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Executive team

Robert W. Davidson (Bob)
President & CEO

Meg McCann
Chief Operating Officer

Erin Meyer, Ph.D.
Chief Conservation Officer

Derek Baker
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives & Government Affairs

Susan Bullerdick, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Capital Projects

Lisa Hartman
VP of Animal Care

Efrat Hurvitz
Senior Director of People & Culture

Rick Johnson
VP of Finance

Tim Kuniholm
Senior Director of Public Relations & Strategic Partnerships

Tom Nguyen
Senior Director of Technology

Nora Nickum
Senior Director of Conservation Programs

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

  • Wednesday, February 26, 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

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
United Nations Foundation

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

Emily Power (Ocean Made)
Chair

Jes Collins (Community volunteer)
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

Athalie Rohr
West Monroe

Krysta Rose
Hashi Corp

Ryan Scott
Accelerate Design

Bryant Smick
Grafana Labs

Brandon Smith
Amazon

Jake Steiner
Starbucks

Annual reports & financial statements

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Website maintenance

Our website will be undergoing maintenance starting at 11pm Pacific time on Monday, January 27. Maintenance is expected to last a few hours. During the maintenance window some services may be interrupted.

Thank you for understanding.

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End the year with a gift for our one world ocean! Support the Aquarium’s work as a conservation organization by making a donation by December 31, 2024.

Today only, your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $20,000 thanks to the generosity of Betsy Cadwallader, Jess and Andy Peet, and an anonymous donor.

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