Database Manager & IT Coordinator
Mary Stevens
Business Manager
Nicole LeBlanc-Smith
HR Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
Learning Innovation & Education
Candy Jones
Director of Learning Innovation
Alexandra Pearson
Associate Director of Training, STEAM, Innovation & Culture
Dr. Mary Louise Jones
Associate Director of Education
Amy Pickenheim
Associate Director of Early Learning & Programming
Michelle Blanchard
Learning Innovation Program Assistant Manager
Nancy Stuart
Visitor Services Coordinator
Marketing and Visitor Services
Susie Lynch
Director of Marketing & Communications
Emma Ball
Social Media Content Creator & Marketing Coordinator
Becky Porter
Birthday Coordinator
Our Dedicated Leadership
The Knock Knock Museum’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors are an instrumental part of making sure our museum stays true to its mission. From when we were just an idea, through our construction and now as a critical part of the community, our journey would not be possible without them.
Executive Committee
Alex Layfield, Chair
Partner, Jones Walker LLP
Steven Miller, Vice Chair
CFP, AAMS Financial Advisor, The Miller Group, Raymond James
Ransom Pipes, Secretary
Commercial Sales and Leasing Executive, Maestri Murrell
Jake Wharton, Treasurer
Private Client Relationship Mgr., First Horizon Bank
Levar W. Greenhouse, Past Chair
Regional Director, External Affairs, AT&T Louisiana
2025 Board of Directors
Katie Bliss
Partner, Fertility and Family LLC
Stokka Brown
MS, PE, CFM, Principal, CSRS – A Westwood Company
Rachel Daigre
Early Childhood Educator, St. James Episcopal Day School
William Elgin
Chief Financial Officer, GMFS
David Guillory
Vice President of Compliance, EnviroSystems, LLC
Jennifer Hataway
Attorney, Butler Snow
Jordan Hultberg
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, First National Bank of Louisiana
Chris Martin
Financial Planner and Analyst, Performance Contractors
Natalee Menge
Director of Administration & Facilities, St. George Catholic Church
Arthur Scanlan, III
Educator, Ascension Parish Schools
Dr. Kaia S. Simmons
Manager of Public Affairs, Atmos Energy
Maureen Scott Stevens
Principal Designer, Founder, Stevens & Co.