Staff & Board
Administration | Program Staff | Adjuncts | Emeriti | Board of Directors
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Administration
5 Holway Avenue
Provincetown, MA 02657
Main telephone: (508) 487-3622
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Anne-Marie Runfola, Executive Director
508-487-3622
Jon Carreiro, Development Associate
508-487-3622 x133
Richard Delaney, Endowment Advisor
Nathaniel Doane, Facilities Manager
Kathy Howes, Development Specialist
Doug Karlson, Director of Communications
508-487-3622 x109
Karen Langfield, Controller
508-487-3622 x103
Steve McAlister, Development Manager
Jennifer McFarland, Volunteer Coordinator/Kiosk Manager
508-487-3622 x104
Cathrine Macort, Director of Administration and Operations
508-487-3622 x103
Sue Nickerson, Development Director
508-487-3622 x102
Kathy Shorr, Development Officer
508-487-3622 x108
Laura Stinson, Assistant Development Director
508-487-3622 x100
Program Staff
Marine Policy Program
Rich Delaney
Marine Education
Jesse Mechling, Program Director
508-487-3623 x114
Water Quality Monitoring Program
508-487-3623 x122
Amy Costa, Ph.D., Program Director
Troy Wood, Research Associate
Queenie Turner, Laboratory Assistant
Marc Costa, Field Operations Manager
Humpback Whale Studies Program
508-487-3623 x116
Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Program Director
Vania E. Rivera León, Ph.D., Staff Scientist
Bekah Lane, M.S., Research Associate
Pilar Rodriguez, Research Assistant
Martine Bérubé, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Per Palsbøll, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Mason Weinrich, Adjunct Scientist
Salvatore Cerchio, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Land – Sea Interaction Program
508-487-3623 x123
Katie Castagno, Ph.D.,Program Director
Abigail Giese, Research Assistant
Benthic Ecology Program
Agnes Mittermayr, Ph.D., Program Director
Seafloor Mapping Program
508-487-3623 x117
Mark Borrelli, Ph.D., Coastal Geologist, Program Director
Pedro dos Santos, Hydrographer/Marine Technician, Assistant Program Director
Dan Solazzo, Marine Researcher
Coastal Geographic Research and Applied Sciences Program
508-487-3623 x 130.
Steve Mague, Program Director
SJ McFarland, Assistant Program Director
Marine Fisheries Research
508-487-3623 x128
Owen Nichols, Program Director
Tommy Tucker, Research Assistant
Ella Wegfehrt, AmeriCorps Cape Cod Service Member
Seal Research Program
508-487-3622 x101
Lisa Sette, Program Manager
Shark Ecology Research Program
508-487-3622 x124
Bryan Legare, Program Manager
Marine Debris and Plastics Program
Laura Ludwig, Program Director
Fritz McGirr, Operations Assistant
Adrianne Lovuolo, Operations Assistant
Right Whale Ecology Program
Daniel Palacios, Ph.D., Program Director
Annie Bartlett, Research Assistant
Christy Hudak, Research Associate
Jess McCoppin, Research Assistant
Ryan Schosberg Research Associate
Emilia Bennett, Intern
Megan Bernini, Intern
Marine Animal Entanglement Response
Scott Landry, Program Director
Bob Lynch, Rescue Operations Manager
Morgan Pirozzi, Rescue Assistant
Nate Ryan, Rescue Assistant
Lisa Sette, Rescue Assistant
Astrid Frisch Jordán, Adjunct Scientist
Marine Operations
508-487-3622
Ted Lucas, Captain
Adjuncts
Martine Bérubé, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Robert Brock, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Salvatore Cerchio, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Christopher W. Clark, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Moncrieff Cochran, Ph.D., Adjunct Educator
Stephen DeVincent, DVM, Adjunct Scientist
Astrid Frisch Jordán, Adjunct Scientist
Benjamin Giese, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Ellen Hines, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Alyssa Novak, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Per Palsbøll, Ph.D., Adjunct Scientist
Mason Weinrich, Adjunct Scientist
Emeriti
Graham Giese, Ph.D., Scientist Emeritus
Charles “Stormy” Mayo, Ph.D., Scientist Emeritus
David Mattila, Scientist Emeritus
2026-2027 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Steve Carlson, Chair
Ridgefield, CT
I.T. Professional, Pitney Bowes (ret.)
Claudia Dent, Vice-Chair
Berlin, MA
Executive-in-Residence, Akmazo Capital
Dean Stein, Treasurer
Provincetown, MA
Executive Director, American Psychoanalytic Assoc. (ret.)
Carole Levin, Clerk
Boston, MA
Director, Mill Cove Advisors
Michael Caccavale
North Chatham, MA
CEO, Pluris Marketing
Christopher W. Clark, Ph.D.
Truro, MA
Graduate Professor, Dept. Neurobiology and Behavior & Adjunct Scientist, Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
Roy F. Coppedge, III
East Harwich, MA
Managing Director, BV Investment Partners
Martin Hampel, Ph.D.
Peekskill, NY
Herb Heidt
Harwich, MA
Professional Cartographer dba MapWorks
Jeanne Leszczynski
Needham, MA
Doctor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Pathology
UMass Medical School, ret.
Horatio Potter
North Eastham, MA and Wilsall, MT
Educator
Andrew Young
Chatham, MA
Cape Cod Five ret., USCG Master License
2026-2027 Board of Directors
Lynne M. Carter, Ph.D.
Barrington, RI
Associate Director, Coastal Sustainability Studio, Louisiana State University
Associate Director, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program
Kris Fador
Charlotte, NC
Elizabeth Frankel
Chappaqua, NY
John Ketchum
Harwich, MA
Cliff Krauss
Truro, MA
Chuck Lagasse
Newburyport, MA
Owner & Founder, Ocean Havens LLC
Craig Milan
Miami, FL
Paul Milliken
Newton, MA
Robert Seaver
Boston, MA
Chris Towle
Scarsdale, NY