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
Valerie Daniels, HR Manager
508-487-3622 x 113
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, Director
508-487-3623 x114
Water Quality Monitoring Program
508-487-3623 x122
Amy Costa, Ph.D., Director
Jennifer Burkhardt, Research Assistant
Troy Wood, Research Assistant
Priya Gahir, Laboratory Assistant
Marc Costa, Field Operations Manager
Humpback Whale Studies Program
508-487-3623 x116
Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., Director
Vania E. Rivera León, Ph.D., Research Associate
Bekah Lane, M.S., Research Associate
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.,Director
Benthic Ecology Program
Agnes Mittermayr, Ph.D., Director
Seafloor Mapping Program
508-487-3623 x117
Mark Borrelli, Ph.D., Coastal Geologist, 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
Sami Jo (SJ) McFarland, Assistant Program Director
Marine Fisheries Research
508-487-3623 x128
Owen Nichols, Director
Tommy Tucker, Research Assistant
Ella Wegfehrt, AmeriCorps Cape Cod Service Member
Seal Research Program
508-487-3622 x101
Lisa Sette, Manager
Shark Ecology Research Program
508-487-3622 x124
Bryan Legare, Manager
Marine Debris and Plastics Program
Laura Ludwig, Director
Fritz McGirr, Operations Assistant
Right Whale Ecology Program
Daniel Palacios, Ph.D., Director
Annie Bartlett, Research Assistant
Christy Hudak, Research Associate
Amy James, Research Associate
Jess McCoppin, Research Assistant
Ryan Schosberg Research Associate
Marine Animal Entanglement Response
Scott Landry, Director
Bob Lynch, Rescue Operations Manager
Pilar Rodriguez, Rescue Assistant
Nate Ryan, Rescue Assistant
Lisa Sette, Rescue Assistant
Morgan Pirozzi, 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
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Steve Carlson, Chair
Ridgefield, CT
I.T. Professional, Pitney Bowes (ret.)
Herb Heidt, Vice-Chair
Harwich, MA
Professional Cartographer dba MapWorks
Carole Levin, Clerk
Boston, MA
Director, Mill Cove Advisors
Dean Stein, Treasurer
Provincetown, MA
Executive Director, American Psychoanalytic Assoc. (ret.)
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
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
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Michael Caccavale
North Chatham, MA
CEO, Pluris Marketing
Lynne M. Carter, Ph.D.
Barrington, RI
Associate Director, Coastal Sustainability Studio, Louisiana State University
Associate Director, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program
Claudia Dent
Berlin, MA
Executive-in-Residence, Akmazo Capital
Kris Fador
Charlotte, NC
Elizabeth Frankel
Chappaqua, NY
Martin Hampel, Ph.D.
Peekskill, NY
John Ketchum
Harwich, MA
Cliff Krauss
Truro, MA
Chuck Lagasse
Newburyport, MA
Owner & Founder, Ocean Havens LLC
Lori Meads
Provincetown, MA
President & CEO, Seamen’s Bank; Executive Director, Seamen’s Bank Long Point Charitable Foundation
Craig Milan
Miami, FL
Paul Milliken
Newton, MA
Robert Seaver
Boston, MA
Chris Towle
Scarsdale, NY
Dan Wolf
Harwich, MA
Founder and Board Chair, Cape Air