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Executive team
Robert W. Davidson (Bob)
President & CEO
Meg McCann
Chief Operating Officer
Susan Bullerdick, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Capital Projects
Lisa Hartman
VP of Animal Care
April Henderson
Interim VP of Finance & Administration
Efrat Hurvitz
Senior Director of People & Culture
Tim Kuniholm
Senior Director of Public Relations & Strategic Partnerships
Darcie Larson
Interim VP of Conservation Engagement & Learning
Tom Nguyen
Senior Director of Technology
Nora Nickum
VP of Conservation Programs and Partnerships
Jesse Phillips-Kress
VP of Facilities & Operations
Rachael Weakland
VP of Philanthropy
Board meetings
Board meetings are held at 12pm, unless otherwise noted. Meetings are open to the public and will be held at the Seattle Aquarium and simultaneously streamed online.
UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments are welcome at the board meetings. A 10-minute public comment period is provided at the beginning of each regular meeting of the board.
A sign-up sheet will be available upon check-in at the Seattle Aquarium. Time will allotted on a first come, first served basis with up to two minutes allowed per speaker. Public comments can also be submitted via email at publiccomment@seattleaquarium.org.
All written comments must be submitted by 10am the Monday before the meeting and will be distributed to all board members prior to the meeting. If you have questions regarding board meetings, please send an email to contactus@seattleaquarium.org.
Board of directors
*Executive committee **Ex-officio †Past chair
OFFICERS
Charles Wright
(Wright Associates)*
Chair
Michael Guidon
(Goldman Sachs)* †
Immediate Past Chair
Karissa A. Marker
(KPMG—retired)*
Treasurer
Erin J. Letey
(Fox Rothschild LLP)*
Secretary
Robert W. Davidson**
President & CEO
DIRECTORS
Mike Anderson*
Pay Northwest LLC
Andrew Bleiman
Tractive GmbH
John R. Braden
Seattle Aquarium (retired)
Duncan Butcher
ARTICA
Eddie Chang
Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty
Bill Chapin
NHL Seattle
Kelly Chapman
The North Star Foundation
Cary Clark
Argosy Cruises
Baionne Coleman
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy; The Global Majority Consortium
AP Diaz
Seattle Parks and Recreation
Patti Dill
Community Volunteer
William T. Einstein*
Community Volunteer
Susan L. Gates
Beneficial State Bank (retired)
Philip M. Guess
K&L Gates LLP
James C. Gurke*†
Getty Images (retired)
Dan M. Guy III†
Columbia Pacific Capital Management (retired)
Janet Haberbush
Community Volunteer
Joy Hollingsworth
Seattle City Council
Stephanie Kornblum*
Marketing law attorney
Katherine A. Krogslund
University of Washington, School of Oceanography
Gary Kunis
Community Volunteer
Lisa C. Luther*
Nordstrom
Laura MacNeil*
PNC Bank, N.A.
Dave Magee
CBRE
Melissa Mager*†
Conservationist and retired attorney
J. Terry McLaughlin†
The Professional Basketball Club, LLC (retired)
Tom Raaf
eBay
Stuart T. Rolfe*†
Wright Hotels, Inc.
Susan Ruffo
Conservationist
Ivan Seda
BECU
Christian Sinderman
Northwest Passage Consulting
Gary S. Smith*
Lease Crutcher Lewis (retired)
Gary T. Smith*
Smith and Stark
Rachel Smith
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Julie Syrdal
Community Volunteer
Randy J. Tinseth*†
The Boeing Company (retired)
Marcus Trufant
Trufant Family Foundation; Self Storage; Seattle Seahawks (retired)
Michael Trzupek
Imagination Technologies
Ténika Versey Walker
NVIDIA
Carla C. Wigen
Laird Norton Wealth Management
Christopher Williams
Parks Alternate
George V. Willoughby Jr.*†
King Broadcasting (retired)
EMERITUS
Ted Ackerley†
William C. Arntz**
Don Audleman†
Mary L. Bass
Gini Beck
Lesley Canfield
Dan Hungate†
Linda K. Johnson
James P. Kerr†
Paul J. Kundtz†
Eric Steinwinder
Auxiliary board
The Seattle Aquarium auxiliary board formed in December of 2014 to actively involve Seattle’s young professionals and their communities in the Aquarium’s mission through innovative and engaging programs, events and activities.
OFFICERS
Jes Collins
(Community volunteer)
Chair
Athalie Rohr
(West Monroe)
Vice Chair
Lindsay Everhart
(Goldman Sachs)
Treasurer
Meghan Sawyer
(Tractive)
Secretary
MEMBERS
Bill Berger
Deriva Energy
Avery Fukeda
Bellwether Housing
Alaina Gregory
Apple
David Hamlin
Xenon Arc
Deb Kay Murphy
Frog
Nicole Pargoff
Community Volunteer
Elizabeth Perenchio
Impinj
Emily Power
Ocean Made
Krysta Rose
Hashi Corp
Ryan Scott
Accelerate Design
Brandon Smith
Amazon
Jake Steiner
Starbucks
Annual reports & financial statements
2023 Annual Report
