Staff of Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Meet the talented and dedicated professionals who preserve Cranbrook’s unique history and interpret its significance to visitors far and wide.
DIRECTOR
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
248.645.3315
GWittkopp@cranbrook.edu
For more than three decades, Greg Wittkopp has been shaping and stewarding Cranbrook’s collections, first as a curator, then as the Director of Cranbrook Art Museum, and now as the Founding Director of the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
CURATOR
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
248.645.3358
KAdkisson@cranbrook.edu
Curator Kevin Adkisson assists in the preservation, interpretation, and programming across the many buildings and treasures of Cranbrook.
HEAD ARCHIVIST
Cranbrook Archives
248.645.3583
DRice@cranbrook.edu
Head Archivist Deborah Rice leads development and management of the Cranbrook Archives to facilitate collection discovery and access.
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Cranbrook Archives
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
248.645.3215
AKlein@cranbrook.edu
COLLECTIONS INTERPRETOR
248.645.3307
PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
248.645.3162
EFranchy@cranbrook.edu
SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
248.645.3307
JHelmeDay@cranbrook.edu
2023-2025 COLLECTIONS FELLOW
248.645.3436
MHale@cranbrook.edu
COLLECTIONS INTERPRETER
248.645.3307
MHorn@cranbrook.edu
COLLECTIONS INTERPRETER
248.645.3307
EIvanova@cranbrook.edu
ASSOCIATE ARCHIVIST
248.645.3585
LMacnewman@cranbrook.edu
COLLECTIONS INTERPRETER
248.645.3307
LMayman@cranbrook.edu
ASSOCIATE REGISTRAR
248.645.3747
LMio@cranbrook.edu
PROJECT ARCHIVIST
Horizons Upward-Bound
248.645.3580
CRichardson@cranbrook.edu
COLLECTIONS INTERPRETER
248.645.3307
DVanderBekeMager@cranbrook.edu
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
248.645.3589
JWebster@cranbrook.edu
PHOTO CREDITS
Banner photo showing the Cranbrook House Still Room ceiling; Photography by Colton Graub, CKUS'13, Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
Staff photos by P.D. Rearick - CAA '10, and Sophie Russell-Jeffrey - CAA '25