Executive team
Robert W. Davidson (Bob)
President & CEO
(206) 693-6161
b.davidson@seattleaquarium.org
Brad Rutherford
Chief Operating Officer
(206) 693-6268
b.rutherford@seattleaquarium.org
Directors
Grant Abel
Director of Life Sciences
(206) 693-6233
g.abel@seattleaquarium.org
Susan Bullerdick
Director of Capital Projects
(206) 693-6248
s.bullerdick@seattleaquarium.org
Rick Johnson
Director of Finance & Administration
(206) 693-6114
r.johnson@seattleaquarium.org
Tim Kuniholm
Director of Public Affairs
(206) 386-4345
t.kuniholm@seattleaquarium.org
Erin Meyer
Director of Conservation Programs & Partnerships
(206) 693-6099
e.meyer@seattleaquarium.org
Tom Nguyen
Director of Information Technology
(206) 693-6240
t.nguyen@seattleaquarium.org
Jesse Phillips-Kress
Director of Facilities
(206) 693-6158
j.phillips-kress@seattleaquarium.org
Babs Pinette
Director of Marketing & Communications
(206) 693-6226
b.pinette@seattleaquarium.org
Veronica Smolen
Director of Human Resources
(206) 693-6216
v.smolen@seattleaquarium.org
Rachael Weakland
VP of Philanthropy
(206) 693-6106
r.weakland@seattleaquarium.org
Jim Wharton
Director of Conservation Engagement & Learning
(206) 693-6206
j.wharton@seattleaquarium.org
Board of directors
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
Marcus Trufant, Trufant Family Foundation; Self Storage; retired Seattle Seahawks
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.
Board Meetings
Board meetings are held monthly at noon (unless otherwise noted). Meetings will be held online until further notice and are open to the public.
2021 meeting dates
- February 23 - Watch meeting; Agenda
- March 16
- April 20
- May 18
- June 15
- July 20*
- August 17*
- September 21
- October 19
- November 16
- December 14
*Meetings for July and August will only occur if needed.
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.
For virtual meetings, all public comments must be submitted via email, publiccomments@seattleaquarium.org, by or before 11am (one hour prior to the meeting’s 12pm start time).
During the public comment section of the meeting, a member of the Aquarium staff will read each public comment aloud, on a first-received, first-read basis, up to two minutes each.
For all board of director questions, please call (206) 386-4300 or email contactus@seattleaquarium.org.
