Convergence
THE HURRICANE ISLAND CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP’S CORE BELIEF IS IN THE POWER OF BRINGING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES TO AN ISSUE OR PROBLEM.
In 2024, we launched Convergence, which focused on how the intersection of science and art shape perception. Connecting students, scientists, and teachers with each other and with opportunities for meaningful research and learning on Hurricane Island is at the heart of what we do.
Given the complexity of the world in which we live, it is more important than ever to understand how to examine data, process information, and make informed decisions. This is what we teach at Hurricane Island.
For the third year in a row, Hurricane Island was honored to be a recipient of funding from Governor Janet Mills’ Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative. With a gift of $267,000, Hurricane Island provided many students from across the state of Maine with their first experience on a boat and on an island.
This past year we expanded our Educational Cohort Model, bringing students and teachers from Aroostook County, Midcoast Maine, Portland and Boston together for hands-on marine science learning. New partnerships were forged and existing collaborations strengthened in support of hands-on STEM initiatives in local schools and communities.
Convergence is also central to our scientific pursuits. Hurricane Island’s geographic location at the intersection of the eastern and western Maine coastal currents makes it an ideal site for marine research, and the abundance of life in the intertidal zone and surrounding waters provides a rich environment for student learning.
In 2024 we launched our Pen Bay Marine Data Project. Our two oceanographic buoys, Wynken off Hurricane Island and Blynken off Isleboro, will provide real time information about our coast and ocean — data that will fill a gap in information being collected by the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems to serve the needs of fishermen, mariners and coastal businesses and communities in New England.
As we find ways to engage our students in scientific inquiry we are integrating more opportunities to use art as a hands-on strategy for looking more closely at the natural world.
We are extraordinarily proud of the many and varied ways our work has had a meaningful impact on the lives of the people we serve. Thank you for being partners with us in this work. We hope you enjoy reading the details of this past year in our Annual Report.
Jay Braatz Board Chair
Bo Hoppin Executive Director
2024 STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES*
OPERATING REVENUE
EXPENSES
RESTRICTED CAPITAL REVENUE
RESTRICTED CAPITAL EXPENSES
Revenue Earned and Raised: $3,066,091
Science, Education and Capital Expenses: $3,310,058
EDUCATING AND EQUIPPING
A MORE SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATE SOCIETY
Hurricane Island’s Education Programs continued to expand in 2024, with support from the Maine Department of Education and our partners and neighbors in Penobscot Bay. We provided many Maine students with their first experiences on a boat and on an island, making an impact with outdoor learning that will stay with students for years to come.
Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative
For the third year in a row, Hurricane Island was delighted to receive funding from the Maine Department of Education’s Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative that helped us reach hundreds of new students with our hands-on science learning programs. In 2024 we developed new partnerships with the Lisbon School, Casco Bay High School, and the Presque Isle High School, providing meaningful hands-on learning to students who had never before experienced the wonders of Maine’s islands and coastline.
Total On Island Program Participants:
1184
79
Total On Island Programs: Countries Represented:
4-H Aquaculture (Maine Dept. of Education)
Aaron’s Presents (Andover, MA)
Apprentice Learning (Jamaica Plain, MA)
Belfast Area High School (Belfast, ME)
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (Belfast, ME)
Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences (East Boothbay, ME)
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center (Bryant Pond, ME)
Cambridge School of Weston (Weston, MA)
Camden Rockport Elementary School (Rockport,ME)
Chewonki (Wiscasset, ME)
Children’s House Montessori (Camden, ME)
Deer Isle High School (Deer Isle, ME)
Eaglebrook School (Deerfield, MA)
Epiphany School (Dorchester, MA)
Five Town Community School District (Camden, ME)
Fort Kent High School (Fort Kent, ME)
Gameloft I Know ME (Belfast, ME)
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Teaching Climate Resilience
This year, Hurricane Island received funding from the Maine DOE to deliver climate-focused teacher professional development in partnership with the North Haven School and the Vinalhaven School. Teachers worked with climate action groups to design and implement learning projects for their students and communities, addressing local challenges to build community resilience.
Cultivating strategic partnerships with local schools and regional educational organizations such as Shelburne Farms positions Hurricane Island as a leader in the field. Our partnerships and professional development programs are expanding the network of educators dedicated to teaching climate resiliency in schools throughout New England.
2024 School & Program Partners
Gould Academy (Bethel, ME)
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (Camden, ME)
Island Institute (Rockland, ME)
Islesboro Central School (Islesboro, ME)
Landing Place (Rockland, ME)
Lisbon Schools (Lisbon, ME)
Maine Conservation Corps (Augusta, ME)
Manomet Conservation Sciences (Brunswick, ME)
Merrymeeting Adult Education (Topsham, ME)
Midcoast School of Technology (Rockland, ME)
Morning in Maine (Rockland, ME)
Nobleboro Central School (Nobleboro, ME)
North Hampton School (North Hampton, NH)
North Haven Community School (North Haven, ME)
Northeast High School (Philadelphia, PA)
O2 for Life Rainforest Foundation (Lexington, MA)
Oceanside High School (Rockland, ME)
Pomfret School (Pomfret, CT)
Presque Isle High School (Presque Isle, ME)
Rutherford Island Studio (Damariscotta, ME)
Shelburne Farms (Shelburne, VT)
Skidompha Public Library (Damariscotta, ME)
Troy Howard Middle School (Belfast, ME)
University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute (Durham, NH)
United People Global (Geneva, Switzerland)
University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute (Walpole, ME)
Vinalhaven Land Trust (Vinalhaven, ME)
Vinalhaven School (Vinalhaven, ME)
Waterman’s Community Center (North Haven, ME)
Wilderness Medical Associates (Portland, ME)
World Ocean School (Boston, MA)
REMOVING ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL BARRIERS TO ALLOW BROADER ACCESS TO HURRICANE ISLAND
Integrating Education and Research
In 2024 our educators worked with students from across the midcoast region and neighboring island schools to collect the scallop “spat” we use to seed our scallop farm. Our Assistant Education Director, Kyle Amergian, and Aquaculture Farm Manager, Madison Maier, also helped teachers on Isleboro set up their own scallop farm for education purposes. We are thrilled to receive consistent press coverage for our unique approach to integrating education with scientific data collection.
In the Island Journal: Students contribute to ‘archipelago of knowledge’
In the Portland Press Herald: Maine researchers, students are sorting through muck and slugs to study baby scallops
On News Channel WABI 5: Students take deep dive into Maine scallop education
In the Midcoast Villager: Islesboro’s Offshore Educator
Percent of Open Enrollmant Students on Scholarship: Average
Percent of Participants returning as Alums:
We put these bags out at the end of September and they sat out there. This set of bags was just brought in and now the kids are out there, they’re getting wet, they’re picking all the baby scallops off of the mesh and then we set them out and quantify them. And it really is like gold panning.”
–Phoebe Jekielek, Ph.D.
2024 PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT DAYS DELIVERED BY PROGRAM TYPE
Isleboro, Vinalhaven students sort spat with Hurricane Island
RESPONDING TO COMMUNITYDRIVEN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Sustainable Aquaculture Workshops
This year saw the continuation of our Aquaculture Skillbuilding Workshops. These free workshops provided over 50 members of the Penobscot Bay community with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and hands-on experience with sustainable scallop aquaculture.
From the Sea Up
This past summer, our aquaculture work was featured in the Island Institute’s “From the Sea Up” podcast in a story about Hurricane Island’s innovative workforce training and education for Maine’s Blue Economy. The episode explores how work with students, researchers, fishermen, and ocean harvesters can benefit Penobscot Bay’s ecology and economy.
The Penobscot Bay Marine Data Project
2024 saw major progress on the Pen Bay Marine Data Project, an initiative to deploy oceanographic buoys in Penobscot Bay and provide long term marine data sets to the fishing and scientific communities. We developed a data-driven site selection process with community input and support from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to determine locations for the buoys and to permit them as private aids to navigation. Additionally, we’ve collaborated with the Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems to develop a plan for real time data to be made accessible via their Mariner’s Dashboard Data Portal.
Biodegradable Gear for Anti-biofouling in Shellfish Farming
In our first year of funding from The Nature Conservancy’s SOAR Program (Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration) we piloted a sustainable anti-biofouling solution for shellfish farmers which used biodegradable nets to keep lantern nets clean. This innovative design may offer solutions for reducing labor and plastics in keeping nets clean.
WEATHERING THE STORMS, BUILDING FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
In early 2024, storm surges lead to historic water levels along the Maine coastline, with record-breaking tides destroying homes, roads, wharves, gear, and other infrastructure along the working waterfront. While many waterfront structures were severely damaged by the storms, the Hurricane Island Field Research Station, designed to meet FEMA regulations for water level rise, withstood the storm without any damage. This climate mitigation strategy is built into the facility’s design and models building practices shifting to meet the evolving challenges of climate-related weather events. This story was covered on Newscenter Maine and in the Pen Bay Pilot.
While many waterfront structures were severely damaged by the 2024 storms, the Hurricane Island Field Research Station, designed for climate resiliency, remained unscathed.
MODELING ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE
We are implementing and modeling innovative technologies through the Hurricane Island Field Research Station and campus-wide infrastructure.
Preserving and protecting our place on Hurricane Island through continued investment.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ENDURING GENEROSITY OF OUR 2024 DONORS.
A special thanks to our Spring Tide Supporters, whose names are noted in blue on the following pages. Spring Tide Supporters have made five or more consecutive annual donations demonstrating their commitment to Hurricane Island. We are honored to include their names among the list of our most dedicated supporters.
Fred Adair and Catherine Steiner-Adair
Thomas M. & Nancy S. Albertson
Madelaine L. Alexander & Jon F. Kerr
Holly & David Ambler
Kyle Amergian S
Thomas & Mary Amory HS
Eric L. Anderson & Jan L. Frost
Andrew & Lexanne Anderson-Bell
Rosie Andrews & Peter Thomas
Richard & Muriel Arms
William Aughton
Eliza Cocroft Bailey
Barney & Caroline Baker
Katharine Baker & Peter Titelman
Malcolm Baker & Christina Wood HS
Jeanne Bamforth
Michael Banks
Thomas Clark Barron & Chistine Hjorth
Susan L. Bartovics
Katie & Chip Bauer HS
Megan Bauer BoD, HS
Frederick B. & Cynthia R. Beams
Andrew J. Bendheim BoD, HS
Kerry Bennett & Matt Bennett HS
Peter & Nancy Bennett
Nicholas & Molly Berry
Miriam & Norwood Beveridge
Elizabeth Bickford
Mike & Geoff Bird
Arthur Blackett
Frank I. Blair TS, HS
Stephen Blatt & Lynn Krauss
Sheila Bodine
Constance C. Bodurow
Greta Bolinger S
Merry & Jim Boone
Jodi Bornstein & Patrick Cobbs & Audrey Cobbs
Joy Bowles
Margaret J. Braatz & Eric Buck BoD, HS
Susan M. Braatz
Edward Brainard and Florence Lusk
Laura Louise Breyer HS
Alfred Brown
Eric Brown & Jean Camuso
Foy & Lydia Brown
Nicholas I. Brown
Thomas Brown
Willard and Nancy Brown
Davies & Mary Browne
Doug & Dale Bruce
Jane Bryden & Christopher Krueger
Whitney & Clark L. Bullock
Reed Bundy & Kelly Fanning HS
Calvert Burkhart
Eleanore Goldberg & Malcolm Burson
Edwin F. & Liza Rey Butler
G. Wylie Cable
Mary Cabot TS
Dr. Arthur & Alexandra Wettlaufer
Carpenter
Chris and Laura Carrigan BoD, HS
Drucilla Carter HS
Ilene Carver
Chase Castner
David Chambers & Christine Vincent
Xiaoming Cheng
Mrs. Lois Cheston
Jonathan Choate & Katharine Leggat
Thomas M. & Rachel C. Claflin
Delia Clark & Tim Traver
Elissa Close and Christopher Brady
Bruce & Sherry Cobb
Matthew Cobb & Rosemary Shea-Cobb
Neil & Carrie Colan
Douglass M. & Katherine B. Compton
Henry Conklin & Carol Pierson
David Conover & Beverly Slade BoD, HS
William & Nancy Constable
Charlotte & William Cook
J. Linzee Coolidge
Barry D. Copp
IN HONOR OF
The Bauer Family
Jay Braatz
Jay Braatz & Eric Buck
David Conover & Beverly Slade
Conservation Media Group
Heather Deese and Mike Wood
Don & Lesley Gibbs
Barney & Christie Hallowell
Nate Hathaway
John Hinckley
Bo & Jess Hoppin
Hurricane Island Staff
Alec Knowles
Jennifer Mathews
Ellen Mecray & Steve Remsen
Bob Perkins
David Rice
Cyrene Slegona
Rick Wahle
Crickett Warner
Michael Whitten
Peter & Carol Willauer
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Attending a program at Hurricane Island was a truly life changing experience for me. I’m incredibly grateful to those who made it possible.”
–Student, Boys & Girls Club of Lynn, MA
Merle Cosgrove
Albert & Sarah Creighton
Peter & Catherine Creighton BoD, HS
Cate Cronin
Tom & Laura Cronin
Ursula & Thomas Crosslin
Phil & Elaine Crossman
Agnes E. Danciger HS
Dr. Amy Davidoff & Mary Schwanke
Eric Davis BoA
Jessie Davis & Dan Bookham
Endicott and Nanette Davison
Joan Davisson & Brackett Dow
Michael & Suzanne Derby
Francois Deschamps & Judith Mohns
Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Kathy Deupree
Charles Devens & Diana Squibb HS
Benjamin Donaldson & Julia Price BoA
Sue Doubler
Wells B. & Elizabeth H. Dow
David H. Drake
Peter & Nancy Drake
Bill & Katie Dreyer
Jean and Pierre DuPont
Kimberly & Anthony Eames
Kyle Emery
Thor Emory
Fred E. Emrich & Diana K. Cable
David Epstein & Kim Philley
Helen C. Evarts
Joseph Faber & Sumy Daeufer HS
Juliet Faber
Phoebe Fairburn
Phillip Field
Des FitzGerald & Lucinda Ziesing BoD*, HS
Erin Flanagan and Matthew Lawson
Robert E. Flight
Charles & Sarah Forbes
Clayton & Margaret Fowler HS
Karen Foxwell HS
Lindsay French and Peter O’Neill
Emily & Daniel Friedman
Katherine Fry
Claire Gabel S
Lisa Gabel & Beth Wellnitz
Ross Gannon & Kirsten Scott
Russ & Nina Ganz
Catherine C. Garnett
Gail Chandler Gaston
Isabelle Gaston & Steve Robey
James R. Gaston
Sarah Gawronski
Louisa Gebelein Jones
Linda & Archibald Gillies
Robert Gober & Donald Moffett
Addison Godine
Eliza Goodell
Jeffrey & Susan Goodell
Jack Goralnik
Judy & Shel Gordon
Robert & Maureen Gordon
Sara Gordon & Scott Janzen
Tony & Sally Grassi
Harry Gratwick
Joel & Rebecca Gratwick
Stephen Gray & Linda Baron
William W. Gribbell
Jack & Zdenka Griswold
George & Polly Gugelmann
Jackie L. Gurley
Peter D. Haddock HS
Christine L. & Danforth W. Hagler Jr.
Peter & Diana Hammond
Anja Hanson and Derek Pierce BoD
June Andrea Hanson
Charles & Mary Happ
Jane and Stephen Hardy
David & Kristin Harman BoD, HS
John & Koko Harris
William Harwood & Ellen Alderman BoD, HS
John & Margaret Haskins
Kris & Victoria Hathaway
William N. Hathaway S
Marni & Patrick Hayman
Robert Hellerson
Alison D. Hildreth
Brian & Melissa Hill
Mark & Ellen Hoffman HS
Hal Holt & Pam Kittredge
Bo & Jessica Hoppin S
Robert Clark Horgan & Ashley Horgan HS
Joseph Huberman & Ruth Bromer
Peggy & Jack Huckel
Richard W. Hughes
Anne Hutchins
Sarah & David Hyde
Jeffrey Isaac
Phoebe Jekielek
Judith C. Johanson
Dan Johnson & Christina Young
Robert & Cary Johnson
Kitty & Patrick Jones BoD, HS
Tom & Suzette Jones
R. Douglas Kahn & Suzanne Gibbons-Neff
Julie & Andrew Kallfelz HS
Nicholas Keeney S
IN MEMORY OF
Judy McDonough Bisett
Peter Coburn
William D. Cook
R. Breck Denny Jr.
Tommy Gaston
Rafe Parker
Alan Rabinowitz
Clare Rhoades
Priscilla Slade
Peter St. John
Peter Weiler
Michael “Strats” Stratton
Rosamund Zander
Bill Zuber
Cornelia Kellogg
Rusty & Betsy Kellogg TS, HS
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg HS
Richard Kessler & Pamela Cox
Alexander & Linda Knowles DE, TS, HS
Jonathan & Cynthia Knowles
Gary & Carol Kraemer
Steven & Sal Kydd
Mark & Deirdre Lacambra
Jean G. & Nicholas S. Lamont
Shapleigh LaPointe HS
James Gillespie Leaf & Elizabeth Noble
Goodenough HS
Cheryl LeBlond
John & Kim Legelis
Linda & Gif Lesher
Robert H. & Kathleen M. Leydon-Conway
Andrew B. Lippman & Annie C. Harris
Anna Lockwood HS
Ruth & Michael Lockwood
Kathryn Longley-Leahy & Thomas Leahy
Ben Loughin
Robert & Mary Lux
Laura S. MacKay & Melville G. MacKay III
Madison Maier S
Richard and Laura Maier
Victoria & Andrew Marshall HS
Elaine Martal
Hugh & Sue Martin
Linnell Mather
Jennifer Mathews S, HS
Keith & Carolyn May
James H. Mays BoA
Elizabeth McCann
Peter McCartney & Margaret Glass
Paul McDonough
Ellen Mecray & Steve Remsen BoD, HS
Margaret Linskey Merrill
Robert & Robyn Metcalfe HS
Eric Meyer & Sarah Snell
Nicholas & Bridget Meyer
Charles Miller
Lydia Millet
Ms. Karen Millet
Peter Milliken
Dr. Richard Miner & Corinne Nagy HS
Ran Miner
Daniel & Carolyn Montague
Frederick and Geordie Moon HS
John Morgan
Marian Morgan HS
Jay & Melodie Moroney
Betsy Morrell & Brad Booth
Sheila Morris
Ingrid and William Mroz
L. Taylor Mudge
Marion Mundy
Deb & Peter L. Murray
John Walden Myer
Edie & Peter Neidhardt
Carl & Christine Nelson
Nelia & John Newell
Ken & Phyllis Nobel
Brandon Noonan
Eve Norris
William Nowlan
Christine O’Donnell HS
Sarah Oktay
Whitney & Anthony Oppersdorff
David & Mary Otto HS
Catherine Parker
James L. Parmentier HS
Arthur Pearson & Barbara Harris
Donald W. & Nancy E. Perkins BoA, HS
Heidi & David Perkins HS
Mary W. Perkins
Robert C. Perkins BoD HS
Tom & Becky Peterson
Mark Petraitis
Monique & Laurence Pettit
Graham & Joan Phaup
Peter & Leigh Phillips
Karen & David Pier
Rebecca Pierce & Mike Prokosch
Hon. Nicholas Platt HS
Julia Pope BoD
Bonnie B. Potter HS
At the end of 2022, Alec Knowles termed off the Hurricane Island Board after a 9-year tenure.
During his time at the helm of many committees and as Board Chair, Alec, through his fiduciary acuity and responsible oversight, steered Hurricane Island to financial security.
In establishing the Knowles Horizon Society, we honor Alec and the Knowles family’s dedication to sound financial planning and their commitment to Hurricane Island’s future.
The following donors have included
Island in their financial plans.
Taylor Allen & Martha White HS
Max & Jean Alley
Jonathan Amory
Thomas & Mary Amory HS
Lola Baldwin
Bob & Leslie Barton HS
Margaret J. Braatz & Eric Buck BoD, HS
Susan M. Braatz
Nicholas I. Brown
Arthur W. & Mary F. Brown HS
Robert & Kathryn Brustlin
Phillip R. Burnaman & Janique Helson
Daniel & Holly Burnes
Leverett & Cathy Byrd
Levin H. Campbell, Jr. TS, HS
Chris & Laura Carrigan BoD, HS
John R. & Tania T. Chandler
Sarah L. Cochran & John Totman HS
Alexander Colhoun & Selina Rossiter HS
Guy & Courtney Comer HS
Mazie Cox & Brinkley Thorne HS
The Creighton Family HS
Jill J. Detmer
Kathryn Bell & Janet Dooley
David & Katherine Doub
David Godine & Sara Eisenman
Patricia Dunn & Doug Green
Terry & Sally Eagle
Jeb & Dianne Embree
Dr. Rich Entel and Jen Queally
“Charlotte W. & Jeremy B. Fletcher” HS
Peter & Maria Flood HS
George Fosque
Gene Gardner & Jo-Ann Ramsey
Scott Gazelle & Judy Bonzi HS
Harvey & Pamela Geiger HS
Chris & Candy Powell
Rob Pratt
Alicia & Mark Pribramsky
The Quadrini Family
Andrea Rabinowitz
Peter & Terri Ralston
Katherine M. Reilly BoD, HS
Douglas Rice & Melanie Carter
Peter & Kelly Richards
Eleanor Motley Richardson
Janet Riesman & Sean Saslo
Liv Rockefeller & Ken Shure
John Rodenhausen
Vinnie & Kelley Rodino
Dana & Ted Rodman
Chris & Heather Rogers
James Edward & Anne McCracken Rogers
Tom & Peggy Gilbert
William Ginn & June Lacombe
Eleanore Goldberg & Malcolm Burson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Gould
Brent Groce & Donna Cordner
Henry A. & Mary P. Harding
Eleanor & Will Harte
Nancy & Stephen Homer HS
Samuel V. Howe
Wade & Nancy Judge HS
Chris & Lisa Kaneb HS
Steven Keirstead & Lansing Wagner
The Kellogg Family TS, HS
Edward & Priscilla Kern
Douglas R. & Vicki W. Lamont
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Lieber
Nicholas H. Loeb
Charlie Lowrey & Susie Rodriguez HS
Samuel & Katherine Lowry HS
Cabot & Heidi Lyman DE, HS
Pamela MacBrayne & Denis Moonan HS
Malcolm MacNaught HS
Gregg & Caroline Marston TS, HS
Josephine Merck HS
Peter Millard & Emily Wesson
Edward & Janet Miller HS
Holly Miller
David F. & Christina W. Millet
Mary Moran & Bruce Haffner BoA, HS
Paul Moritz & Jayleen Ryberg HS
Burke & Denise Munger HS
Carl & Christine Nelson
Polly B. Nichols HS
William & Beth Owens HS
Shirley Paley & Eric Paley
May H. Pierce
Charles F. Pingree HS
Sumner Pingree
Katherine Pope HS
David Rice BoD, HS
Sheri Rice Boulos
Hillary Rockwell Cahn & Charlie Cahn
Paul K. Rogers III & Martha L. Rogers
Mary R. Saltonstall & John K. Hanson Jr.
Mary & Patrick Scanlan HS
Samuel S. Scott BoA, TS, HS
Ross & Kathleen Sherbrooke HS
John & Sylvia Sowles
Susan St. John BoD, HS
Jane & Bill Stetson HS
Ralph Struzziero HS
Isabel Swift
Nils & Karen Tcheyan
Lee & Holly Thibodeau HS
Ellen Tobias & Joanna Billiard HS
Matthew & Lisa Watkins HS
David Weinstein & Laura Foner
Harold & Elizabeth White
Raymond & Kim M. White
Andrew Bendheim BoD, HS
Jay Braatz BoD, HS
David Conover BoD, HS
Estate of James P. Gaston
Kristin & David Harman BoD, HS
William Harwood & Ellen Alderman BoD, HS
Alexander & Linda Knowles DE, TS, HS
Sarah Ruef-Lindquist BoD, HS
Susan St. John BoD, HS
Elizabeth Stephenson BoD, HS
Heather Deese Wood BoD*, HS
Paul K. Rogers III & Martha L. Rogers
Carol Rohl & Gordon Bok
Diana & Martin Rosansky
Alan R. Rote
Julie & Peter Roth
Sarah Ruef- Lindquist and Peter Lindquist BoD HS
Priscilla Ruegg
Jeffrey Runge and Lynn Rutter BoA
Brenda & John Santoro and Family
Stephen & Eva Santoro
Molly Potter Scheu
Ted Schmidt
William Schwicker HS
Bill Seefeld & Margot Woodworth
William & Wynn Seemann HS
Andy & Betsey Shephard
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Allen Insurance and Financial
Realty
Alexandra Shor HS
Anne & Kendrick Simmons
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Simon II
Julie Slade S
William Slade
Debra Smigel
Christina & Michael Smith
J.P. & Kaki Smith HS
Stephen & Georgia Smith
Sarena Snider
Judith & Lawrence Snyder
David Sobel
Dr. Tony & Anne Solley
Jay Souder
Delores Soule
Brenda & Jory Squibb
Andrew St. John
J. Edward Knight Insurance
Maine Guided Trips
O’Hara Corporation
OPAL Architecture
Opal Build, LLC
Owl & Turtle Bookshop
The Maine Windjammer Association
Zoot Coffee
Hurricane
The following donors have included Hurricane Island in their estate plans.
Anne-Seymour St. John
Dagny St. John
Andrew Stancioff & Randall Chanler
Jennifer Stanley HS
Susan Goodwillie Stedman
Robert & Joanne Steneck BoD, HS
Elizabeth & Bill Stephenson BoD, HS
Sally & Mike Stetson
Doug & Charlene Stone
Gary & Bonnie Stone
Peter Stoops & Kate Wilkinson
William & Johanna Strassberg
Karen Svenson
Karen & Ret Talbot
Kenneth K. Talmage HS
Benjamin R. Taylor
J. Michael & Wendy Taylor
Ann W. Thayer
Edward & Helen Thieler
Maria M. Thompson
Maureen Thompson
Charles B. & Lois Ann Thomsen HS
David Tobiason
Wes Todd & Jana Goddard
We are grateful for the 2024 support from the following Foundations, Funds, Trusts, and Charitable Organizations
Aaron’s Presents
Ademas Foundation
Aldermere Foundation
Alumbra Innovations Foundation
American Endowment Fund
Ann H. Symington Foundation
Ash Point Fund
Baobab Fund
Bernice B. Godine Family Foundation
Beth and Tony Owens Charitable Account
Biodiversity Funders Group
Bonnell Cove Foundation
Braatz Fund for Culture, Community, and Conservation
Broad Reach Fund
Brustlin Giving Fund
Camden Rotary Club
Dan & Holly Burnes Charitable Trust
David F. and Christina W. Millet
Charitable Fund
Davis Family Foundation
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon Society
E & L Campbell Family Foundation
Eleanor and Will Harte Family Fund
Edward and Priscilla Kern Fund
Emily MacNaught Charitable Fund
Fisher Charitable Foundation
Flagg Foundation
Fletcher Family Foundation
Flying Mountain Fund
Foreside Foundation
Gardner Family Fund
Harold and Elizabeth White Fund
Harvey and Pamela Geiger Charitable Fund
Henry A. and Mary P. Harding Charitable Fund
Hope & Sumner Pingree Fund
Isabel Swift and Steven Phillips Foundation
Jane Watson Stetson and E. W. Stetson III
Charitable Fund
John and Tania Chandler Charitable Fund
J.P. Fletcher Foundation
J.C. Kellogg Foundation
Jebediah Foundation
Jinny Chalmers Fund for Education Justice
Dick & Cindy Trask
Amy & Bob Truog
Caroline & Dan Tyson HS
Valerie Upham
Peter Van Alstine
John Van Dis & Jamie Gillette
Biz Van Gelder & Oliver Patton HS
Randall Von Wedel
Elizabeth Vonfelten
Rick Wahle and Carol Lariviere BoD, HS
Thomas Watson HS
Bob & Wendy Weiler DE, TS HS
Karen Weiler
Katie M. Weiler BoD
Adam & Lorraine Weinberg
Helen Weld & Robert Strachan
Joan W. Welsh
Todd West
Pamela K. Wetherbee
Jerry White & Rachael Brown
Mary H. White
Cheryl Wienges
Kelly Wilder
Brad & Ann Willauer BoA, TS
John and Tania Chandler Charitable Fund
Judge Family Charitable Fund
Katherine and David Doub Family Fund
Katherine S. Pope Fund
The Kathryn Bell & Janet Dooley
Charitable Fund
Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Lieber Family Fund
Lowry Family Foundation
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
Maine Community Foundation
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust
May H. Pierce Charitable Fund
Mary and Patrick Scanlan Fund
Middlecott Foundation
MycoBuoys
Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Sherbrooke Fund
National Academy of Science
National Science Foundation - FSML
NC Gift Fund
O2 for Life Rainforest Foundation
Paley Family Fund
PC Bakewell Fund
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation
P R Burnaman II Family Fund
Raven Fund
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation
Robert R. Gould & Sarah Copeman
Gould Fund
The Rogers Family Charitable Fund
SMILO - Small Islands Organization
State of Maine Department of Education
Struzziero Family Foundation
Stonesthrow Fund
Terry and Sally Eagle Fund
The Bob & Leslie Barton Charitable Fund
The Comer Foundation Fund
The Detmer Charitable Fund
The Gilbert Verney Foundation
The John and Sylvia Sowles Fund
The LOTS Family Fund
The Lowrey Rodriguez Family Trust
The Nature Conservancy
The Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation
The Weld Foundation
The White Pine Fund
Vinalhaven Land Trust
Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation TS
David & Cathleen Willauer
Gale C. & Charles S. Willauer TS, HS
Langley Willauer
Peter & Carol Willauer DE
Chip & Anne Williams
Charles P. & Beverly Williamson
Janet Macomber Williamson
Mary Tod & Buz Winchester HS
Jeremy & Amy Wintersteen
Heather Deese Wood & Michael
Wood BoD*, HS
Alfred & Susan Woodworth
Gail Worthen
Timothy & Eleanor Wright
Deborah Young
James Young
Anne Zimmerman
Elaine W. Zimmerman
(Names designated in blue)
Donors whose consistent predictable annual support over 5 or more consecutive years allows us to project and reach our annual budget goals.
S 2023 Staff
HS Hurricane Society honors individuals who sustain our organization with gifts of $1,000 or more (within the 2023 calendar year)
BoA Board of Advisors
BoD Board of Directors (as of 2024)
BoD* Board of Directors (term ended 2023)
TS Tillson Society recognizes Founding Members whose gifts of $50,000 or greater in our first years left an indelible legacy
PETER O. WILLAUER’S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
The following donors have made contributions to the Peter O. Willauer Fund for Hurricane Island’s Future, honoring POW by helping sustain the island and the organization he co-founded in 2009 and for which he cares so deeply. Thank you!
Thomas & Mary Amory
Rosamond Andrews & Peter Thomas
Eliza Cocroft Bailey
Philip Baldwin
Tom Barron & Chistine Hjorth
The Bauer Family
Andrew Bendheim
Jay Braatz & Eric Buck
Alfred Brown
Willard & Nancy Brown
Woody & Pixie Brown
Alfred Brown
Reed Bundy & Kelly Fanning
Buck Burnaman & Janique Helson
E&L Campbell Family Foundation
Chris & Laura Carrigan
John R. & Tania T. Chandler
Neil & Carrie Colan
David Conover & Beverly Slade
William & Nancy Constable
Barry D. Copp
Peter & Kitty Creighton
Agnes Danciger
Phoebe Fairburn
Robert Flight
Clay & Margie Fowler
Katherine Fry
Bob & Maureen Gordon
Jack & Zdenka Griswold
Peter D. Haddock
Peter & Diana Lee Hammond
David & Kristin Harman
Margaret Haskins
Nancy & Stephen Homer
Bo & Jessica Hoppin
Sarah & David Hyde
Jeffrey Isaac
Kitty & Patrick Jones
JC Kellogg Foundation
Peter & Cynthia Kellogg
Alec & Linda Knowles
Gil N. Leaf & Elizabeth Goodenough
Cabot & Heidi Lyman
Jennifer Mathews
Maggie Linskey Merrill
Holly Miller
Edward & Janet Miller
Manny Morgan
Kate Parker
Jim L. Parmentier
Arthur Pearson & Barbara Harris
Donald & Nancy Perkins
Tom & Becky Peterson
Mark Petraitis
Becky Pierce & Mike Prokosch
Polly Pierce
Ted Rodman
Molly P. Scheu
Ted Schmidt
William Schwicker
Ross & Kathleen Sherbrooke
Frank & Libby Simon
J.P. & Kaki Smith
Jay Souder
Shaw & Elizabeth Sprague
Susan St. John
Anne-Seymour St. John
Elizabeth & Bill Stephenson
Sally & Mike Stetson
Kenneth K. Talmage
Ben R. Taylor
Michael & Wendy Taylor
Richard Wahle & Carol Lariviere
Bob & Wendy Weiler
Joan W. Welsh
Gale & Charlie S. Willauer
Brad & Ann Willauer
David & Cathleen Willauer
Langley Willauer
Pen & Bev Williamson
Jeremy & Amy Wintersteen
James Young
On October 5th, 2024, Peter’s closest friends, former colleagues, mentees and protégés, joined members of the Willauer family and Hurricane Island staff at the Megunticook Country Club in Rockport, Maine. Over 120 people gathered to celebrate the joyous man who has harnessed the magic of Hurricane Island for over 60 years. Hosted by Biz Van Gelder, the event featured a video tribute produced by Dana Rae Warren and toasts and roasts by Peter’s sons Charlie and Langley Willauer, his longtime friend Ross Sherbrooke, former Outward Bound Instructor Biz Van Gelder, HIOBS Executive Director Eric Denny, and Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership Executive Director Bo Hoppin. Hurricane Island lore, stories and songs filled the day.
Peter O. Willauer Fund for Hurricane Island’s Future
To celebrate Peter’s 90th birthday, Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership has established a Board Directed Fund in his honor - The Peter O. Willauer Fund for Hurricane Island’s Future.
“
Those
of us working on Hurricane Island are reminded daily of Peter’s living legacy and the sheer enormity of his lifetime achievement.”
–Bo Hoppin, Executive Director
Ross Sherbrooke
Peter and Langley Willauer
CONVERGENCE: ART MEETS SCIENCE
“
I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the world and getting curious... this initiative really is that connection––between perception, art, and science.”
– Eric Hopkins, Artist
CONVERGENCE kicked off on June 22 with an event on Hurricane Island that featured remarks from Carl Little and Eric Hopkins and a panel with artist Krisanne Baker and scientist Bob Steneck that was moderated by Dr. Anya Hopple.
The CONVERGENCE: Art Meets
Science initiative was covered by Penbay Pilot and also by Newscenter Maine’s TV Channel 6 which featured interviews with artists Karen Talbot, Eric Hopkins, Krisanne Baker and Brenda Free.
The following artists created & donated original work for our fundraising event:
Karen Adrienne
Liz Awalt
Krisanne Baker
Phoebe Bly
Susan Cooney
Elaine Crossman
Stephanie Crossman
Jane Dahmen
Cooper Dragonette
Stephen Florimbi
Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade
Doug Frati
CONVERGENCE: Art Meets Science is Hurricane Island’s new initiative to explore how art and science shape perception. Through conversations, workshops and events, Hurricane Island engaged artists and scientists in dialogue about how each of these practices ask us to pay attention to the world around us. During 2024 over 40 artists visited Hurricane Island and made original pieces inspired by the island and our mission. These artworks were displayed in locations across the midcoast and sold in a benefit auction at Pascal Hall.
Brenda Free
Tom Glover
Nate Hathaway
Sierra Henries
Molly Holmberg Brown
Eric Hopkins
Jill Hoy
Josie Iselin
Larry Moffet
Sam Minot
Scott Moore
Colin Page
Julian Parker-Burns
David Peterson
Peter Ralston
Alec Richardson
Margaret Rizzio
Diane Roper-McDowell
Matthew Russ
Kathryn Shagas
Pip Shepley
Carol Sloane
Douglas Smith
Karen Talbot
Judy Taylor
Emily Trenholm
Greta Van Campen
Martha Wakefield
Susan Webster
Tyler Weeks
Chip Williams
Susan Williams
EVENTS
UNITED PEOPLE GLOBAL
Celebrating our seventh consecutive year in partnership with United People Global (UPG), we hosted three cohorts of international young sustainability leaders in 2024. Hurricane Island’s unique setting and leadership training curricula have inspired over 500 sustainability leaders since the inception of the UPG program in 2019. Sustainability projects set in motion through this partnership are now active on every continent on the globe! We recognized the success of the 2024 August cohort with a public wharf side award ceremony at Barren’s Distillery + Restaurant in Camden, ME featuring project pitches by each UPG leader and remarks by UPG President, Yemi Babington-Ashaye and Hurricane Island Executive Director, Bo Hoppin.
SUSTAINABLE ISLAND DINNER
We hosted our annual Farm to Table Dinner event on a stormy day in August that cleared just in time to grace us with a beautiful evening of delicious food and good conversation. The Farm to Table is an event in which our whole island community comes together to make a locally-sourced meal and welcome visitors to experience the magic of the island.
CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND EDUCATION: A CONVERSATION AT WATERMAN’S
The January storms caused major damage to waterfront communities around Penobscot Bay, including on North Haven, where a number of waterfront businesses and properties had to be completely rebuilt. This was a wake up call for the island community about the impacts of climate-related weather events. To amplify a conversation that was already in motion in the North Haven Community, Hurricane Island hosted a panel about climate data and education–featuring local students, teachers, and community members alongside professional climate scientists. The event filled Waterman’s Community Center and was attended by Congresswoman Pingree and Governor Mills.
2 024 YEAR-ROUND AND SEASONAL STAFF
None of our work would exist without our inspiring, competent, ambitious staff. Thank you!
Executive Director
Bo Hoppin
Administrative Operations Director
Julie Slade
Advancement Director
Jennifer Mathews
Education & Programs Director
Will Galloway
Education & Programs
Assistant Director
Kyle Amergian
Island Operations Director
Derek Schott
Science & Research
Director
Anya Hopple, PhD
Aquaculture Manager
Madison Maier
Captain Scott Didaleusky
Cook
Willie Tyson
Educators
Owen Arquette
Julia McElhinny
Maggie Singman
Riley Stevenson
Claire Gabel
Facility Manager
Crickett Warner
Facilities Assistants
Baird
Elena Brotz
Isaak Ridge
Lucy Williams
Garden Educator
Gretel St. Lawrence
Galley Managers
Jim Willette
Rachel Haskins
Galley Assistant
Alexandria Morningstar
Gifts Manager
Dashiell Marley
Grants & Events Manager
Tara Elliott
Outreach Manager
Nate Hathaway
Program Manager
Megan Moroney
Research Assistant
Morgan Hayman
Waterfront & Fleet Manager
Michael Whitten
Aquaculture Farm Assistant
Greta Bolinger
Marine Data Specialist
Nicholas Keeney
2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS
2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jay Braatz
Board Chair
Patrick Jones, Vice Chair
Andrew Bendheim
Treasurer
David B. Harman
Secretary
Megan Bauer
Chris Carrigan
David G. Conover
Peter Creighton
William S. Harwood
Ellen Mecray
Bob Perkins
Derek Pierce
Julia Pope
Katherine Reilly, DO
David Rice
Sarah Ruef-Lindquist JD, CTFA
Susan St. John
Bob Steneck, PhD
Elizabeth Stephenson
Joe Upton
Katie Weiler
Rick Wahle, PhD
DIRECTORS
EMERITI
Peter O. Willauer
Barney Hallowell
Alec Knowles
Cabot Lyman
Bob Weiler
ADVISORS
John Anderson PhD
Eric Davis
Ben Donaldson
Mary Herman
Jim Mays PhD
Mary Moran MD
Donny Perkins
Cecily Pingree
Jeffrey Runge PhD
Sam Scott MD
Ann Willauer
Ben Willauer
From my first encounter of Hurricane Island, I’ve been enchanted by how they enchance science and leadership education. I am privileged to serve as a board member.”
– David Rice
