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.
2024 board meeting dates
- November 19: Meeting agenda; watch on YouTube at 12pm Pacific
- December 17
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 information
For inquiries regarding the Seattle Aquarium Board of Directors or Auxiliary Board, please contact us.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
*Executive committee. **Ex-officio. †Past chair
Chair*
Michael Guidon, Goldman Sachs
Immediate past chair*†
Melissa Mager, Conservationist and retired attorney
Treasurer*
Karissa A. Marker, retired, KPMG
Secretary*
Erin J. Letey, Fox Rothschild LLP
President & CEO**
Robert W. Davidson
Directors
Mike Anderson, Pay Northwest LLC
Kevin L. Blair, Washington Trust Bank
Andrew Bleiman, Tractive GmbH
John R. Braden, retired, Seattle Aquarium
Fa’izah Bradford, Strands Leadership for Results
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
*†Bob C. Donegan, Ivar’s, Inc.
*William T. Einstein, Community Volunteer
Susan L. Gates, retired, Beneficial State Bank
Philip M. Guess, K&L Gates LLP
*†James C. Gurke, retired, Getty Images
†Dan M. Guy III, retired, Columbia Pacific Capital Management
Janet Haberbush, Community Volunteer
Joy Hollingsworth, Seattle City Council
*Stephanie Kornblum, Marketing law attorney
Mark E. Kramer, F5 Networks
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
†J. Terry McLaughlin, retired, The Professional Basketball Club, LLC
Robert W. Power, SEA CON LLC
Tom Raaf, eBay
*†Stuart T. Rolfe, Wright Hotels, Inc.
Susan Ruffo, United Nations Foundation
Casey J. Schuchart, Schuchart
Ivan Seda, BECU
Christian Sinderman, Northwest Passage Consulting
*Gary S. Smith, Lease Crutcher Lewis
*Gary T. Smith, Smith and Stark
Rachel Smith, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Julie Syrdal, Community Volunteer
*†Randy J. Tinseth, retired, The Boeing Company
Marcus Trufant, Trufant Family Foundation; Self Storage; retired Seattle Seahawks
Michael Trzupek, Imagination Technologies
Ténika Versey Walker, NVIDIA
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
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.
Chair
Emily Power, Ocean Made
Vice chair
Jes Collins, Community Volunteer
Treasurer
Lindsay Everhart, Goldman Sachs
Secretary
Meghan Sawyer, Tractive
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
Financial statements
Annual reports
2023 Annual Report
