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

    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

    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 Enviornmental 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

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
Executive Committee
Finance & Audit Committee
Investment Committee
Real Properties Committee

Jeffrey Gilbert, Secretary
Executive Committee
Development Committee

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

Joanna Brode
Collections Committee, Co-Chair

Martha Fuller Clark
Governance Committee

Patrick Collins
Development Committee
Governance Committee

Marcia Cronin
Collections Committee, Co-Chair

Tim Dempsey
Investment Committee, Chair

Sarah Earnest
Development Committee, Chair
Special Events Task Force Committee

Thomas Hand
Real Properties Committee, Chair

Tamara Henderson
Finance & Audit Committee
Real Properties Committee

Lorne Jones
National Council, Chair
Development Committee, Ex Officio

David Kanner
Investment Committee
Real Properties Committee

Joanna Kelley
Special Events Task Force Committee, Chair

David McGrath
Governance Committee, Chair

Patsy Ostrander
Investment Committee

Reagan Ruedig
Real Properties Committee

Brett Tonks
Finance & Audit Committee
Development Committee

David White
Finance & Audit Committee
Governance Committee

Claudia Wu
Governance Committee
Development Committee