Leadership, Board & Financials

Board meetings are scheduled the third Tuesday of March, April, May, June, September, November and December at noon (unless otherwise noted). Meetings for the remainder of 2020 will be held online and are open to the public.

Officers

*Melissa Mager, conservationist and retired attorney
Chair

*†Bob C. Donegan, Ivar’s, Inc.
Immediate past chair

*Karissa A. Marker, KPMG
Treasurer

*Erin J. Letey, Fox Rothschild LLP
Secretary

**Robert W. Davidson
President & CEO

Directors
Jesús Aguirre, Seattle Parks and Recreation
Kevin L. Blair, Washington Trust Bank
Andrew Bleiman, Furbo Dog Camera
**John R. Braden, retired, Seattle Aquarium
Bill Chapin, NHL Seattle
Eddie Chang, Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty
Cary Clark, Argosy Cruises 
John Delaney, retired, Windstar Cruises
*Patti Dill, Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank
Terren Drake, PACCAR Inc. 
*William T. Einstein, Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Susan L. Gates, Beneficial State Bank
Effie Gleason, Gull Industries
Lisa Graumlich, Ph.D., University of Washington, College of the Environment
*Philip M. Guess, K&L Gates LLP
Michael Guidon, Goldman Sachs
*†James C. Gurke, retired, Getty Images
†Dan M. Guy III, retired, Columbia Pacific Capital Management
Janet Haberbush, Community Volunteer
*Stephanie Kornblum, Marketing law attorney
Mark E. Kramer, F5 Networks
Katherine A. Krogslund, University of Washington, School of Oceanography
Gary Kunis, Community Volunteer
Natalya Leahy, Holland America Line and Seabourn
*Lisa C. Luther, Nordstrom
*Laura MacNeil, PNC Bank, N.A.
Dave Magee, CBRE
†J. Terry McLaughlin, retired, The Professional Basketball Club, LLC
Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno, Uwajimaya
Robert W. Power, SEA CON LLC
Michael Purpura, D.A. Davidson
Nathan Rauschenberg, Seattle Seahawks
*†Stuart T. Rolfe, Wright Hotels, Inc.
Casey J. Schuchart, Schuchart
Ivan Seda, MUFG Union Bank
Christian Sinderman, Northwest Passage Consulting
*Gary S. Smith, Lease Crutcher Lewis
*Gary T. Smith, Smith and Stark
*†Randy J. Tinseth, retired, The Boeing Company
Michael Trzupek, Core Scientific
Alex Washburn, Columbia Pacific Advisors, LLC
Carla C. Wigen, Laird Norton Wealth Management
Christopher Williams, Parks Alternate
*†George V. Willoughby Jr., retired, King Broadcasting
Charles Wright, Wright Associates
Susie Wyckoff, Community volunteer

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

*Executive committee
**Ex-officio
†Past chair

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.

Chair
Devin Kunysz, Starbucks

Co-vice chairs
Kendall Krause, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Deb Kay Murphy, Cutter & Buck
Tom Raaf, Mad Alice
Sophie Riley, AHT Insurance

Members
Duncan Butcher, Miller Nash Graham and Dunn LLP
Gavin Burns, Loge Co​ 
Marie Chervanick, Mars
M. Harpur Davidson, O’Keefe Development
Dan Karr, iSpot.tv
Kendall Krause, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Devin Kunysz, Starbucks
Stren Lea, Queen Investments Corp.
Frank McLaughlin, Merriman Wealth Management
Emily Power, Microsoft
Sophie Riley, AHT Insurance
Billy Sanchez, RECON Management, LLC
Bryant Smick, Carney Badley Spellman
Andy Stolz, Stolz & Associates
Nicholas Stevens, Zillow Group
Aaron Talwar, POP
Yumi Zhang, Amazon

For additional information about the auxiliary board and its activities, please contact auxiliaryboard@seattleaquarium.org.