Linnea Grim
President and CEO, Thomas W. Haas Endowed Chair
603.433.1103
lgrim@sbmuseum.org

Linnea Grim joined Strawbery Banke in 2023 after most recently serving as the vice president of Guest Experiences for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private nonprofit that owns and operates Monticello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Grim has 23 years of experience working in leadership positions at nationally relevant historic sites, history organizations, and in the Office of the Curator at the Supreme Court of the United States. She spent the last 16 years at Monticello serving as Hunter J. Smith Director of Education & Visitor Programs and Manager of Interpretive Programs prior to joining Monticello’s executive team in 2021. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from The College of William and Mary, and a Master’s degree in history museum studies from The Cooperstown Graduate Program.

  • Linnea Grim, President and CEO, Thomas W. Haas Endowed Chair
    603.433.1103
    lgrim@sbmuseum.org

    Rachel Novack, Administrative Assistant to the President
    603.433.1104
    rnovack@sbmuseum.org

  • Elizabeth Farish, Chief Curator
    603.422.7526
    efarish@sbmuseum.org

    Alexandra Martin, Archaeologist
    603.422.7521
    amartin@sbmuseum.org

    Poleena Vassiliev, Collections Manager
    603.422.7524
    pvassiliev@sbmuseum.org

    Sydney Rue, Curatorial Assistant

  • Joe April, Director of Development
    603.422.7551
    japril@sbmuseum.org

    Megan McNutt, Membership and Donor Stewardship Manager
    603.422.7508
    mmcnutt@sbmuseum.org

    Wendy McCoole, Corporate and Community Engagement Manager
    603.422.7552
    wmccoole@sbmuseum.org

    Eve Southworth, Grant and Foundations Relations Manager
    603.433.1109
    esouthworth@sbmuseum.org

  • Bekki Coppola, Director of Education
    603.422.7541
    bcoppola@sbmuseum.org

    Jonathan Brown, Director of Visitor Services
    603.433.1100
    jbrown@sbmuseum.org

    Bethany Allen, Manager of Interpretation and Education 603.422.7545
    bhallen@sbmuseum.org

    Katie Raynes, Roleplaying Coordinator
    603.422.7545
    kraynes@sbmuseum.org

    Sarah Regan, Visitor Services Coordinator
    603.241.1644
    sregan@sbmuseum.org

  • Rodney Rowland, Director of Facilities and Sustainability
    603.422.7525
    rrowland@sbmuseum.org

    Bryan Cuddihee, Maintenance & Event Operations Manager
    bcuddihee@sbmuseum.org

    Dan Smith, Restoration Assistant
    dsmith@sbmuseum.org

    Chris Higgins, Custodial and Security Coordinator
    chiggins@sbmuseum.org

    Matt Kochka, Manager of Landscape Horticulture
    mkochka@sbmuseum.org

    Harrison Paradis-Collins, Landscape Horticulturist
    hparadiscollins@sbmuseum.org

    Andrew Towne, Landscape Horticulturist
    atowne@sbmuseum.org

  • Sarah Terenzio
    Director of Finance
    sterenzio@sbmuseum.org

    Jennifer McCann
    Finance Manager
    603.422.7516
    jmccann@sbmuseum.org

  • Laura Towne
    Director of Human Resources, Volunteers, & Interns
    603.792.0825
    ltowne@sbmuseum.org

  • Veronica Lester, Director of Marketing
    603.766.2496
    vlester@sbmuseum.org

Board of Trustees

Cynthia Fenneman
Chair of the Board of Trustees
All Committees, Ex Officio

Cynthia Fenneman is President Emeritus of American Public Television, the leading syndicator to PTV stations of well-known programs including "Rick Steves Europe", "America’s Test Kitchen", "Doc Martin", and "Midsomer Murders." For the past 20 years, APT has distributed 25-50% of public television’s top 100 highest-rated titles. Its international division, APT Worldwide, is a key distributor of non-fiction content to more than 140 countries and streaming services. With more than 35 years of broadcasting management experience in commercial, cable network, and public television, Fenneman has led public media in strategic and creative directions – launch of Create TV, the popular lifestyle channel; distribution of WORLD, the nonfiction and documentary channel; online streaming initiatives, APT Podcast Studios, and innovative content pitch competitions. 

Prior to APT, her career includes Discovery Health Channel, PBS, NHPTV, KYW/Philadelphia, KPIX/San Francisco, and WJZ/Baltimore. Fenneman’s credits range from the "Live Aid" special, U.S. Presidential Debates and Evening/PM Magazine, to A&E "Biography," "Ciao Italia" with Mary Ann Esposito, and PBS documentaries. She has been honored with more than 40 international, national and regional awards, including 12 Emmys and a Peabody, and is a frequent juror for the International Emmys, duPont-Columbia Awards, Seoul International Drama Awards, and others.

She has served on numerous boards including Children’s Museum of Portsmouth, Pontine Theatre, Appalachian Mountain Club’s Board of Advisors, Harvard Travellers Club, Latino Public Broadcasting, Junior League of Boston, and Strawbery Banke Museum.

Katherine Williams Kane, Vice Chair
Investment Committee
Campaign Steering Committee
Executive Committee
Real Properties Committee
Finance & Audit Committee

Jeffrey Gilbert, Secretary
Executive Committee
Campaign Steering Committee
Development Committee

Christopher W. Erikson, Treasurer
Finance & Audit Committee, Chair
Exectutive Committee
Real Properties Committee

Joanna Brode
Collections Committee, Chair

JerriAnne Boggis
Penhallow Restoration Task Force
Governance Committee

Martha Fuller Clark
Governance Committee
Campaign Steering Committee

Patrick Collins

Tim Dempsey
Investment Committee, Chair

Sarah Earnest
Development Committee, Chair
Special Events Task Force Committee

Thomas Hand
Real Properties Committee, Chair

Lorne Jones
National Council, Chair
Development Committee, Ex Officio

Joanna Kelley
Special Events Task Force Committee, Chair

David McGrath
Governance Committee, Chair

Patsy Ostrander
Investment Committee

Scott Pueschel
Finance & Audit Committee

Brett Tonks
Finance & Audit Committee
Development Committee

David White

Claudia Wu
Governance Committee
Development Committee