Aerial view of a waterfront city with a bridge, various boats on the water, residential houses, green trees, and industrial areas in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
A woman with reddish blonde hair, wearing a beige textured jacket with gold buttons and gold earrings, standing with arms crossed in a store with shelves of fabric and assorted packages or materials in the background.

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
    Chief of Staff
    603.318.24865
    rnovack@sbmuseum.org

  • Elizabeth Farish
    Chief Curator
    603.422.7526
    efarish@sbmuseum.org

    Alexandra Martin
    Archaeologist
    603.422.7521
    amartin@sbmuseum.org

    Sydney Rue
    Collections Manager
    603.422.7524
    srue@sbmuseum.org

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

    Megan McNutt, Membership and Donor Stewardship Manager
    603.422.7508
    mmcnutt@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

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

    Maddie Beihl
    Education Program Coordinator
    603.433.1106
    mbeihl@sbmuseum.org

    Katie Raynes
    Roleplaying Coordinator
    603.792.0825
    kraynes@sbmuseum.org

  • James Connally
    Director of Events
    603.828.2979
    jconnally@sbmuseum.org

    Leah Manning
    Events Coordinator
    603.422.7502
    lmanning@sbmuseum.org

  • Jodi Black
    Vice President of Preservation, Facilities, and Landscapes
    jblack@sbmuseum.org

    Rodney Rowland
    Director of Environmental 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

    Isaac Wright
    Landscape Horticulturist
    iwright@sbmuseum.org

  • Sarah Terenzio
    Chief Financial Officer
    603.422.7518
    sterenzio@sbmuseum.org


    Jennifer McCann
    Finance Manager
    603.422.7516
    jmccann@sbmuseum.org

    Cathy Hazelton
    Office Coordinator
    603.433.1104
    chazelton@sbmuseum.org

  • Veronica Lester
    Director of Marketing, Communications, and Guest Services
    603.766.2496
    vlester@sbmuseum.org

    Krysten Schmelzer
    Guest Services Manager
    603.473.4814
    kschmelzer@sbmuseum.org

  • Jonathan Brown
    Director of Retail and Public Programs
    603.433.1100
    jbrown@sbmuseum.org

    Sarah Regan
    Retail and Public Programs Coordinator
    603.241.1644
    sregan@sbmuseum.org

Board of Trustees

A woman with short, reddish-brown hair and red glasses, smiling and wearing a black top with an orange-brown scarf. She is sitting in a chair with striped upholstery, in a cozy, home-like setting.

Kathy Williams Kane
Chair of the Board of Trustees
All Committees, Ex Officio

Kathy Williams Kane is the founder and manager of The Maestro Fund, a private equity real estate investment fund dedicated to long-term investment in New England real estate. She also founded Maestro Consulting which advises companies and institutions on strategic methodologies and investment analysis for existing portfolios or development projects in the commercial real estate world. Maestro Consulting formerly ran the State of New Hampshire’s New Market Tax Credit program and acted as Director of Real Estate for Resolute Capital, a national private equity company.

Kane has attained both the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) designations, distinctions held by only a small percentage of commercial real estate professionals nationwide.

In addition to her role at Strawbery Banke, Kane currently serves as Treasurer of Society of Office and Industrial Realtors of New England and as Secretary of Portsmouth Housing Authority Development Board. She has served on numerous other boards, including as Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Chair of Development for Leadership NH, and as member of the Board of Overseers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She has also previously served as Chair of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and as a board member of the Foundation for Seacoast Health and Exeter Hospital Children’s Committee.

Claudia Wu, Vice Chair
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Governance Committee

David McGrath, Secretary
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Governance Committee
Rink Committee

Christopher W. Erikson, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Finance Committee, Chair
Investment Committee

Joanna Brode
Development Committee
Collections Committee, Co-Chair

Martha Fuller Clark
Governance Committee
Development Committee

Patrick Collins
Governance Committee
Rink Committee, Chair

Marcia Cronin
Collections Committee, Co-Chair
Development Committee
Governance Committee
National Council, Chair

Tim Dempsey
Investment Committee, Chair

Cynthia Fenneman
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Development Committee
Finance Committee
Governance Committee

Jeffrey Gilbert
Governance Committee, Chair

Tamara Henderson
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Finance Committee
Investment Committee

Mark Hubbert
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Development Committee

Lorne Jones
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Development Committee, Ex Officio
Technology Committee

David Kanner
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Development Committee
Investment Committee
Vintage & Vine Committee

Joanna Kelley
Vintage & Vine Committee, Co-Chair

Jill McFarland
Rink Committee
Technology Committee, Chair
Rink Committee

Denise Menelly
Finance Committee
Technology Committee

Reagan Ruedig
Buildings & Grounds Committee, Chair

David White
Development Committee, Chair
Finance & Audit Committee
Governance Committee
Technology Committee