2014 Annual Review - Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay
Aquarium
ANNUAL REVIEW 2014
Anniversary
2014
We celebrated our 30th anniversary with significant achievements
in exhibits, education and ocean conservation.
Over 2 million visitors experienced the wonders of the ocean
through our living exhibits, programs and special events.
TripAdvisor–the world’s largest travel site–recognized us as
the Best Aquarium in the World in its Travelers’ Choice awards.
We announced plans for a new Ocean Education and Leadership Center
that will extend the reach of our award-winning education programs.
Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes debuted
to wide acclaim as the most diverse exhibit about cephalopods in the world.
Our Seafood Watch program has become the world’s most recognized–
and respected–source of science-based sustainable seafood information.
E X E C U T I V E
D I R E C T O R ’ S
R E P O R T
JULIE PACKARD
Executive Director
Our 30th anniversary year was the best yet. We accomplished
more in those 12 months to inspire conservation of the oceans than in
any comparable period. And, we launched new initiatives that
position us for even greater achievements to come. I can’t thank
you enough for helping make these results possible.
My parents established the Aquarium with a financial gift­—and the condition that, moving forward, we were
on our own to provide people with an
engaging experience that was worth
their time and money. In the years after
our opening, growing threats to ocean
health drove us to aspire to a much
bigger mission—to inspire conservation
of the oceans.
Today, we continue to set the bar as
the nation’s leading aquarium. We’ve
made a huge difference in how people
think about the ocean. And, we’re using our influence and expertise to help
turn the tide for ocean conservation.
I’m so excited about our team’s accomplishments this past year, but mindful
of the urgency of our work in today’s
world of global change.
My father shaped the culture that
guides us today: a culture that keeps us
forward-looking, seeking new challenges every day. He once remarked,
“Do something useful, then forget
about it and go on to the next thing.
Don’t gloat about it.”
That’s how he approached business at Hewlett-Packard, and how the
Aquarium conducts its business today.
The ocean faces no end of challenges.
We can turn the tide—but only if we
keep stepping up.
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And that’s exactly what we’re doing.
In 2014, we reinforced our stature as
the best aquarium in the world, for our
visitors and in our growing role as a
global leader in ocean conservation.
Our Husbandry and Exhibits teams
created an amazing and unprecedented
special exhibition, Tentacles: The
Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and
Cuttlefishes. The remarkable exhibition
helped us attract 2,066,177 visitors
—the highest for any aquarium in the
United States during the year.
Our exceptional visitor experience
was recognized when TripAdvisor®—
the world’s largest travel site—named
us Best Aquarium in the World in its
annual Travelers’ Choice™ awards.
Living exhibits are the foundation
of our work, but our reach is growing
far beyond our walls. This starts with
education programs that are transforming the lives of children from preschool
through high school.
In 2014, we announced plans for our
new Ocean Education and Leadership
Center, which we’ll build on Cannery
Row once we raise the necessary funds.
Through the Center, we can double the
number of visiting schoolchildren who
take part in programs led by Aquarium
educators; double the number of
science teachers we reach through
institutes and workshops designed
to build their skills; and double
the number of teens in leadership
programs. We’ll nurture their capacity
to become part of a science-literate
generation that will help solve today’s
pressing conservation challenges.
Thanks to your generosity, we’ve
raised more than $22 million to make
the Center a reality. My special thanks
to the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation,
HP Corporate Fund, the Charles and
Helen Schwab Foundation, Service
Systems Associates, Denise Littlefield
Sobel, and the Homer and Nancy
Hayward Family for their generous
lead gifts. We also thank our many
members and donors who gave
generously to our year-end
annual campaign.
I am proud to report that during
the year, our leadership in education
continued to be recognized by
many sources. The respected Noyce
Foundation honored our long-term
partnership with the Watsonville
community with its Bright Lights
Award. And Stephanie Pechan, an
educator in our teacher institutes,
became a finalist for a Presidential
Award for Excellence in math and
science teaching.
Our Conservation and Science
programs are growing in scope and
impact around the world. Under a new
set of strategic priorities we adopted in
2014, we’re integrating our research
programs with our growing influence
in ocean policy, and coupling that with
our leadership work with businesses
and consumers to reshape the global
seafood supply chain.
Seafood Watch science now informs
purchasing standards for more than
100,000 business locations across
North America, including the majority
of big U.S. foodservice and retail companies. Their growing commitment
to buy only sustainably caught and
farmed seafood is driving change in
the way fishing fleets and aquaculture
farms operate around the world.
We’re providing guidance to the
international bodies that certify
aquaculture and fishing practices—
and to governments, including
the ASEAN nations of Southeast
Asia that intend to reshape their
aquaculture policies around Seafood
Watch sustainability criteria. We’re
also helping colleagues in Japan and
other countries build home-grown
sustainable seafood movements.
Our effectiveness was recognized
in a significant way when Wendy and
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Eric Schmidt made a five-year, $10
million gift to support the global
expansion of our sustainable seafood
program. We are so grateful for their
generous support and commitment to
our work.
We welcomed a new chief scientist,
Dr. Brendan Kelly, from the White
House Office of Science and Technology Policy. And our team advised U.S.
policymakers on a range of critical
issues, from recovering Pacific bluefin
tuna stocks to helping shape the White
House’s bold new initiative to end
illegal, unregulated and unreported
fishing on the high seas.
Last fall, at our 30th Anniversary
Gala, we celebrated our achievements
and honored the visionary leaders
who created the Aquarium. With 400
prominent citizens of the Bay Area in
attendance, we presented our inaugural
David Packard Award to George P.
Shultz, one of our nation’s most distinguished citizens and the inaugural
chairman of our Leadership Council.
Visionaries created the Aquarium—
and new visionaries are helping us
move forward to create a future with
a healthy ocean, for our children and
the generations to come.
Thank you for sharing our
aspirations, and for making our
growing impact possible—for people
and for the ocean that sustains all life.
C H A I R M A N ’ S
L E T T E R
It was so
gratifying to see
the tremendous
turnout of Bay
Area community
and business leaders to celebrate
STEPHEN C. NEAL
Chairman
the Monterey
Bay Aquarium’s 30th anniversary last
fall, when we honored our founding
Leadership Council Chairman George
P. Shultz with our inaugural David
Packard Award.
The event celebrated the Aquarium’s
history, and our deep roots in the
innovative culture of Silicon Valley.
But it was much more than that. The
Aquarium is a forward-looking organization that’s always taking on new
B O A R D
O F
challenges in support of a future with
a healthy ocean. Our 30th anniversary
celebration demonstrated how our
vision has been embraced by a community that is known for changing the
world through disruptive ideas and
new technology.
In 2014, the Aquarium demonstrated
in many ways that we continue to
be driven by the spirit of vision and
innovation that put Silicon Valley on
the map.
We announced plans to create our
Ocean Education and Leadership
Center—enabling us to double the
number of visiting schoolchildren,
teen leaders and science teachers we
reach, a critical need at a time when
society faces a crisis in science and
environmental education. We have
had generous lead gift support for
the project—and we will need your
support to make the Center a reality.
We completed strategic plans to
guide our growing involvement in
conservation science and ocean policy,
and to build the technological infrastructure that will let us work productively and efficiently on so many
urgent ocean issues.
We would not be the best aquarium
in the world without your continuing
support. On behalf of our Board of
Trustees, thank you.
T R U S T E E S
Stephen C. Neal, Chairman
M.R.C. Greenwood
Peter S. Bing, Chairman Emeritus
William Landreth
Julie Packard, Vice Chairman and Executive Director
Joan Lane
Susan Bell
MichaelA. Mantell
Meg Caldwell
Connie Martinez
Samantha Campbell
Susan Orr
Susan Ford Dorsey
Pietro Parravano
Caroline Getty
Christopher Scholin
Juan Govea
Mark Wan
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We’re Shaping
the Future
We’ve seen impressive results
from the integrated and
progressive suite of education
programs we’ve developed to
equip young people to pursue
science and conservation careers. Our bold new plan
to create an Ocean Education and Leadership Center
will double our impact on teachers and students,
preparing them for important decisions ahead and
giving them confidence to take on leadership roles.
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Award-Winning
Program
The Noyce Foundation honored our decade-long collaboration with
Watsonville and Pajaro Valley residents with a prestigious Bright Lights
Community Engagement Award. It underscores the success of the many
education programs we’ve created to engage a broad spectrum of young
people and their families, from all income levels and walks of life.
We’re Reaching
More Teachers
A $2 million grant from HP will benefit many hundreds of teachers—and,
by extension, thousands of students they will reach during their careers.
National Leader in
Science Education
Stephanie Pechan, a local teacher in Pacific Grove and one of our Teacher
Institute instructors, is among six finalists for a 2014 Presidential Award for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
The Vital Role
of Volunteers
Volunteers do more than make the Aquarium better. They make our
work possible. For each staff member, we have two volunteers sharing
their energy and enthusiasm for the ocean. In 2014, 1,238 individuals
volunteered nearly 160,000 hours of their time. During our first 30 years,
we’ve had the support of 9,000 volunteers who devoted more than
3.6 million hours, working with visitors and behind the scenes.
Honoring Ocean
Advocates
The first recipients of our Paul Walker Ocean Leadership Awards were
musician, philanthropist and activist Jack Johnson, and model/actress
and ocean activist Marisa Miller. We created the award to honor
the late actor—a great friend of the Aquarium, and a lifelong
ocean advocate.
Big Waves,
Big Impact
We became the official conservation partner of Titans of Mavericks, the
world’s premier big wave surfing event. We’ll collaborate on year-round
initiatives that enlist surfers and surfing fans to safeguard ocean wildlife
and promote a healthy ocean—while helping us reach this important
audience of ocean lovers and advocates.
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flame jelly
Rhopilema esculentum
The Jellies Experience team members were wizards in the art and science of jelly culturing­–nurturing
exotic flame, cannonball, lemon and thimble jellies, plus South American sea nettles. We were the
first ever to exhibit these nettles, after growing them up from tiny ephyrae (babies) we received from
colleagues in Argentina. Our team was also the first to map the elusive life cycle of the flower hat jelly.
In the process, they possibly identified what may be key triggers for jelly blooms around the world.
Protecting
OceanWildlife
We’re bringing new
science to bear on behalf
of species whose health is
vital to ocean ecosystems
along the California
coast and across the Pacific. Sea otters, sharks
and bluefin tuna are among the world’s most
vulnerable marine species. We’re committed
to research and conservation action that will
ensure these animals thrive and continue to
contribute to healthy marine ecosystems.
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A New Chief
Scientist
We welcomed Dr. Brendan Kelly as our new director of conservation
research and chief scientist. He brings strong leadership to our science
programs and partnerships, including our work to understand the
ecological impacts of sea otters, great white sharks and Pacific
bluefin tuna.
Understanding
Sea Otters
After more than 30 years of pioneering research, we’ve learned that
as California’s sea otters make a comeback, so do critically important
coastal habitats like kelp forests and estuaries. Our work with this
threatened species—at the Aquarium and in the wild—has contributed
to a greater understanding of their vital role in shaping healthy
ocean habitats.
Loggerhead
Turtles on Loan
After a two-year stay at the Aquarium, our first “Traveling Turtle”
was successfully released into the Atlantic Ocean by colleagues at the
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. We received another
rescued baby loggerhead sea turtle that will be on exhibit before it is
returned to the wild. Having these animals on exhibit helps us share
the story of this endangered species while youngsters grow large
enough for release.
Record Year for
Snowy Plovers
We returned 21 Western snowy plover chicks to the wild in 2014—the
most of any season so far. To date, we’ve raised and released over
120 of these threatened shorebirds, which face many risks in the wild.
We’ve also placed seven birds at other accredited zoos and aquariums.
Following White
Sharks
With colleagues at Stanford University, we’ve deployed electronic
tracking tags and learned that adult white sharks make epic voyages
from California’s coast to Hawaii and back. Now we’re collaborating
with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to place video
cameras on the sharks’ dorsal fins. We hope to document what they’re
doing when they aggregate in the mid-Pacific at what scientists have
dubbed the “White Shark Café.”
Protecting Pacific
Bluefin Tuna
We brought our scientific and policy expertise to the table as part
of the U.S. delegation to international management conferences for
Pacific bluefin tuna. By the end of 2014, fishing quotas were cut in
half, in the face of a 96 percent decline in bluefin numbers from
historic levels.
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sea otter
Euhydra lutris
The world loves sea otters. Our exhibit sea otters serve as successful surrogate mothers; more than
30 pups have been born in the wild to animals they raised behind the scenes. One pup we rescued
and nursed back to health became a sensation in its new home at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.
News coverage highlighted the important research contributions of our sea otter program–
work that helps us understand the vital role sea otters play in the health of coastal ecosystems.
Taking Action
for the Ocean
Our Conservation and
Science programs are
having greater impact
than ever. We’re
influencing leaders
in government, business and the nonprofit
sector, and transforming fishing practices and
aquaculture around the world. Our advice is
sought by the White House, international
fisheries management bodies and seafood
certification programs, by major businesses
and by millions of consumers for whom
Seafood Watch is a trusted guide for daily
purchasing decisions.
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Schmidt Support for
Seafood Program
Working with major foodservice companies and retailers, we’re using
market forces to reshape how fish are caught and farmed. The success
of our approach was recognized when Wendy and Eric Schmidt made a
five-year, $10 million grant to support our seafood initiatives, including
continued expansion of our global scope.
A Visionary Plan
for the Ocean
Our growing Conservation and Science team is bringing our strengths
to bear strategically: to protect critical ocean ecosystems off the
California coast and beyond; support recovery of key species like sea
otters, white sharks and Pacific bluefin tuna; promote market-based
seafood solutions; and address threats to ocean health from climate
change and plastic pollution.
Transforming
Aquaculture in Asia
Most farmed shrimp sold in the United States comes from Southeast
Asia. Today, little of it meets the rigorous standards of Seafood Watch.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is now drafting
protocols to strengthen environmental standards for shrimp farming
in the region—based on Seafood Watch criteria.
Advancing Federal
Fisheries Policy
We briefed a presidential task force about critical policy changes
needed to end illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing on the high
seas. That background helped inform a bold White House plan to block
the import of illegally caught fish and improve traceability in the $500
billion global seafood industry.
Influencing Global
Business Leaders
Speaking alongside former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to open
The Economist World Ocean Summit, Executive Director Julie Packard
challenged business leaders to get more involved in developing marketbased solutions to pressing conservation problems.
Hacking for
Seafood Solutions
We were one of five sites to host a first-ever U.S. State Departmentsponsored Fishackathon to develop simple technological solutions for
sustainable seafood challenges in the developing world. The team we
hosted from UC-Berkeley won the top national award.
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Every day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium we
inspire change by investing in people and ideas,
and nurturing hope and aspiration.
– Julie Packard
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F I N A N C I A L
I N F O R M A T I O N
F I N A N C I A L
I N F O R M A T I O N
For the year ending December 31, 2014
SUPPORT AND REVENUES
2014
2013
Admissions.......................................................................................................... $40,295,000 $37,157,000
Contributions and Grants...................................................................................... 35,828,000 33,413,000
Memberships......................................................................................................... 11,348,000 10,117,000
Merchandising, Food Services and Rental Facilities.................................................. 6,118,000 5,413,000
Endowment Distribution......................................................................................... 3,893,000 3,500,000
Fee-Based Programs................................................................................................. 2,636,000 2,307,000
Other ........................................................................................................................ 693,000 234,000
Total Support and Revenues.............................................................................. $100,811,000 $92,141,000
Memberships
11%
Merchandising, Food Services
and Rental Facilities
6%
Contributions
and Grants
35%
Endowment Distribution
4%
Fee-Based Programs
3%
Other
1%
2014 SUPPORT
AND REVENUES
Admissions
40%
EXPENSES-PROGRAM SERVICES
Marine Life Exhibition and Care............................................................................ 31,200,000 28,464,000
Education and Outreach Programs......................................................................... 11,578,000 10,837,000
Guest Services and Marketing Programs................................................................ 12,325,000 10,381,000
Conservation and Science Programs......................................................................... 6,423,000 5,539,000
Merchandising and Food Services............................................................................. 2,946,000 2,627,000
Membership
Services
4%
EXPENSES-SUPPORT SERVICES
7,488,000
Rental Facilities ..................................................................................................... 1,320,000 1,189,000 Development........................................................................................................... 3,279,000 2,414,000
Membership Services............................................................................................... 1,980,000 1,852,000
Guest Services
and Marketing
19%
Management
and General
12%
Management and General........................................................................................ 8,074,000 Development
3%
2014 EXPENSES
Exhibits, Animal Care
and Programs
62%
Total Expenses ................................................................................................... $79,143,000 $70,791,000
Capital expenditures during 2014 totaled $20,611,000 and were primarily for the acquisition and preliminary development
of a property for the new Ocean Education and Leadership Center, as well as completion of the 2014 Tentacles exhibit, work
on the 2015 Mission to the Deep exhibit and aquarium infrastructure improvements.
AQUARIUM ATTENDANCE 2014
2013
General Admission.................................................................................................. 1,033,943 1,074,621
Member Visits ........................................................................................................... 523,169 458,052
Community Days / Free Visits ................................................................................... 255,115 206,434
Free School Visits....................................................................................................... 107,643 106,200
Group Visits............................................................................................................... 116,118 102,940
Private Events.............................................................................................................. 30,189 Total Attendance................................................................................................... 2,066,177 28,697 Private
Events
2%
Group Visits
6%
Community Days/
Free Visits
12%
2014 ATTENDANCE
1,976,944
General
Admission
50%
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Free School
Visits
5%
Member Visits
25%
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F I N A N C I A L
I N F O R M A T I O N
H O N O R I N G
B E T T Y
ENDOWMENT FUND GROWTH, IN THOUSANDS
Since the Aquarium was founded
30 years ago, Betty White has been
one of the most ardent supporters
and a champion for our work on
behalf of sea otters and all ocean
animals. Time and time again, she
has stepped up to help us fulfill our
vision of a future with a healthy
ocean for all.
$140,000
$120,000
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$0
$77,435
$78,278
$80,880
$113,051
$130,965
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Knowing that conservation of the ocean will be a
never-ending task, our Board of Trustees established our
Endowment Fund for the Future of the Oceans in 1996,
with a very generous lead gift of $1 million from Jane
and Marshall Steel, Jr. Since that time, many others have
contributed to our endowment. Our donors’ commitment
helps secure the future of our education, conservation
and science programs, and ensures that we can continue
our tradition of excellence in creating new exhibits that
inspire visitors to care about—and care for—the ocean.
our Children’s Education Endowment Fund in 2011.
Distributions from this fund support free admission
for thousands of schoolchildren every year.
Free access to the Aquarium for schoolchildren is
another longstanding tradition we have honored since
opening in 1984, and over 2 million schoolchildren
have visited the Aquarium free of charge. Working
with teachers and schools, we play a critical role in
providing experiences that engage students in science
and discovery. To ensure that schoolchildren in the
future enjoy the same opportunities, we established
Growing our endowment is a top priority. We are
deeply grateful to our donors whose gifts today and
through their wills and trusts will help advance our
work to inspire new generations of leaders, and build
a constituency for the future of the ocean.
Together, our endowment funds now total $131 million*
and provide a lasting source of support to advance our
mission to inspire conservation of the oceans. In 2014,
$3.9 million was distributed, providing critically needed
support for our programs and free admission
for schoolchildren.
*Our total endowment includes both donor-restricted and
board-designated gifts.
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W H I T E
Sea otters were her first love
and she has done so much to raise
awareness and support to aid in the
recovery of this threatened species.
In 2007, she led a campaign that
helped us raise $2 million toward our
Sea Otter Conservation program and
Wild About Otters special exhibition.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
Betty provided a major gift that
allowed us to rescue and transport
sea otters and penguins to Monterey
from the badly damaged Aquarium
of the Americas in New Orleans.
Throughout the years, she has visited
the Aquarium often—even helping
our veterinarian, Dr. Mike Murray,
during some of his sea otter exams.
Betty recognized early on that our
commitment to inspiring conservation
of the ocean is a long-term endeavor,
and last year she joined our Ocean
Legacy Circle. Since then she is
leading a campaign to encour­age
others to join her in creating a legacy
for the future of the oceans by adding
the Aquarium as a beneficiary in
their wills and trusts.
Whether she is championing
our work or sending her warm good
wishes to our staff and volunteers,
Betty’s commitment makes us proud
of what we do. She continues to
inspire and encourage us to do even
more to secure a future for ocean
wildlife. She believes passionately—
as does everyone who works here
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and who supports the Aquarium—
that what we are doing will have a
profound impact on the ocean for
generations to come.
Words cannot fully express how
deeply grateful we are for Betty’s
love, loyalty and dedication to the
Aquarium. Now, when the ocean
needs strong champions more
urgently than ever, Betty White
remains tireless in her support for all
that we do to advance our mission to
inspire conservation of the oceans.
Thank You
We wish to recognize our Leadership Council
and Packards’ Circle donors for helping us
accomplish so much on behalf of the ocean.
Leadership Council
of the Packards’ Circle
$100,000 and above
Anonymous
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Peter and Helen Bing
Bill and Tammy Crown
Kelly and Scott Dale
Pilar and Lew Davies
John and Jean De Nault
The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.
Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation
Elizondo/Campbell Foundation
Susan Ford Dorsey and Mike Dorsey
Franklin P. and Catherine Johnson
Lakeside Foundation
Jeanne and Bill Landreth
Shannon Madison and Giles Douglas
Hugh A. McAllister Jr.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Stephen C. Neal and Michelle Rhyu
Susan and Lynn Orr
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Priem Family Foundation
Wendy and Eric Schmidt
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Mary Solari
The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Jack Wheatley
Bill and Janne Wissel
$50,000 and above
$25,000 and above
Anonymous
The Cheng Family Foundation
Roberta and David Elliott
Flora Family Foundation
Claire Giannini Fund
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Joanne and Arthur Hall
Bob and Mary Litterman
Betty White Ludden
Mac and Leslie McQuown
Morgan Family Foundation
Anneke Neal
Yuanbi and Paul Ramsay
Mark Stevens and Mary Murphy
Alan Williams
Anonymous
David and Lyn Anderson
The Annenberg Foundation
Betty L. Bird
Nancy and Michael Burgermeister
Peggy Fossett
Lucille M. Jewett
The Dirk and Charlene
Kabcenell Foundation
Joan F. Lane
Worth and Andy Ludwick
Susan and Jay Mandell
Ian McNish
Peter and Dian Nielsen
Lori S. Nye
Frank and Denise Quattrone Foundation
Margaret Knowles Schink
Donna and John Shoemaker
Barbara Swain
Priscilla and Curtis Tamkin
Suzanne Francoeur Taunt and
Robert Oliver Taunt III
Dennis and Pinkie Terry
Yvonne Thorstenson and Brian Strom
James and Karen Tyler
Lisa and Mark Wan
The Woo Family
George Shultz, Julie Packard, Steve Neal
and Michael Bloomberg at our inaugural
David Packard Award Dinner, honoring our
first recipient George Shultz.
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D O N O R S
$10,000 and above
Anonymous
Chuck and Janet Adams
Katherine H. Alden
Robert and Angela Amarante
Laura and Jesse Ambrose
Paul and Debbie Baker
Susan K. Barnes and Guy L. Tribble
Ned and Jimi Barnholt
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
Denis Baylor and Erica Herman Baylor
Riley and Susie Bechtel
Jim and Roberta Bell
Susan and Steven Bell
Berger North Foundation
Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
Sean and Lynette Caplice
Peter Cartwright
Linda and Randall Charles
Les and Zora Charles
Linda and Randall Charles
Helen E. Charpentier
George Climo
George Cogan and Fannie Allen
Katy and Jason Curl
Laurie and Alan Dachs
Leonore Daschbach
Jack H. Davis
James and Nairi Davis
Roberta and Steven Denning
Heather Downs
Karen and Phil Drayer
Enlight Foundation
Mary Escalle
John and Jane Evans
John H.N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell
Spencer and Calla Fleischer
Francis Family Foundation
Tully and Elise Friedman
Elizabeth and Richard Fullerton
James and Susan Gaither
Tom and Mary Gallagher
The Gentleman Family
Clinton and Mary Gilliland
Howard L. Gosch
H. James and Gail Griggs
Genevieve and Jay Gudebski
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn
Griffith Harsh and Meg Whitman
Robin and Deborah Loker Hicks
Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang
Leslie and George Hume
Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation
Bob A. Johnson
Neil and Stephanie Johnston
Robert L. Jones and Catherine A. Rivlin
Andrew and Lura Kaplan
Yasuo and Kikumi Kida
José and Barbara Kirchner
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knabusch
William Knox Holt Foundation
Joanie and Scott Kriens
Wendy W. Kwok
Will and Stacey Lawton
Jane A. and Alan G. Lehman Foundation
Edmond D. Lock
Connie and Bob Lurie
Michael A. Mantell and Maxine Mantell
James and Suzi McElwee
The McMurtry Family Foundation
John and Mary Melo
W. J. Michaely and Jancy Rickman
John and Nadine Mills
Jim and Willy Mitchell
Nancy S. Mueller and Robert A. Fox
Wendy Munger and Leonard Gumport
The Curtis and Edith
Munson Foundation
Janet Morris Musson
Neukermans Family Fund
John and Marilyn Nickel
Vernon T. and Jane Bindl Oi
David and Joan O’Reilly
Laura and Kevin O’Shea
John and Libby Otte
Kristi and Tom Patterson
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Cary and Denise Phillips
Pisces Foundation
William C. and Sandra L. Pitts
Mary K. Powell
Purdy Legacy Foundation
Redwood Serenity Fund
Stephanie Reib and Thomas Weber
Maura and Hal Richardson
Leigh and Eddie Robinson
Rossi Family Foundation
Nancy B. Roth
Daryl and Mandy Salm
I. Schmid-Maybach
Jan and Bob Scott
Pat C. Seawell
Jeanette B. Sechrist
Connie and Kevin Shanahan
George and Charlotte Shultz
Colin and Erin Smith
Lonnie and Cheryl Smith
Laurence L. Spitters
Keith and Tricia Stephens
Candis Stern
Stephen and Lynn Storey
The Tevanian Family
Nariman and Gail Teymourian
Terri Tienken
Jack and LaDonna Valenti
Virginia and Peter Van Kuran
Reid and Susan Wagstaff
Bill and Mary Ann Westfield
Wiancko Family Donor Advised Fund
of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Brayton Wilbur Foundation
Jeanne and H. Michael Williams
Greg and Nancy Wilson
David and Susan Wirshup
Ward and Priscilla Woods
John and Valerie Wookey
George E. Young
Judi and Dave Zaches
D O N O R S
Packards’ Circle $5,000
and above
Anonymous
William and Jeanette Abbott
Neno Aiello and Judith Appleby
Keith Amidon and Rani Menon
Gladys H. Anenson
Rudy and Mary Bergthold
Ann Bingaman
Anne Bonaparte and Judd Williams
Borch Foundation
Diane Bordoni
Charles J. Bruhn, M.D.
Marion E. Burry
Meg Caldwell and Johan Klehs
The Keith Campbell Foundation
for the Environment
Judy and John Caouette
Maria Cardamone and Paul Matthews
Steven and Karin Chase
Donna Chiaro and John Cromwell
Joseph and Tina Clark
Gary and Mary Cary Coughlan
Timothy Dattels and Kristine
Johnson Foundation
James and Julia Davidson
Ducommun and Gross
Family Foundation
Barbara W. Deméré
William and Nancy Doolittle
Phyllis J. Dorricott
Kristina and Walt Drummond
Duane and Marlene Dunwoodie
Ken Endelman and Rosalind Van Auker
David and Sarah Epstein
Ted and Shannon Farrell
M. Jean Fisher
Marjorie Fisher
Ron and Norma Giovannetti
Michele Goins and Candice Philbrick
Marcia and John Goldman
Drew and Myra Goodman
Walter and Julie Haas
Eileen Hamilton
Ruth and Ben Hammett
D O N O R S
The Noble and Lorraine Hancock
Family Fund
David L. Harrington
James and Joyce Harris
Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau
Kathleen and George Hill
James C. Hillegass
Gloria and Phil Horsley
Erik Jones and Brian Jones
Jeremy and Lisa King
Alan and Caron Lacy
Elena and Jim Lawson
George Lucas Family Foundation
Diane J. Mahony
Peter and Joan McKee
Lenore and Dale Meyer
Joanna Miller
Susan and Bill Montgomery
Dean and LaVon Morton
John G. Most
John Murphy and Cassandra Briggs
Kevin and Mary Murphy
Helen and Ned Nemacheck
Tamara Ogorzaly and John S. Scurci
John and Tama Olver
Carrie and Greg Penner
Pyramid Painting, Inc.
Kathy Reavis and David Strohm
Walter and Ramona Reichl
Reinhold Foundation
Ann and Kanwal Rekhi
Paul Rembert
William and Suzanne Rempfer
James P. Rhemer
Henry and Beverly Rowen
Amy and Ignacio Sans
Mark Shull and Rebecca Ward
Tracey and Bob Simpson
Swete Family Fund
Henry Taniguchi
Pamela and Brian Uitti
Jefferson Waldron and Gail Korich
Pamela L. Walter-Durr
Jeanne and Leonard Ware
Joseph J. Weisenberger
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Brenda K. Wood
Linda and Koichi Yamaguchi
Packards’ Circle $2,500
and above
Anonymous
George and Judith Abbott
Airtec Service
Susan Akers
David and Janet Allard
John C. Ameling and
Susan A. Charbonneau
Ken and Robin Anderson
Scott and Kathy Anderson
Kristine Arredondo and Family
Bad Fish Brewing Company
Robert and Jean Baer
Tila Banuelos-Guerrero
Christina and James Bareuther
Charles L. Barndt Jr.
Richard Baumgartner and
Elizabeth Salzer
Barbara Baymiller
George and Desa Belyea Charitable Trust
Albert and Pamela Bendich
Sarah McCloud Berling
Tony and Cheryl Berumen
Joseph Beyer and Lisa Damico
Ed and Margaret Bierman
Lanetta E. Bishop
Gary and Carolyn Bjorklund
Garrett and Michelle Blake
Charlene Boarts
Kirk and Rebecca Bocek
Betty Boege
Barbara Bohn and Maya Bohn Pelle
Margaret J. Bohn
Olive and John Borgsteadt
Peter and Johnnie Borris
Barbara F. Borthwick and
Marilyn A. Steinhart
Caroline Bowker and Charles Bliss
Max and Barbara Boyer
Donald and Marianne Bradley
Michael and Sheila Brand
Steve and Jeanne Bricker
J. A. Britton
Ginger Brown and Thomas Savarino
Lisa and Josh Brown
Rodlyn Brown
David and Roberta Buell
Nancy Buerkel-Rothfuss and
Rick Buerkel
Tom and Caitlin Butler
Chris and Missy Callero
John Carey and Teresa Morales
Zola Carver
Cyr Ann and James Castle
John and Agnes Caulfield
John Celton
Joe and Judy Chappell
Maureen Chassy and Kelly Coleman
Frank Chen and Miki Tanaka
Don and Elissa Chennavasin
Steven and Susan Cheu
Bruce and Clara Chin
Candice Chin
Robert and Bobbé Christopherson
Dave and Allison Clark
David and Helen Clark
Mike and Connie Clark
Nancy Clark
Terry and Anne Clark
Lu and Woody Clum
Vicki Coe and Scott Mitchell
Mary G. Colburn
John and Lesley Colgrove
Sandy and Shaun Collard
Bud and Rebecca Colligan
Edward and Joan Conger
Scott Corwon
Tim and Ceal Craig
Judi and Jim Craik
The Crain Family
Yogen and Peggy Dalal
Joffa and Ellen Dale
Iris and Stephen Dart
Julia and Steve Davenport
John Dawson
Sandy and Cathy Dean
The DeCourcey Family
Frank and Debby Degnan
Charles de Guigne
LuAnn Deibert and Zane Stemple
Susan Del Bene and Kimberly Marlar
Julie Packard and Meg Whitman at our
David Packard Award Dinner.
Denise Devereaux and Steve Sharpe
Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson
Gary and Beverly Diefenbacher
Colleen Dilenschneider
Robert and Cynthia Dimand
Nancy and Hugh Ditzler
Bonnie and Rick Dlott
Rick and Diane Dobbins
Dick and Kit Doerr
Matt Domenici
Roberta Dooley
Linda Dotson and Andrew Forster
Dennis Dougherty and Heather Bowker
Mike and Connie Dowler
Pete and Christy Doyle
Thomas and Marilyn Draeger
Kristin and Friedrich Drees
Patricia Dubois
Kathleen and Eric Duncan
Margaret and Warren Dunning
Margaret Eaton and Ron Yara
Jack and Dorothy Edelman
Tom and Sally Edsall
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Catharina Elfrink-van Gorcum and
Wim Elfrink
The Engel Family
Anthony and Kristin Espiritu
Adrian and Melissa Estrada
Frank and Marcella Ettin
Kent and Lyn Evans
Bruce and Tina Fairbanks
Gloria and Chase Fenton
The Robert B. Fenton Family
Jeffrey Finley
Sean and Michelle Fitts
Leslie Foote
Julia and David Foster-Bates
Bill Frederick and Karen Frederick
Stephanie and William Frederick
Barry and Patty French
Susan French and Robert Hassing
Sue and Mortimer Fuller
Dorothy Furgerson and Carrie Reid
Ed and Mary Gallo
The Galloway Family
Sameer Gandhi and Monica Lopez
Tony Garowski and Rusty Rooks
Darlene Garton
Glenda Gavenman
T. D. and Doreen Geiszler
Luise Genzinger and Guenter Roeck
Jaswant S. Gill and Ravinderjit K. Gill
Regan Gill and Ernesto Reyes
Greg Gilley
Mel and Janice Goertz
Joseph and C.J. Golden
Neil and Diane Goodhue
Larry and Patty Goodman
Lawrence Goslinowski
Kevin, Martie and Al Graf
Ray and Ann Graf
Ken and Sue Greathouse
Jamie and Marritje Greene
M.R.C. Greenwood
Allan Grimes and Cindy Jarvis
Umang and Ruth Gupta
Michele and Brian Gustafson
Jim Hafner
D O N O R S
Packards’ Circle $2,500 and above
continued
Eric and Elaine Hahn
John and Enis Hall
Bill Hannon Foundation
Darla Harbaugh
Karen and Richard Hargrove
Becky and Stephen Harper
Andy and Jennifer Harris
George and Sally Harris
Marilyn Harris
Ruth S. Hartmann
Roger and Mary Hayashi
Donna Heinz
Lorna and Reuben Helick
David and Semele Heller
Alfred and Kathy Herbermann
Adrienne S. Herman
Andrée Hest and Deborah Wyatt
Peter and Linda Heylin
Jennifer and Timothy Ho
John P. Holton
Jeanne Hori and Tami Garcia-Hori
Lisa J. Horton
Jeff and Debbie Hotter
Ann Lee Hover
Shu-Dean and Deborah Hsu
Macduff and Twyla Hughes
Robert Hum and Lori Prince
John and Norma Humphries
J. Quincy and Carolyn Hunsicker
Philip Hunsucker and Kristi Helmecke
The James Irvine Foundation
William Ivie and Heather Murphy
Nancy Jackson and Jaime Delgadillo
Robert and Harriet Jakovina
Al and Mary Ann Jardine
Kathy and Bob Jaunich
Jim and Kristi Jenkins
Geeske Joel and Urs Hoelzle
Desmond Johnson and Theresa Nakatani
Elizabeth Johnson and Amy Orear
S. Allan and Marguerite L. Johnson
Thomas and Janet Joyce
Brian Judd
D O N O R S
Les Junge and Holly Joseph
Tara and Jeff Kahler
Jason and Jiyoung Kang
Stewart and Hilary Karlinsky
Victoria Kelleher-Christie
Todd and Lisa Kennedy
Patricia Kincaid
William King and Joann Yates
Christie and Terry Kirk
Mark Kohalmy and Carrie Lawton
Jan M. Kohlmoos
Jane Lubchenco, Wendy Schmidt and
Nancy Barrett at our David Packard
Award Dinner.
Marcy Koppenhaver and
Mardi Smith-Verschueren
David Korba and Kathleen Yu
Barbara Korp and Andrew St. Laurent
Nancy and Joseph Kovalik
George and Raimie Kriste
Dana and Sharon Krone
William and Kathleen Krueger
Don and Thelma Kuehn
Robert and Charlotte LaBerge
Barbara and David Laidlaw
Douglas Lee and Kellee Noonan
Peter Y. Lee
Jack and Ruth Lemein
Karen Lenoski
Dennis and Alisha Lin
Robert T. Lindsay
Janyce Lipson
Layne Lisser
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Peggy Lance and Joseph Little
Timothy and Patricia Lockyer
Jim and Kathryn Lodato
William and Irene Love
Colin Ma, MD, and
Laurie Christensen, MD
Mackenzie Family
Paul S. Mackley and Holly Jill St. John
In honor of Robert G. MacNaughton
Evelyn and David Macway
Jon Paul Magan and Tanya Reiss
Sally L. Maggio
David and Martha Magnuson
Chris and Melody Malachowsky
Lars and Marin Mapstead
Joe and Sheila Mark
Frank and Judith Marshall Foundation
Gordon Martin
Gene and Daneen Matts
Jason and Linda May
Thomas and Mary McCary
Sue McCloud
John and Charlotte McConkie
Jane D. McCune
Phil and Carolyn McIntyre
The McKay Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County
Andrew and Vera McLean
Rod and Peggy McMahan
James Medeiros and Lori Kraus
Victor Merlino
Richard and Grace Merrill
Gayle Mester
Fred and Phyllis Meurer
Andrew Mihalik and Michael Mihalik
Forrest and Cynthia Miller
Joyce and Pat Milligan
Michael and Sharon Mitchell
Ania Mitros and Seth Laforge
Clara Moehlman and Nate Moehlman
Maria Moesch and Craig Aufenkamp
Jo Ellen Moore
Mark Moore and Lucia Valerio
Robert and Mary Ann Moore
David and Shara Morishige
The Motoyama Family
David and Susan Mullen
Paul and Judy Myers
Susan and John Myers
John and Connie Neil
Jill Nelson Lynch
Elinor T. Newman and Gary Irving
Anais C. Nguyen and Michael P. Lepisto
Sheila Farr Nielsen
Roger and Ann Noll
Sally and Craig Nordlund
Eric and Yvonne Norrbom
Lowell and Wilda Northrop
Ron and Katerina Nydam
Tsuneo and Anne Oda
Joseph O’Daniel and Betty Robinson
Tom and Lillian Oliveri
Jeff and Jennifer Olsen
Ruthann Olsen
Katy and David Orr
Laura and Tom Overett
Christopher and Donna Paisley
Vilma K. Pallette
Parker and Crosland LLP
John and Cathy Parks
John Payne and Christine Short
Frank Perdue and Vicki Bosmans
Sharon and Judd Perry Family
Pamela Pescosolido
Betty-Jo Petersen
Janet and Bert Peterson
Alex and Roxanne Petruncola
Patrick and Anne Petruno
Liz and Mike Phillips
James Piburn and Donna Kaspar
The Pickert Family
Judy and Bruce Player
Alicia and Adam Potolsky
Heather and Frederick Prelle
Peter and Penny Purdue
Anne and Sam Raimondi
Carol Ann Randle
Jennifer Randolph
Morgan L. Rankin
The Rapparini Family
Carla Reeves and Dustie Burley
Charles Rennie and Teresa Nakashima
Jack and Margo Restrick
Donald and Susan Rice
Ellen Duff Richardson
Larry and Kathi Ridley
Don and Sharon Ritchey
Barbara F. Roach
Anmarie B. Roache
Craig and Laurel Robertson
Mark D. Roos and Catherine Rossi-Roos
Jay and Debra Rossi
David and Karen Rossum
Rich and Janet Rowley
Allen and Cindy Ruby
Brian and Marty Rudd
Glenn and Patricia Rudebusch
Allen and Pam Rudolph
Neil Rudolph and Susan Cluff
Kim Russell and Larry Walker
In memory of Mrs. Linda Rutigliano
Robert Ryon
Michael Scharfenstein
Frank and Denise Schiavone
B. Schilling and R. Carr
Stephen Schleimer and Cyndi Sherman
Steve Schramm and Diane Schweitzer
Carlleen and Lary Scott
The Scott Fund of the Community
Foundation for Monterey County
Jerry and Lynda Seibert
Will and Mary Shaw Fund
of the Community Foundation
for Monterey County
Cliff and Michelle Shedd
Dennis Shen and Amy Hsu
Roderick and Laurie Shepard
Chuck and Sherry Shepardson
John and Colleen Silcox
Silicon Valley Aquarium Society
Michael and Claire Silver
Pamela Silver and Jeff Way
Nancy Siverson
George and Elisabeth Skou
Joe Slafkosky and Sue Hurst
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Ken and Phyllis Sletten
The Slonek Family
Gordon R. Smith
Joel and Dennette Smith
Te Smith
William H. Smith
Maurine and Mark Solomonson
Suzanne and Mark Spradley
Virginia W. Srsen
Mark and Jean Stanley
Matthew and Alexis Stauffer
Raymond and Joan Stevenson
June Duran Stock
Steven and Som Stone
Sandra Stoppoloni and
Gina Stathacopoulos
Dean and Joanne Storkan
Mary and Justin Stottlemyer
Robert Sudduth and
Deborah Love-Sudduth
John and June Sullivan
Summers Family Fund
Carl Sutton and Hollie Wilent
Gwen and Harold Sweeney
James and Cheryl Teare
John and Sandi Thompson
Peter and Anne Thorp
Kirsi and Erik Tiemroth
Maureen Murphy Tolson
Albert and Elizabeth Torres
TOSA Foundation
Robert and Marion Trentman-Morelli
Tuolumne Radiology Group, Inc.
Barry and Cathy Twycross
W. Sloan and Priscilla Upton
James Valentine
Ricardo and Maria Vallejo
James Vanlandingham
Mary Ann Vasconcellos and Dave Smiley
Mary Vinciguerra and Gail Pinnell
Jeptha and Elizabeth Wade
Larry and Maria Wagner
Donald L. and Anna T. Waite
Bob and Judy Walker
Ted and Cynthia Walter
D O N O R S
Packards’ Circle $2,500 and above
continued
Keith and Sandra Wells
James and Jo Westbrook
Annette Wheeler and Daniel Kelly
Timothy and Anne Wheelis
Barbara J. White
Kathleen White
Michael and Julie White
Mary Wickum
John M. Wied and Cindy Anderson
Marie and Shelley Wilkinson
Henry Dean Willard
Andrew John and Laurie Beth Wilson
Marc and Sandy Wilson
Melanie and Alan Wirtanen
Bertram and Joyce Witham
David and Priscilla Witt
Tim and Starleen Wood
Wonderfully Raw Gourmet
Gail and Chris Wright
Jerry and Sheila Wroblewski
Danielle and Jed York
William York and Shawn Lampron
Derek and Cheryl Young
Aline and Eric Younge
Joe and Alessandra Zarate-Sanderlin
Steve Zelencik
Marsha McMahan Zelus
John and Dulcenia Zink
Gordon and Jane Zook
André and Kathleen Zunino
We appreciate the following
Institutional Contributors and
Business Partners
$10,000 and above
Anonymous
Agilent Technologies
ARAMARK
The Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
California Coastal Commission’s
Whale Tail Grants Program
Chevron Corporation
Children’s Miracle Network,
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Cisco Foundation
Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc.
Earthbound Farm
Estancia Winery
Fry’s Electronics
General Electric
Google
The Hess Collection Winery
HP Corporate Fund
IBM
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Kaiser Permanente
Kellogg Supply, Inc.
McKinsey & Company
Monterey Peninsula Foundation,
host of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation
Niman Ranch
Noyce Foundation
Ocean Naturals
Pebble Beach Company Foundation
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
Resources Legacy Fund
Salesforce
Service Systems Associates
The Sobrato Organization
Two X Sea
Union Bank
United States Environmental
Protection Agency
Verlasso
Wells Fargo
Whole Foods Market
$2,500 and above
Adobe Systems Inc.
Annieglass
Richard Blais and Bravo’s Top Chef Duels
Chambers & Chambers
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
The Dow Chemical Company
EHDD
Epicurean Group
Finch Montgomery Wright LLP
Frank M. Booth, Inc.
Fund for the Environment
of the Community Foundation
for Monterey County
Genentech
Granite Construction Company
InterContinental The Clement Monterey
Jekel Vineyards
Johnson & Johnson
Mars, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Nordic Naturals
Ocean’s Halo Seaweed Chips
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Portola Hotel & Spa
Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery
TCHO Chocolates
VMWare
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Writer: Angela Hains Photo Research: Kris Ingram Photos: Corey Arnold (2), Charlene Boarts (16-17), Mark Conlin/Seapics.com (14),
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