Our Leadership
The New England Aquarium is run by a dedicated and diverse group of senior staff and governed by a Board of Trustees.
Aquarium
Vikki N. Spruill, President and CEO
Kim Fontes, Chief of Staff and Business Operations
Letise LaFeir, Ph.D., Chief of Conservation and Stewardship
Katie McConnell, Chief People Officer
Barbara A. Bailey, Animal Care
Ferris Batie, Campus Operations and Facilities
John Mandelman, Ph.D., Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life
Suzanne Liola Matus, Marketing, Sales, and Visitor Experience
Brian Walsh, Finance Planning and Analysis
Martin Cawsey, Controller
Anthony Gesualdi, Conservation Policy
Della Grallert, Sales and Guest Services
Scott Hamer, Information Technology
Jessica Redfern, Ph.D., Ocean Conservation Science
Sarah Reiter, Ocean Conservation Practice
Carlen Arima, Learning and Development
Luz Arregoces, Community Engagement
Carolyn Barbo, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life Operations
Meghan Bedsted, Visitor Experience
Jo Blasi, Conservation Learning
Annelise Conway, Development
Jordan Depenbrock, Facilities and Grounds
James Duffey, Design and Planning
Taylor Engelsman, Content and Action
Holli Flaherty, Special Projects and Fundraising Events
Nina Fischer, Ph.D., Environmental Quality
Kristen Greene, Financial Planning & Analysis
Melissa Joblon, Animal Health
Adam Kennedy, Rescue & Rehabilitation
Laura Lundstedt, Talent and Culture Operations
Kristen McMahon-Van Oss, Curator, Pinnipeds and Penguins
Victoria Minasian, Group Sales & Reservations
Pam Morris, Membership and Annual Fund
Michelle Muccini, Creative
Jennifer Pires, Development Operations
Tamara Serata, Grant & Finance Admin
Pam Bechtold Snyder, Marketing and Communications
Board
David Bechhofer
Thomas R. Burton III, Chair
Linda N. Cabot
Jared A. Chase
Robert Chen, Ph.D.
John DeVillars
Lisa Dynner
Barbara Eisenson
Nick Good
Pamela R. Holding
Alexander D. Leventhal
Doug Lober
Raymond F. Mui, Secretary & Clerk
Sandhya Murali
Nicole Obi
Tad O’Donnell
Anne B. Peacher
Samuel Slater
Vikki N. Spruill
Brian Swett
Robert C. Trumbull, Ex-Officio
Governor William F. Weld
Caroline Alves
Robert G. Bannish
Michael J. Bohnen, Esq.
Annie B. Bourne
George D. Buckley
Nathaniel Deknatel
Paul W. DiMaura
Alan R. Dynner
Jennifer D. Eielson
Katharine B. Fagan
Eric Fisher
Steven Fox
Jeffrey Gabriel
Dozier L. Gardner
Roy P. Giarrusso
Danny Kalmar
Mary Alice Karol
Stephanie Kube
Dave Leathers
Michael S. Lorber
Laurence P. Madin, Ph.D.
Kris Meyer
Michael E. Mooney
Brooke N. Muggia
Susan Panella
Brian Peltonen
Richard C. Pierce
Kitt B. Sawitsky
John Shea
Anna Sommers
Jonathan F. Stone
James W. Taylor
Arnaud F. Tesson
Robert C. Trumbull, Chair
Michelle P. Vilms
David Altshuler
George R. Baldwin
Maliz E. Beams
Henry P. Becton
Jacob F. Brown II
Barbara Burgess
R. William Burgess Jr.
Anne T. Buttrick
Stephen T. Curwood
John J. Doyle Jr.
Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D.
Daniel S. Evans
Jamie C. Fagan
Walter J. Flaherty
Walter J. Gamble
Dean Goodermote
Gale R. Guild
Harry A. Hanson III
Donna K. Hazard
Kathleen Healy
Timothy G. Healy
Karl J. Hirshman
Lily Rice Hsia
Ogden Hunnewell
Jeffrey M. Hurst
Thomas B. King
Anne R. Lovett
William J. O’Neill Jr.
Scott Page
Stephen C. Peacher
Pamela Petri-Humphrey
Rudolph F. Pierce
Jeffrey H. Pierce
Mary T. Renner
Karen Foote Richards
Duncan W. Richardson
Bud Ris
Kathleen Sherbrooke
Brian Skerry
Patricia R. Squire
Timothy L. Vaill
Louis J. Volpe
Peter Wilde