Contact Information:

  • Marina Kouadio
  • Administrative Assistant
  • 2301 Capitol Ave.
  • Cheyenne, WY 82001
  • Phone: 307.777.7687
  • Fax: 307.777.3447
  • Email: mkouadio@courts.state.wy.us
Elisa Butler
State Court Administrator

Claire Smith
Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer

Welcome to the Administrative Office of the Courts

The Wyoming Supreme Court created the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in 2000. Wyoming’s State Court Administrator is appointed by the Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court and serves at the pleasure of the Supreme Court. The mission of the AOC is to provide administrative, technical, educational, financial, payroll, auditing and human resources support to Wyoming judges and their support staff in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner. Through direction of the Wyoming Judicial Council, the AOC serves as a liaison between the Executive and Legislative Branch, law enforcement, and members of the public.

We are happy to have you visit our website and learn more about us. Our goal is to help the Judicial Branch serve the public.

Links to descriptions of the Judicial Committees and Boards and programs can be found on the home page. If you need help finding information on our website, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Administrative Office of the Courts

State Court Administrator Elisa Butler ebutler@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7238
Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer Claire Smith csmith@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7502
Project Manager Cierra Hipszky chipszky@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.3391
Security Operations Manager Joe Hartigan jhartigan@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6528
Administrative Assistant Marina Kouadio mkouadio@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7687
Children's Justice Project Coordinator Briana Montoya bmontoya@courts.state.wy.us 307.631.3758
Court Services Counsel Victor Payne vpayne@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6487
Court Process Education Specialist Nicole Hatfield nhatfield@courts.state.wy.us 307.274.1200
Archiving Specialist Amy Klein-Wingate awingate@courts.state.wy.us 307.365.1614
Behavioral Health Services Manager Kurt Zunker kzunker@courts.state.wy.us 307-777-7575
Behavioral Health Coordinator Salli Perryman sperryman@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7718

Fiscal Division

Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer Claire Smith csmith@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7502
Senior Accounting Analyst Shawna Enyeart senyeart@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7620
Internal Auditor Cecilia Toomey ctoomey@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.3330
Accounts Payable / HR Clerk Erica Steiner esteiner@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7583

Legal Division

Chief Legal Officer/Director of Chancery Court Ben Burningham bburningham@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6565
Senior Counsel William Berry wberry@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7946
State Law Librarian Matt Swift mswift@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.8564
Chancery Court Clerk / Legal Division Paralegal Gena Hansen ghansen@courts.state.wy.us 307.262.3421
Paralegal Alicia Paxton apaxton@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7678

Human Resources & Education Division

Chief Human Resources & Education Officer Brenda Reedy breedy@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7629
Human Resources Clerk Julie Balland jballand@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7153
Human Resources Coordinator Adam Arreygue aarreygue@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.8648
Training Coordinator and Content Creator Vacant
Training Specialist Summer Kelly skelly@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7581

Applications Division

Chief Applications Officer Heather Kenworthy hkenworthy@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7652
Applications Lead Amanda Colwell acolwell@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7042
Applications Lead Carrie Wilson cwilson@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7642
Applications Project Manager Terri Graham tgraham@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7618
Applications Configuration Specialist Stephen Gillis sgillis@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6871
Applications Project Support Specialist Jane Whitley jwhitley@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7782
Applications Project Support Specialist Benae Reyes breyes@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.2954
Applications Project Support Specialist Haley Arthur harthur@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7438

Information Technology Division

Chief Technology Officer Nate Goddard ngoddard@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6130
Database Administrator Eric Blake eblake@courts.state.wy.us 307.630.3790
SQL Developer Amanda Nunn anunn@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7946
Data & Quality Assurance Analyst Shane McCreary smccreary@courts.state.wy.us 307.630.4720
Data Management Coordinator Ryan Curtis rcurtis@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.8947
IT Infrastructure Manager Keven McGill kmcgill@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7117
IT Infrastructure Administrator Cassidy Hunt chunt@courts.state.wy.us 307.630.4956
IT Service Manager Tyler Christopherson tchristopherson@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6224
IT Service Administrator Joe Lucero jlucero@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7669
IT Service Administrator Dominic Hodgen dhodgen@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.5997
Audio-Visual Services Manager Jayson Dixon jdixon@courts.state.wy.us 307.631.0806