2014 Annual Report California Academy of Sciences
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Welcome LetterAt the California Academy of Sciences, innovation is a part of our DNA. In fact, the Academy was the first natural history institution west of the Mississippi and the first public museum in San Francisco. Our history has been punctuated by many other impressive firsts—from hosting the nation’s first live-broadcast science television show to becoming the world’s greenest museum.
In 2014, a change in leadership marked the start of another chapter in this organization’s story. Jerome Vascellaro took on the role of Chairman of the Academy’s Board of Trustees and Jon Foley arrived in August as the Academy’s new Executive Director. With a background in environmental sustainability, Jon has partnered with the Board and the Academy’s Senior Leadership Team to shape the science and issues that will determine our collective future on a global scale.
In 2014 the Academy took on the challenge of our mission—to Explore, Explain, and Sustain life—with groundbreaking programs in science education and research. Here are some highlights from the year.
» As the first science content partner for online education hub Khan Academy, the Academy launched a seven-part course on biodiversity that has already helped 600,000 viewers appreciate the importance and fragility of life on our planet.
» The Academy acquired iNaturalist—a social network and mobile application that enables citizen scientists to share biodiversity observations—and dramatically
increased our ability to rapidly create species distribution datasets. Since its launch in 2008, more than 1.4 million users around the world have used the iNaturalist app, with a new observation recorded every 45 seconds.
» From advising the Philippine government on the creation of a new coastal development plan to working with local communities to protect the last stands of forest in Ethiopia, the Academy’s Institute on Biodiversity Science & Sustainability (IBSS) had an impact that went far beyond our building’s footprint.
» The groundbreaking Science Action Club program—an afterschool program for middle school youth with authentic, hands-on science experiences—expanded to 19 sites across the Bay Area, and laid groundwork for nation-wide expansion.
» Nearly 2,600 students who couldn’t visit the Academy in person took a virtual fieldtrip through our pioneering Connect to Classrooms program, which enables classrooms across the country to talk to our scientists about their research, learn about the role our African penguins play in a species survival plan, and much more.
» With nearly 46 million scientific specimens from around the world, the Academy’s research collections provide one of the best records of life on Earth. In 2014, this vast library of life was used by thousands of scientists around the world, both in person and online, to help track the spread of disease, predict the impact of climate change, and much more.
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» The Careers in Science internship program for high school students underrepresented in the sciences supported 38 interns and more than 200 alumni—many of whom are now practicing, teaching, or communicating about science professionally.
These programs would not be possible without a transformative gift from the Pisces Foundation, which allowed us to bring environmental education programs beyond the Academy’s walls to a global population in 2014. The Pisces Foundation is joined by generous support from The Kimball Foundation, Diana Nelson and John Atwater, Genentech, Inc., the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Wells Fargo Foundation, the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, and many others in our efforts to educate and inspire the world on critical science topics.
As we look to the future, it is clear that the Academy’s scientific foundation is more important now than ever before. Our research collections and scientists inform all Academy exhibits and education programs, bringing authenticity and distinctiveness to everything the Academy does. For example, the crown jewel of this year’s Skulls exhibit was 640 jaw-dropping sea lion specimens that lined the walls and filled the cases. NightLife, the Academy’s award-winning Thursday night program for adults 21+, welcomed over 115,000 young people to the museum in 2014, and every one of those guests got the chance to interact with an authentic scientist.
Academy scientists answer pressing questions about our planet and its future. In 2014, the Academy welcomed renowned canopy ecologist Meg Lowman as our inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability—the first step in a bold plan to dramatically accelerate the application of our research findings to solving the world’s most pressing conservation challenges.
As a part of this initiative, the Academy is planning to increase our investment in science in the coming year, supporting our scientific collections and staff with added resources. Donor-supported initiatives like the Patterson Scholars endowment campaign will make this commitment possible and firmly establish the Academy as one of the most trusted, capable champions of science-based sustainability solutions on the planet.
Thank you for making 2014 such a productive and exciting year here in San Francisco and around the globe. As donors, members, scientists, volunteers, and visitors, you ensure that our Academy ecosystem thrives—and enable us to Explore, Explain, and Sustain life on Earth.
Warm regards,
Jonathan Foley, PhD executive director, William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Chair
Jerome C. Vascellarochairman, board of trustees
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DonorsEvery gift enables the Academy to open eyes and minds to the natural world and the role we all can play in sustaining it. Generous supporters make new perspectives possible and inspire our great gratitude.
City and County of San FranciscoSteinhart Aquarium
Institute of Museum and Library ServicesNational Leadership
GrantOne Truth, Many Lies:
A New View of Art and Natural Collections
National Institutes of HealthBiodefense and
Infectious Diseases
National Oceanicand AtmosphericAdministrationCuration of Chuckchi
Sea InvertebratesEnhancing Response
and Data Collection from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Northern California
Expanding Response to and Data Collection for Dead Stranded Marine
Mammals in Northern California, Specifically Sonoma County
Improving Staff and Volunteer Qualifications in order to Enhance Response and Data Collection from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Northern California
REPP Connectivity Pully Ridge
National ScienceFoundationAssessing Phylogeny
and Biogeography in a Mega-diverse Tropical Plant Family (Melastomataceae)
Collaborative Research: Biotic Surveys of Central Saharan Oases
Collaborative Research: Cal Bug, An Interactive Database Using Arthropods to Examine Impacts of Climate & Habitat Modification
Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Geoconferencing US Fish Collections: A Community-Based Model to Geoconferencing Natural History Collections
Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Developing a Centralized Digital Archive of Vouchered Animal Communications Signals
CSBR: Natural History Collections: Liquid Nitrogen Facilities for Biological Specimen Curation
Documenting Diversity in the Apex of the Coral Triangle: Inventory of Philippine Marine Biodiversity
ELT Collaborative Research:
Restructuring of Terrestrial Environments Following the Permian Triassic Mass Extinction
GIRLS RISEnetGlobal Names
ArchitectureHarnessing the Power of
Herbaria to Understand the Changing Flora of CA
Improving Competency in Elementary Science Education
Integrating Multidisciplinary Tools to Study Plio-Pleistocene Paleoecology of Early Hominins from the Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Integrative Species Discovery & Comparison of Multilocus Species Delimitation Methods in Short Range Endemic Harvest
Ontology Enabled Reasoning
PBI: A Complete Web-based Monograph of the Tribe Miconieae
Phylogeography in Madagascar
REU Biodiversity Science in Summer Institute California Academy of Sciences
REU Summer Systematics Institute of California Academy of Sciences
Tri Trophic Associations
San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their FamiliesCareers in Science
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceBiological Surveys on
National Wildlife Refuges in the Pacific Southwest Region
Government Grants
Individual Donors$1,000,000+Leslie and Troy DanielsSusan and
William OberndorfWendy and Eric Schmidt
$500,000 to $999,999Jennifer Caldwell and
John H. N. FisherKaren and
Edward GilhulyElizabeth R. Patterson
$250,000 to $499,999Betsy and Peter ChungPenny and
James George Coulter
Margaret and William Hearst III
Linda C. LarsonRobert RofenHelen and
Charles Schwab
$100,000 to $249,999AnonymousBianca and
James AlexanderDiana Nelson and
John AtwaterJanice and
Matthew BargerWinifred and
W. Richard Bingham
Kate and William Duhamel
Laura and Peter FentonShirley and Harry Hagey,
HRH FoundationTerrie Campbell and
James HendersonJulia Wong and
Roger KuoElizabeth and
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and Douglas OgdenDiane Greene and
Mendel RosenblumRegina Kulik-Scully and
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$25,000 to $49,999Martha and Bruce
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Joan AvenaliWilliam K. Bowes, Jr.
FoundationSusie Tompkins Buell and
Mark BuellShawn and Brook ByersCarol and Lyman CaseyDrusilla and Jim DavisAnn and L. John DoerrDana and Bob EmeryDoris FisherMichelle and
Robert FriendSabrina and
Marco HellmanLucille JewettHenrik JonesMary Austin and
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Montgomery, Jr.Jane and Chris PetrinEva and Bill PriceOnnolee and Orlin TrappPauline and Tom TusherVirginia and
Gregory TusherGrace and
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Fred CohenMartha Ehmann ConteCaroline H. DamskyBarbara DemereHelen and
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Charles Dietrich
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund
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Jonathan FoleyJanie and Donald FriendThe Gardner FamilyMark and
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Warren BreslauHitz FoundationPaula and Dennis JaffeAmy Cunningham-Bussel
and Tyler JanovitzBeth and Oliver JenkynThe Dirk and
Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
David KennedyCliff KernohanJenny Yip and
Michael KimWilliam and Gretchen
Kimball FundMeridee Moore and
Kevin KingMimi and Dan KingsleyWendy W. KwokJean LaneLaura Kline and
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Lawrence MiaoJancy Rickman and
William MichaelyTamra and Kurt MobleyChristina and
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MomentBetty and Gordon MooreTimothy MullerPaula and John MurphyDaniel Norris
The Peter and Kristan Norvig Family Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Angela Nomellini and Kenneth Olivier
Julie and William ParishLaura and Mike PatnodeMarianne H. PetersonMary and Gary PinkusLisa and John PritzkerVictoire Reynal Brown
and Owsley BrownThe Rishel FamilyArthur and
Toni Rembe RockCamilla and
George SmithCarol and Ned SpiekerElizabeth and
Andrew SpokesJoan SteinbergPasha and
William ThorntonLois and Melvin TukmanSusan and David TunnellSummer Tompkins Walker
Charitable TrustBob and Judy WatermanLia and
James WhiteheadSara and Evan WilliamsDiane B. WilseyJill and
Nicholas WoodmanAnne Robinson Woods
and Montgomery Woods
$5,000 to $9,999Linda and Andrew AchMary Beth and
Frank AlmedaMariya and
Greg AndersonTerri AringtonJames R. Bancroft Richard C. BarkerOlive BavinsBeller Moses Family
FoundationJennifer BennettLance BercGretchen and
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Richard Bertero
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Gay-Lynn and Robert Blanding
Terry and Peter BoyerNancy Spero and
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Bradley DeFoorManuel DonesaMary EscalleCourtney Benoist and
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Robert FoxMonica Lopez and
Sameer GandhiShelby and
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John GoldmanGoodall Family
Charitable FoundationRobert GreeleyJane and
Jonathan Wyatt Gruber
Johnnie and John Hafernik
Alicia and Philip Hammarskjold
Elizabeth and Jonathan Hamren
Helen and Robert HellerRoslyn and Donald KahnCarol James and
Michael KavanaughChristine and
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Kathryn Kelly and Thomas Klein
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A juvenile Jackson’s chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii).
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$2,500 to $4,999Anonymous (4)Joy and Jonathan AlfernessLeanne Bakkemo and
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Joachim BechtleMichael BennettStuart BerkowitzSusan and
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Robert CarrLinda and Marc CarrascoJulie ChaikenMei and Herald ChenRachael and
Geoffrey ClarkeJoanna and
Stanley CohenCarla and David CraneArville and Bert DamnerMichele DanaJulia and Jim DavidsonLlagas FoundationShandy Hauk and
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James DouglasPhyllis and
William DraperSarah and David EpsteinHelene EttelsonJoan and Evan Evans, IIISandra Donnell and
Justin FaggioliMary and Tom FooteAmy Windmueller and
Mark FrankRenata Gasperi and
Donald FredianiHelen and Kellie GanLisa and
Douglas GoldmanSusan Valeriote and
Ken GoldmanJoanne and Jon Goldstein
Catherine Kennedy and Daniel Grossman
Cynthia and GrubbRocio and Michael HaasAnthia L. and
Charles E. HalfmannKatherine and
James HansenAlex and Philip HaseltineKatherine Fines and
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Sidney KassSarah and
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Paul KorntheuerMartha KropfJeanne and Bill LandrethRandall Laroche and
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Ronald LinderLeslie LuttgensMarshall MaccreadyLeslie MacDonaldKristin and
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Mark MaymarMargaret McCarthy and
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George MillerCeleste and
Anthony MeierSteven MerrillDorothy and
David Messerschmitt
Anna and G. Mason Morfit
Katherine and Hans Morris
Peggy and Fred MunichMaria Gencheva and
Arun NarayananJohn R. NelsonVirginia and Alan PabstKatie Schwab Paige and
Matthew PaigeGary Demyen and
Leslie PartridgeUrsula and Richard RalphLaureen and
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Andy SchwabRaphael SchwartzPatricia Scott and
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SeelenfreundRuth SeilerHorton ShapiroJudith and
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William SnapeTania and
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P. Bart StephensW. Bradford StephensAnne Fung and
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Sean CarrollSarah Chandler and
Matt TheobaldMarjorie and Barry TraubPatricia Vanderlaan Post
and Martin VanderlaanEdith and Geerat VermeijWendy Norris and
Stephanie VersinStephanie and
John WarrenPriscilla Hung Weber and
Geoffrey WeberLynn and Peter WendellJan and Herbert WestGeisha and Jay WilliamsCarlie Wilmans
Dorothy Hyde and Scott Wong
Sheila and Jerry Wroblewski
Ruth and Roger WuDavid YuMargaret and
Martin ZankelJean Phillips and
Edward Zuk
$1,000 to $2,499Anonymous (15)Marcus AaronMabel and
Daniel AbelleraJudy AckerhaltElizabeth and
James AdamsMichael AdlerMaureen AggelerHershow Al-BaraziBetty and Bruce AlbertsArish AliClaire and Eric AltJulie Lee and
Mark AmmanDean AndersonKelly and
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Michael CaseyHeidi CasteleinSusan and Ed CatmullAmy and Frank Caufield
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Frank CaufieldTodd ChaffeeJoanne Chan and
James KramerWilson ChanSusan Austin and
Michael CharlsonRichard ChengChristine and
Kevin ChessenSylvia and David ChickMayme ChinnGwen Hinze and
Ernest ChowMark ChowJennifer ChrismanKaren ChristensenPia Deleon-Chuang and
William ChuangVonceil Chun Yara and
Scott YaraJillian and Donald ClarkDorothy and
William ClemensKirsten and David CloverAnnelle CluteLinda and Thomas CoatesLisa Erburu and
Mark CocalisBob CohnDarren CokerSusan ColemanCara Colgate and
Chris ConleyKatie and Reed ColleyCarolyn and Chris ColpittsJoan Dea and
Lionel ConacherJean Conner
Tracy Kirkham and Josef Cooper
Bill CopeJoseph CostelloLaVaughn and
Theodore CraigMary Lou and
Hartley CravensDeborah Maxwell and
Charles CronceBarbara and
Michael CroninRosario and
Antonio CucalonHolly and
Michael CugginoJoan CummingsBarbara and James CurryEdith and William DagleyChristina Sinohui and
Michael DahlmanAshley and Paul DalzellKirby Walker and
Paul DanielsenSonja and Bill DavidowMaryon Davies LewisSheila Lee and Jonathan
DaviesPaul Davies, Jr.Shelia Davis and
Irvine KronNicole DawesJuliet de BaubignyBrenda Buonaiuto and
David De JesusCathy and Sandy DeanTina and Ronald DeClouxJoan and
Allen DekelboumZubin DesaiH. Louis Detjen, Jr.
Katherine August-DeWilde and David DeWilde
Joseph DiBattistaTimothy Dick and
Nicholas WilsonSarah and Jason DiLulloStephanie DiMarco and
Jim HarleenPatricia DinnerLinda Tan and
Dhananjay DixitRobert Dockendorff and
Byron NorrisThao and
Jerome DodsonThe Dollard FamilyCarol DonohoeDonohue Family
FoundationDebra Dout and
David BurnsKatherine Dowling and
Marc AxelbaumAnne and Gerald DownJennifer and
Matias DuarteJoyce DubayMikila and Connor DukeSherry DumkeMay Ling Wong and
John DuongMeg Burbin and
Clinton LewisDaralyn Durie and
Ragesh TangriFrancesca Eastman and
Edward GoodsteinLaura Edeen and
Michael PlitkinsJohn EdwardsTabitha EdwardsMartha Ehrenfeld and
Carla McKay
Jessica and Michael Eisler
Nancy Elenberger and Dennis Goldstein
Elizabeth and Howard Ellman
Vickie Desofi and Greg Endom
David and Charlotte Epstein
Jacqueline and Christian Erdman
David EstellStephanie EvansRichard FaggioliElizabeth and
Jeffrey FaradayConcepción and
Irwin FedermanJoyce and John FeeneyVilma Zarate and
Seth FeigenbaumStefanie and Josh FelserCarolyn and
Timothy FerrisKarin FetherstonJennifer Fetner-Booth
and Adrian BoothMarsha Cohen and
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Thomas FrankelKeehae Park and
Kevin FranklinDeborah and
Todd FrederickPhyllis FriedmanCatherine and
Matthew FrymierAlison FullerMaria Luisa and
Matthew FullerSusan and
Robert GadomskiSteffany and
Steven GaffaganMary GalloBella and Eben GarnettJill and Derek GarvensPenelope GerbodeVanessa and
William GettyKayvaan Ghassemieh
Jeannie GiacchinoPatricia and
Richard GibbsIngrid GilletteMary and
Clinton GillilandShulamit GlaubachKay and Ken GobaletNancy G. GoebnerMarcia and Rick GoldEmily GoldbergJill Goldring and
Marc HaugenBarbara GoldsteinKenny GongHon Mai and
Joseph GoodmanEnid and
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David GoodsteinConstance Goodyear Baron
and Barry BaronKristin and Peter GordonMary Walsh-Gorski and
Steve GorskiTodd GottulaLes Silverman and
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Anthony GrantMarjory GraueSusan GrayKirsten and
Michael GreenShand and
William GreenMarritje and
James GreeneDonald Gregory, Jr.Jennifer and
Bruce GregoryJanet and D. Wylie GreigGary GrethelMargaret GreyMegan Gridley Mina and
Michael GridleyElizabeth and
Brian GrossmanGruber Family
FoundationRhonda GruberMarsha and
Ralph GuggenheimPhyllis and John GurneyHolly Hagens and
Todd SisitskyRoss Gillfillan and
Jeremiah HallLauren Hall and
David Hearth
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This waxy monkey frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) is one of over 38,000 live animals on exhibit in the aquarium.
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Halper FamilyRobin and Kenneth
HammermanAline Avzaradel and
Niv HanigalKaren and Rick HargroveHelen and Gary HarmonKristen and Tyson HarperCynthia Loukides and
Paul HarrisonHeather Tarantino and
Thomas HarrisonC.O. HartmanJoanna and
Remy HathawayKate and Brian HealyRose Heide and
Gary SweetDiane and
Stephen HeimanNoreen and James HelvieJulie and
Michael HennesseyJenise HenriksonCarolen and
Douglas HerstRachel and Jeffrey HessKatherine HicksonAndrea Higuera-Ballard
and Andy BallardSharon and Dale HilpertGloria HingLinda and Kit HinrichsSarah Wigglesworth and
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William HoffmanDonald HolcombDonna Hubbard and
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and Royal BrownJames Hormel and
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Nora Gibson and William Hudson
Elizabeth and Zachary Hulsey
Carla and Arthur Humphrey
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Ann and John IannuccilloPrabha and
Mohamed IbrahimMargaret and
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Barbara IunganoAditi IyerJacqueline and
Donald JacobbergerBarbara and
Carl JacobsonHeather and Sanjay JainKathleen and Ted JanusRebecca Wong and
Stuart JivapongseKatharine JohnsonE. Richard Jones Family
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Jasmine CarsonElisabeth and
Thomas JonesHelen KahnJessica and Kirk KaludisVirginia Smith and
Keith KappmeyerSylvia KarchmarLouise KarrAngie and
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Thomas AngstadtKristin Klein and
William DonahoeBrian KlimentDanielle and Dave KlingKathleen Bole and
Paul KlingensteinChristopher KollyLeonard-Louis KolowskiVirginia and Leo Koulos
Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis and Markos Kounalakis
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Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation
Marilyn and Howard Levine
Kim LiBarbara and Paul LichtDr. and Mrs.
William Z. Lidicker, Jr.Susan LieblRobert LiebschDr. Lawrence S. LipkindJennifer Lively and Eric
EdmondsonSharon Long and
Gilbert ChuDominique Lahaussois
and David LowMargaret LowmanMimi and Charles LowreyPatricia and
James LudwigCarrie and
Ronald LudwigCharles Marston and
Rosa LuevanoCynthia Lund and
Richard Saffir
Karen Pell and Heather Lupa
Margaret and Kevin Lynch
Melissa MaHalina Marcinkowski and
Neil MacphailCandyce MartinJacqueline Martin and
Mark BiglieriIn Memory of
Betty J. Martin and Melvin E. Martin
Catherine Wormington and Daniel Marusich
Stephanie Marver and Mory Ejabat
Myron Marx, M.D.Leigh and Bill MatthesLucia MatzgerDalynn May and
Christopher FerroDiane MayBarb and
Richard McAuliffeBobbie McChristyKarin and
Gregory McCluneMary and
Walter McCulloughEllen and
Harold McElhinnyWilliam McIvorRenee and
Michael McKennaAmy and
Andrew McKnightKathryn McNeilAgnés and
Alan MendelsonLisa and David MerinDon MerrillWendy Anderson and
Jim MilliganNancy MillikenMyrna and
Hyman MitchnerKatya and Jake MizrahiJohn MonteverdiNoelle Montgomery and
Daniel JanneyMargaret and
William MoorhouseMaura and Robert MoreyAndrea and
Charles MorrisSharon and
Jeffrey MorrisMichael and
Christine MurrayKelli Nakamura and
Eric Lee
Naomi NakashimaJanet NapolitanoNancy and
William NewmeyerJennifer and Dan NilesSue and Warden NobleD. Warner North and
Cheryl Bonham NorthJanet O’Brien and
Craig HartmanAnne and
Standish O’GradyLeslie and Scott OlrichElizabeth and
Damien OrnaniSofia OsborneDoris OsendaStephanie and
Peter OshmanDiane OsoskeBarbara and
John OsterweisPatricia Costello and
Darryl OttJudy and
Michael OverfieldGabriela and
Mark ParcellaJohn and Arrie ParkWendy and
Frederick ParkinKalpana and Dipak PatelKrutika and Rajiv PatelMonica and David PauliChristen O’Brien and
Paul PaulssonMiya PeardChristina and
Adam PedersonAnne and Robert PedreroVirginia and Dave PellShirley PeppersMarnie Morales and
Benjamin PerraultAnnette PerryStacy and Matthew PerryRegina PhelpsPatrica Peper and
Roger PhillipsEve Niquette and
Charles PohlLaurie Poston and
Brian FerrallRegan Pritzker and
Christopher OlinVeronica and
Wojciech PulawskiLynn PulliamHarriet Meyer QuarreIsabel RaabKrista Ramonas and
Gordon Rubenstein
Individual Donors continued
This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.
9Donors California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report
Corporations and Foundations
$1,000,000+Google Inc.The Bernard Osher
FoundationPisces Foundation
$500,000 to $999,999Lakeside FoundationGordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
$250,000 to $499,999JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$100,000 to $249,999AnonymousGenentech, Inc.The Horace W.
Goldsmith FoundationPacific Gas and Electric
CompanyRogers Family FoundationSakana Foundation
The Schlinger FoundationTargetWells Fargo Foundation
$50,000 to $99,999Asian Pacific Fund, via a
Donor Advised Fund of Loretta Huahn
Franklin Templeton Investments
Heising-Simons Foundation
JRS Biodiversity Foundation
The Kimball FoundationEdmund & Jeannik
Littlefield FoundationSafeway Inc.Wells Fargo
Individual Donors continued
Robin and Arthur RangelKathy Fields-Rayant and
Garry RayantSandy and
Scott RechtschaffenJamie and Kyle RedfordStasia and
Derek ReisfieldJanie RempelElizabeth and
Robert ReniersRobina and
John RiccitielloDianna RiceJulie and Chris RidleyElizabeth and Kurt RiekeAnne and Richard RileyHelen RippleJenny and Gerald RiskJeanette and
Edward RoachSusan DaSilva and
Thomas RobertsBeth and Stephen RobieCharlah Robinson and
Scott PuzaEdis and
Martin RobinsonJean RobinsonStacy RobsonJulie and Donald RocapSuzanne and Paul RocheSuzi Berry and
Murray RodeLois and John RogersShelagh and
Thomas RohlenTrue Liberty BagsJoAnn and
Lawson RollinsFran RomingerTraci and Dezz RoppLois and Arthur RothMichael RothrockCynthia and James Rowe
Richard Royse and Rocky Blumhagen
Ladan and Namdar SalehJeanine SamuelGina Sanfilippo and
Frederick RoeberMichael ScharfensteinLa Verne and
Herbert SchmidtDorothy McMath and
Peter Lothar SchmidtStephen SchnollJoel Wells Schreck and
Albert SchreckErin Hoffmann and
Michael SchroepferErica and Bryan SchultzSuzanne and
William SchutteJudith and John SearsPamela and
John SebastianBeatie and
Mike SeidenbergNancy and Greg SerrurierDiane and Carl ShannonAndrea and David ShearnBarbara ShellStephen ShepardKathy and Bart ShepherdEden SherryRaymond ShoneYvonne Don and
Richard ShrieveLara Witter and
Curt SigfsteadCyrena Simons and
Marcus RyuCarl SjogreenDorothy and
Dean SkanderupCamelia and
Gregory SkikosDanna and
Alexander Slusky
Molly and Wesley SmithCatherine Allman and
Glenn SnyderDoris Lin-Song and
Dennis SongJudith and Gary SorgenClare SpringsJudith and
Jerry SteenhovenJenny and
William StegallVera and Harold Stein Jr.Jack StephensonMary Murphy and
Mark StevensPilar Stewart Rand and
Jo Ann StewartEric StinsonEarl StokesCarol and Michael StoneHeather Valine and
David StoneMarcia Kimes and
Tracy StorerPolly Tam and
Hsien-Chung WooPearl Tang Tanaka and
Kevin TanakaColleen and Geoff TateCatherine TauberTracy Taylor Grubbs and
Richard TaylorJennifer and D.B. TempleRichard TenazaDenise TheisRhona and
Richard ThompsonRobert ThompsonBrittmarie ThornerTerri TienkenHenry TimnickJeana Toney and
Boris PutanecCatherine and
Edward Topham
Tiffany TownsendSiobhan McFeeney and
Dennis TrevinoPriscilla and
W. Sloan UptonSuzanne and
Eugene VallaMargaret Sullivan and
William Van DykBill and Sally Van IngenJennifer and
Brian Van KlompenbergRaj and Soo VenkatesanAaron and
Adriana VermutBarbara Novak and
Ellis VerosubJanet and Christian von
DoeppLorraine VoskanianLeslie and
Harvey WagnerLisa and Michael WaisEmily and Greg WaldorfDanielle and
Brooks Walker, Jr.Lindsey WalkerAshley and
Edward WaltemathMr. and Mrs. WarehamDelcey and
Harlan WatkinsAnne Maria and
Paul Wattis, IIIJill and Mark WehrlyAmanda Weitman and
Christopher HeffelfingerSandra and Keith WellsVirginia and
Richard WelshNonie Greene and
Todd WerbyAshley and
J. Minott Wessinger
Valerie WheatJennifer and
R. Sanders WilliamsBobbie and
Michael WilseyIvy WintersBeth and
James WintersteenJane and Douglas WolfPolly and Ward WolffLinda and King WonJack K. WongKenneth WongLyra Ng and Paul WongHelen and Wil WongSharon and Russell WooSarah Woodberry Trauner
and Ken TraunerLaura and
Dennis WoodsideSusan and Bruce WorsterPatty and John WrenchNancy and Roy WuJo WunderlichKarl Schultz and
Ryan WyattAdrianne YamakiAnna and Robert ZaraAmelia Zimmermann Wolff
and Keith WolffAmy and Ted ZookJane and Mark Zuercher
This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.
Giant spined sea star (Pisaster giganteus).
10Donors California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report
This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.
In-Kind
Adaptive Insights Anchor Steam Brewing
CompanyBelden Wire Blue Angel Spirits LLCBorrowLenses, LLCBulleit BourbonMarjorie and Edward
CahnCaldwell Vineyard
Chase Family CellarsJudith ChurchhillClif Bar & CompanyCornerstone CellarsBuff and Gerald CorsiColin DillinghamNance and Melvin
DonaldsonDouble Rainbow
Gourmet Ice Creams
Drew Altizer Photography
Endorfin ChocolatFrancis Ford Coppola
PresentsGloria Ferrer Caves &
VineyardsGoogle Inc.Kettle BrandKids Only
Magnolia Photo BoothMeyer Sound MicrosoftOceanic USA & HollisPeekadoodle KidsclubJurgenne PrimaveraRodney Strong VineyardsRobert RofenSafeway Inc.Spellbound Wines
Trumer PilsTito’s Handmade VodkaTrader Joe’suBiomeVision Service Plan
$25,000 to $49,999AnonymousAble ServicesAera Energy LLCAmerican SecuritiesAutodesk, Inc.Carlson Family
FoundationCarmel PartnersChase Private ClientDeloitteDodge & CoxEastdil SecuredGGS FoundationGlobal Health and
Education FoundationMimi and Peter Haas FundClarence E. Heller
Charitable FoundationHellman FoundationHoefer Family
FoundationKirkland & Ellis LLPKoret FoundationNational Geographic
SocietyOraclePearson Charitable
FoundationPrime FinanceSageview Capital LP
Summit PartnersTPGUnion Bank FoundationUniversity of VigoVisa Inc.Wallis FoundationThe Walton Family
Foundation, Inc.Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP
$10,000 to $24,999AnonymousAquatic Research
InstituteAsset Management
CompanyBlackRockBloombergFrank A. Campini
FoundationCoblentz Patch Duffy
and Bass LLPFriends of the San
Francisco Public Library
King American Ambulance Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
The Joseph and Mercedes McMicking Foundation
Northern Trust of California
PrologisRHE Charitable
FoundationThe Sato FoundationSimpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLPWebcor BuildersWillis
$1,000 to $9,999Anonymous (2)Apple Foundation, Inc.Argo Insurance Brokers
an Integro Co.Association of Science-
Technology Centers Incorporated
Bartlett Tree ExpertsThe Batir FoundationCanon Solutions AmericaCapital GroupCCI Commercial
Construction & Improvements, Inc.
The Chicago Community Foundation
CityPASSCraves Family
FoundationDarden Restaurants
FoundationDark Horse WinesThelma Doelger
Charitable TrustFarese Family FoundationFrank and Grossman
Landscape ContractorsGaia FundGCI General ContractorsGinn Family FoundationEvelyn & Walter Haas,
Jr. FundHBD STP - Investimentos
Turísticos, Unipessoal, LdHunter Public RelationsJason Family FoundationThe JEC FoundationJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.Loomis, Sayles &
Company, L.P.The Markkula
FoundationMeyer SoundMirnahill Foundation
Museum of Science, Boston
Nasaw Family Foundation
Occidental of Elk Hills Non Unit
Oxy USA IncPADI FoundationParadigm WineryPartisan ArtsPIMCOPlant Construction
Company, L.P.PSN Family Charitable
TrustRosendin ElectricSabah InternationalSalesforce.comThe San Francisco
FoundationSodexo USASidney Stern Memorial
TrustTrue Liberty BagsUBSValley Anatomical
Preparations, Inc.Vector Laboratories, Inc.Windsor FoundationWSP
Corporations and Foundations continued
This colorful Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria) joins a green anaconda on exhibit in the Academy’s rainforest.
11Donors California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report
Anonymous (29)Michele and
Mark AldrichAnthony AlfidiMary AllenMary Beth and
Frank AlmedaBarbara D. AndrewsTerri J. Arington in
memory of Hector and Grayce Ceschi
Madeline and Paul Arnaud, Jr.
Mary Ann and Samuel Aronson
Jay AuslanderJoan and Peter AvenaliMalou BabiloniaNancy Abbott BakerPamela BaldwinCharna BallAlkmene and
Raymond BandarCharles Madsen BarksdaleMarie Schoppe BarteeJoan BeavinMildred and
Edward BennettMichael Bennett and
Leslie LarsonMichael J. Bennett and
Luke LoweryRiva and
David Berelson, Jr.Medea and Bruce BernHelen BernsteinLoraine and Robert BerryBarbara Bessey and
Kevin GilmartinSusan and
Frederick BianucciW. Richard BinghamPhyllis BlairRoberta and
Roy BorgonovoNorman BrandEllen and
Russell BreslauerMelinda M. and
James R. BrownJosephine H. Brownback
Joanne BruggemannDr. Margaret Gould BurkeEva BuxtonBrook and Shawn ByersCarla CarpentierAndrea LoPinto and
Robert CarrJeanie and
Michael CaseyClaudia and
David ChittendenRobert and
Mary Ann ChristensenDiane and William ClarkeDorothy and
William ClemensLewis ColemanMs. Susan ColemanBuff and Gerald CorsiRonald CramerMrs. Arline DayJoan and
Allen DekelboumGary Demyen and
Les PartridgeIsabelle Z. DokouzianPamela and
Clarence DonahoeTracy Donahoe and
Kenneth LimDr. and Mrs.
Melvin S. DonaldsonMary and Thomas DumSherry DumkeLynn and Robert DunneSusan McComb and
J. D. DurstMaria Lucila
Echeverria BustosCharlotte and
David EpsteinVeronica EspadaHelene EttelsonEdward T. Faber and
Phyllis M. Faber TrustNeil E. FahyMarie and
Lawrence FeldmanJacqueline
Benroubi-FeretzisElizabeth S. Fisher
Jean FisherSusan ForsytheRenata Gasperi and
Donald FredianiElazar FriedmanWilliam Fries II
FoundationLaura FujiiJennifer and Ellis GansEvelina Vecchiato GaraArlene GetzRobert GlavinRobert GoderskyJeannie Graham-GilliatPaul GuestCharles and
Ginger GuthrieJohnnie and
John HafernikFlorence HaimesAnthia L. and
Charles E. HalfmannJack HalpernJames HeagyDeborah and
Robert HectorHelen M. and
Robert D. HellerVirginia HelleskovMs. Terry HelmMichael A. Heymann Louise and
Donald HeynemanCynthia Hill and
Steven BeckendorfSue and Mike HoeyJoan HolmanRichard W. HolmesRoyal C. Brown and
Margie Hom Judith and
John HurabiellDiane IchiyasuVirginia M. InghamJulianna and
Alex IosilevskyBonnie and Michael IrwinBernice ItkinEve IversenDonald and
Jacqueline Jacobberger
Hazel JacobyPauline Kerber and
John JenningsStanley JuddAnne KahnBernice and Jerry KendallKate and Tom KleinSue and Roger LangEvelyn and
Robert LangstonDr. Della LauraJim LilienthalSandra and
Ronald LinderLois B. LippincottPari and
Putnam LivermorePark LoughlinEroeda LuckCynthia and John MajorBrent MalarkeyJosephine MarkovichSharon and
Michael MarronHermine and
Sumner MarshallGerald McCallumFaye and
Richard McCartneyPam and John McCoskerJanet and
Thomas McKinleyKathryn K. McNeilJancy Rickman and
William MichaelyGigi Babcock and
Ralph MillerCarol and Charles MinkHolly MitchellNancy and George
Montgomery, Jr.Scott Chan and
Vicki MooreSylvia P. and
Dr. David J. MorafkaNearn and
Romano FamiliesJohn R. NelsonKenneth NessNancy and
Bill Newmeyer
Drs. Charles and Lois O’Brien
Diane OsoskeEdmund W. OwAlan and Virginia PabstJanet ParkerWendy and Fred ParkinVicki and John PearseRegina PhelpsCarol and Bruce PollockLynette M. PorteousVeronica Ahrens-Pulawski
and Wojciech PulawskiJane RadcliffeSonia A. RaeslyLinda and John ReichelMary Renaker and
Eric BrazelPatricia and
Hugh ReynoldsAnne RiandaGary B. RiddleDr. Francis J. Rigney, Jr.Nancy RobisonDiane and
Peter RodriguezRobert RofenDiane and Lloyd RootSandra Miller Ross and
Edward S. RossLois and Arthur RothRenee RubinI.A. RufferJaclyn Jacobs RuschMichael ScharfensteinKatherine SchickDr. Evert I. Schlinger, Ph.D.Margery SchindlerPeter Lothar SchmidtElizabeth SchultzWerner SchumannHarold SegelstadTom ShampYvonne Don and
Richard ShrieveMrs. Eugene A. ShurtleffClare Wheeler SiasMarjorie SilverEdmund and
Suellynn SmithJoyce and Jim Smith
This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.
Estates
Eastwood Associates Legacy Giving
Estate of Frank W. and Margaret Adelstein
Estate of Robert C. Armstrong
Estate of Donald J. Burdick
Estate of Margo ElbergEstate of
Stuart M. Fullerton
Charles M. Goethe TrustEstate of
Vivienne A. HockEstate of
Susan Hedge Hossfeld
Estate of Silvia W. IselinEstate of Barbara J. LandEstate of Vera M. LongRolph-Nicol FundEstate of Edwin A. Seipp Jr.
Estate of Helen von Ammon
Estate of Sadie Grace Williams
12Donors California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report
Cornelia Clausen SpanierClare H. SpringsThoralee Crawford SquairSusan StaeblerBrett C. StearnsJudith and
Jerry SteenhovenJoan E. SteinbergAnn and Ellis StephensBarbara J. StevensJocelynn Herrick Stone
and Richard StoneJ. Garland StroupMary and David SuttonCatherine and
Maurice TauberRowena J. Taylor and
Doris C. TaylorNancy Thompson and
Andrew Kerr
Blake and Jillian TyrrellStefan UnnaschEsther M. van BeersBarbara and
Dirk Van MeursMary and
Jerome C. VascellaroJanet von DoeppDorothy and
Paul WachterSusan WagemanJake WalkerJulie WalkerKatherine WallinSusanne Prokscha and
Timothy WaltersDr. Shel Weissman and
Claire Hurni WeissmanLinda and
George Wertheim
Gloria WesenbergCherie and
Herbert WetzelJerry Ann WhiteEllen and
Edwin WhitmanDavid WhitridgeStanley WilliamsStefan WilliamsRon WilsonBetty and
George WinkelmanMelissa and
Brian WongHelen and Wil WongJoan F. YatesFlora Zagorites
Endowments
Frank W. & Margaret B. Adelstein Fund
Augsbury FundEliz. Bartholomew Mem.
FundBloomer/Bryant/Hohfeld
FundBotany Endowment FundOwen Bryant FundCorsi Digital LibraryArthur Court Minerals
Endowment FundDaniels: Cames
Memorial Minerology Fund
Leslie H & Troy E DanielsBenjamin Dean Memorial
FundDonald &
Loretta H. Denning Endowment
Education Endowment Fund
Entomology EndowmentFellows Research
Endowment FundW.I. Follett EndowmentWilma and
William Follette Internship in Botany
Dr. Harriet Frizzell FundMimi and Peter Haas
Fund for Early Childhood
Hanna Diatom ChairMargaret Hanna
EndowmentHearst Endowment for
Science EducationRollie & Mary Henley
FundHerpetology EndowmentJohn T. Howell Curatorial
Chair
Irvine Curatorial ChairRupert &
Maryellie Johnson Technology Fund
William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Endowment
Lilienthal Lecture FundLindsay ChairDr. Lindsay Field
Research FundRobert Lorenz TrustKristina D Y Louie
Memorial FundMallick EndowmentMarshall SteelMcAllister Curatorial
ChairMcCosker Aquatic
Biology ChairWm. McDevitt Memorial
FundMyers Family Trust
Lois B & Charles W. O’Brien Fund
Osher Fellowship Endowment
Patterson ScholarsPepperwood Endowment
FundPepperwood OutreachResearch Endowment
FundRoberts Dean of
EducationArthur and
Toni Rembe Rock Fund for Enhanced Museum Visits
John J. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship in Botany Endowment Fund
L & E Rose Memorial Fund
Vincent Roth Memorial Fund
Schlinger Arachnology Chair
Schlinger Diptera ChairSchlinger Postdoctoral
FellowshipTracy & Ruth Storer FundEdwin Cooper Van Dyke
FundHelen Von Ammon
Endowment FundRobert T. Wallace
Endowment FundDr. R. Wallace InternshipPaul & Phyllis Wattis
FoundationWattis Foundation FundWesendunk Microfossil
Collection EndowmentWesendunk Mineral
Collection EndowmentZimmerman Trust
Eastwood Associates continued
This list represents donors who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014 including gifts to the building campaign.
This African four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) is one of several animals featured in daily programs on the museum floor.
13Financials California Academy of Sciences 2014 Annual Report
FinancialsCareful stewardship of financial resources is key to growing the Academy’s impact at a time when science — advancing it, understanding it, sharing it — is essential to life on Earth.
operating revenue and expenses
RevenueEarned RevenueContributionsEndowment Transfers Government Grants
Total Revenue
ExpensesExhibits & Public EngagementBiodiversity ScienceEducation & OutreachAquariumManagement & GeneralDevelopment & Membership
Total Expenses
2014 29,624,217 19,069,666 12,374,536
6,444,838
$67,513,257
2013 31,654,409 15,749,348 9,925,499 6,706,685
$64,035,941
2014 439,234,517 380,427,626 31,194,970 3,966,280
$854,823,393
2013 422,473,193389,073,152 35,711,305 3,751,816
$851,009,466
20,175,068 11,952,665 11,786,749 8,826,076 7,770,907 7,001,792
$67,513,257
19,784,831 11,247,817 12,521,005 8,413,106 5,370,7806,698,402
$64,035,941
7,515,655 5,268,903
281,450,000 257,207
$294,491,765
426,962,504 69,472,491 63,896,633
$560,331,628
$854,823,393
6,985,185 4,537,125
281,450,000 253,320
$293,225,630
429,857,969 68,945,658 58,980,209
$557,783,836
$851,009,466
financial posit ion
AssetsInvestmentsProperty & equipment, less depr.ReceivablesOther
Total Assets
LiabilitiesAccounts PayableDeferred IncomeBonds PayableOther Long-term Liabilities
Total Liabilities
Unrestricted Net AssetsTemporarily RestrictedPermanently Restricted
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
2014 Revenue
• 44% Earned Revenue
• 28% Contributions
• 18% Endowment Transfers
• 10% Government Grants
2014 Expenses
• 30% Exhibits & Public Engagement
• 18% Biodiversity Science
• 17% Education & Outreach
• 13% Aquarium
• 12% Management & General
• 10% Development & Membership
LeadershipForward-looking leaders keep the Academy on track in its mission to explore, explain, and sustain life. Their vision guides us. Their enthusiasm inspires us. Their commitment carries us into the future.
Board of Trustees, 2014
Senior Staff
Bruce Alberts, PhDJames N. AlexanderJohn C. AtwaterMatthew BargerElizabeth Blackburn, PhDRichard C. BlumTeresa BriggsDan CarrollPeter Y. ChungPenny CoulterTroy Daniels
Juliet de BaubignyWilliam F. DuhamelPeter FentonJohn H.N. FisherRandi FisherDiane B. GreeneRosemary Gillespie, PhDEdward A. GilhulyJohn Hafernik, PhD, PresidentGlenn W. HolsclawOliver Jenkyn
David M. Kennedy, PhDSalman KhanRoger KuoSharon Long, PhDSusan OberndorfEmilie Munger OgdenElizabeth R. PattersonGary PinkusWilliam S. Price IIIMarta Salas-PorrasKurt N. Simon
Jill Tarter, PhDVirginia Goss Tusher, PhDJerome C. Vascellaro, ChairGeerat Vermeij, PhDSummer Tompkins WalkerGeisha WilliamsRichard YorkeAdrienne L. Zihlman, PhDMary Zlot
Jonathan Foley, PhDExecutive Director, William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball Chair
Elizabeth C. Babcock, PhDChief Public Engagement Officer and Roberts Dean of Education
Alison BrownChief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff
Melissa FelderChief Marketing Officer
Margaret Lowman, PhDChief of Science and SustainabilityHarry and Diana Hind DeanLindsay Chair of Botany
Janet M. HarrisChief Development Officer
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