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

    Philip Goulet
    Administrative Assistant to the President
    603.433.1104
    pgoulet@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

    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

    Maddie Beihl
    Camp Coordinator
    mbeihl@sbmuseum.org

    Katie Raynes
    Roleplaying Coordinator
    603.422.7545
    kraynes@sbmuseum.org

    Sarah Regan
    Visitor Services Coordinator
    603.241.1644
    sregan@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

    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-Miller
    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

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 Museum, 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
Governance Committee
Development Committee

David McGrath, Secretary
Executive Committee
Governance Committee, Chair

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

Joanna Brode
Collections Committee, Co-Chair

Patrick Collins
Development Committee
Governance Committee

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

Tim Dempsey
Investment Committee, Chair

Sarah Earnest
Development Committee, Chair
Special Events Task Force Committee

Cynthia Fenneman

Jeffrey Gilbert
Development Committee

Tamara Henderson
Finance & Audit Committee
Real Properties Committee

Lorne Jones
Development Committee, Ex Officio

David Kanner
Investment Committee
Real Properties Committee

Joanna Kelley
Special Events Task Force Committee, Chair

Jill McFarland
Rink Committee
Technology Committee, Chair

Reagan Ruedig
Real Properties Committee

Brett Tonks
Finance & Audit Committee
Development Committee

David White
Finance & Audit Committee
Governance Committee