Leadership, Board & Financials

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Executive team

Peggy Sloan
President & Chief Executive Officer

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, July 15 at 12pm. Check back soon for more information.

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

Peggy Sloan
(Seattle Aquarium)**
President & Chief Executive Officer

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.