Maribeth Wansley, Executive Director

Maribeth is a native of Atlanta and received her Advertising degree from the University of Georgia in 1984. She began volunteering for CMNC in 1991 and became the Executive Director in 2004.

Rick McCarthy, Animal Specialist

Rick has been a student of natural history from the time he learned to read. He has worked continuously in various animal and plant related jobs for over 20 years. His experience includes a stint as a keeper in the herpetology department at Zoo Atlanta. He has been with CMNC since 2001.

Melissa Laughner, Environmental Education Coordinator

Melissa is a native Georgian who began volunteering at CMNC in 2005. In August of 2006 she was hired as the Assistant Naturalist and in 2009 she became the Environmental Education Coordinator for CMNC.

Beth Harbin

 Beth, "The Saturday Person" comes in once a week to answer phones, attend to visitors, do a little clerical work, and help with the animals.  She enjoys helping to bottle feed baby orphans.  A life-long animal lover, she applied for this job so she could work with "critters."  Beth attended Georgia State University.