Monterey Bay Aquarium | 2022 Annual Review

Advancing a healthy ocean for people and our planet

Front cover: Purple-lipped jelly Earleria purpurea

This page: Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini and school of Pacific sardines Sardinops sagax

“Your generous support enables the Aquarium to touch millions of lives and achieve remarkable results

for

our ocean planet.”

— Executive Director Julie

Packard

Innovating for the ocean

Pioneering techniques in animal care and our unique partnership with MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) allowed us to bring deep-sea animals to the public in our ambitious and mesmerizing new exhibit. We earned national recognition for the breadth and depth of our conservation and education work, rebuilt part of our iconic Kelp Forest exhibit, and reached visitors in new ways with a fully bilingual exhibit — on the floor and online — and by recruiting a diverse new cohort of volunteers.

Red paper lantern jelly Pandea rubra

Opening Into the Deep

After more than five years of hard work and scientific breakthroughs in animal care, we opened Into the Deep: Exploring our Undiscovered Ocean/En lo Profundo: Explorando Nuestro Océano Desconocido in April. The trailblazing exhibition was developed in collaboration with our partner, MBARI.

Visitors have been delighted and inspired as they “descend” into the deep sea to learn about its diverse animals and ecosystems and the scientists studying this largest and leastexplored area of our planet.

When we opened Into the Deep/ En lo Profundo in April, we hosted previews for donors and members. During one of the previews, Julie Packard welcomed members of the Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle to the Aquarium.

Donors enjoyed an exclusive look at the exhibition and the opportunity to meet with staff responsible for developing it. They also enjoyed a free-flowing conversation between Julie and marine science pioneer Dr. Sylvia Earle about ocean exploration and protection.

Japanese spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi

Donors got an early look at Into the Deep/En lo Profundo and some of the animals found there: (below) fire star Hymenodiscus sp. and elephant fish Callorhinchus milii.

Julie Packard and Dr. Sylvia Earle

Advances in care and culture of deep-sea species

Our animal care scientists continue to perfect techniques that advance what’s possible in care and culture of the enigmatic deepsea species featured in Into the Deep/En lo Profundo. They’re constantly monitoring, learning, improving, and innovating to ensure the health and well-being of the exhibit’s amazing array of deepsea animals. Many of the animals we’re exhibiting in Into the Deep — the bloody-belly comb jelly, deep-sea siphonophore, and barrel amphipod — are being displayed to the public for the first time ever.

Our team’s ingenuity has led to breakthroughs in raising and displaying such mesmerizing species as chandelier jellies and snow globe jellies, which are all found in the midwater region of the deep sea. These drifters are extremely delicate and require just the right water chemistry and temperature to survive. Innovation in animal care means we were also able to display salmon snailfish and some of the largest Japanese spider crabs in the country.

As unrivaled pioneers and leaders in caring for and culturing deepsea species, our team was the first to raise deep-sea siphonophores, which are strands of individual, jelly-like creatures that function as a single organism and play a huge role in oceanic food webs.

“Each question we ask takes us down paths we didn’t know were in front of us – repeatedly proving that there’s so much more to learn and so many boundaries to put behind us.”

— Megan Olhasso, Curator of Fish & Invertebrates

In future years, we’ll share discoveries we and our colleagues at MBARI make about the deep sea as we continue to increase understanding of the life cycle of deep-sea species and the incredible adaptations that allow them to survive in a dark, cold, and mysterious environment.

Siphonophore Nanomia bijuga

Pelagic magic

Through a unique combination of rigorous research and new animal care techniques, the Aquarium and MBARI, our research and technology partner, continue to lead the way in science and deep-sea exploration. Expeditions to this mysterious habitat have led to several amazing and rare discoveries about the lives of deep-sea animals, including the barreleye fish, highfin dragonfish, and several new species of jellies.

Working together, Aquarium and MBARI scientists deploy remotely operated vehicles into the deep, searching for animals both for new understanding and sometimes to bring back to the Aquarium for public display.

Our scientists also journey to Hawaii on blackwater dives, a form of scuba diving that takes place at night in the open ocean. Divers, tethered to a boat by a rope, descend up to 60 feet deep. In this dark and dreamlike setting, they wait for magic to materialize.

Thousands of deep-sea creatures migrate vertically twice a day — once to the ocean surface at night and back down to its depths at dawn. As they emerge from the darkness, our team learns more about deep-sea creatures and sometimes collects animals to exhibit in Into the Deep/En lo Profundo.

We’ll continue these expeditions so we can showcase new animals from this mysterious realm for years to come.

Engineering feats keep the Aquarium first class

With the Aquarium nearing its 40th anniversary, we’ve begun tackling some important infrastructure improvements. Working with talented engineering and design firms, we replaced rockwork in the Kelp Forest exhibit and began replacing the original supports for the Aquarium’s two seawater intake pipes. Both have been affected by water motion, seawater corrosion, and general aging over four decades.

Our signature Kelp Forest exhibit now has new rockwork that we installed without having to remove animals or seawater. To make way for the new, lighter rockwork, divers removed nearly 20 tons of the old material. For the first time since 1984, you’ll now be able to watch algae and invertebrates colonize the bare surface.

Two 1,000-foot-long intake pipes that reach out into Monterey Bay carry 2,000 gallons of seawater a minute to the Aquarium, allowing us to sustain our living exhibits. During a three-year project — which goes on hold during stormy weather — we’re replacing the original concrete and iron supports with a stainless steel alloy that resists seawater corrosion.

Using special technology, two divers spend up to eight hours a day underwater to do this critical work. The updated materials also mean we’ll leave a smaller footprint on the floor of Monterey Bay. The stronger but smaller new supports will be spaced farther apart than the ones they replace.

Both projects are part of the many infrastructure upgrades we’re making to ensure the Aquarium remains a preeminent institution far into the future.

We collect deep-sea animals in Hawaii during night dives.

Scaffolding supports new rockwork.

Translation helps accessibility

Into the Deep/En lo Profundo is our first fully bilingual exhibit — in Spanish and English — for both in-person and online visitors. This helps ensure we’re accessible to an increasingly diverse audience — and can help families connect across generations around our exhibits and ocean conservation message.

In 2022 we created a new team that’s responsible for consistent translation of our written materials, using a shared glossary to document precisely how Spanish names and frequently used words and phrases should be translated. It’s no simple task. Over the past 20 years, we’ve learned a lot about adapting descriptive language in ways that take into consideration overall meaning, voice, and tone. For common animal names, we also need validation by the scientific community.

Offering guests and students bilingual content ensures that language is a portal to understanding and connecting to the ocean — and not a barrier.

Visitors journey from the surface (top), through a video gallery of deep-sea life (middle), and past a community of deep-water corals (bottom).

Volunteers expand our reach

The Aquarium is fortunate to have a highly dedicated group of people who offer their energy, expertise, and enthusiasm as volunteers. They’ve been a foundation of our success since before we opened our doors.

For our volunteer guides, this includes spending hours learning about “all things ocean” so they can share a wealth of knowledge, and countless stories, with our guests. Volunteers also bring their skills as divers to help keep our exhibits in tip-top shape, as educators who support our work with young people, and as biologists and conservationists who assist our research initiatives and Seafood Watch program.

Last year, a group of volunteers helped our partners at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) on a National Science Foundation-funded project. They analyzed hundreds of hours of videos and images of ocean life with a goal of training computers to make correct identifications of what are now unlabeled images of ocean animals. The project will give scientists access to a treasure trove of biodiversity information that until now has been trapped in these recordings.

As we work to create an Aquarium that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, we welcomed the most diverse group of volunteers ever in terms of age, ethnicity, race, and background. We also recruited our first group of volunteers on the autism spectrum. We’re thrilled to be breaking through generational, cultural, and accessibility boundaries to create a space where more people feel encouraged and welcome to make a difference as they share their passion for the ocean.

Recognition for excellence and innovation

Julie Packard received three awards in 2022 that recognize her longstanding leadership in transforming aquariums into champions for ocean conservation. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) presented Julie with the R. Marlin Perkins Award — its highest honor for professional excellence. The Garden Club of America awarded her the Margaret Douglas Medal, recognizing Julie for notable service in conservation education. And she was named the first Visionary Innovator by California State University, Monterey Bay.

AZA also presented its inaugural 2022 Facility Award to the Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership for excellence in design and construction. And a team of AZA inspectors gave the Aquarium a perfect evaluation as part of our re-accreditation process. During their onsite visit they remarked on the cleanliness of the Aquarium — both in public areas and behind the scenes — our engaging and knowledgeable staff, our innovations in life-support design, animal husbandry, and exhibits, and the impact we’ve had on our many audiences. In short, they were blown away!

Volunteers guide our guests, keep our exhibits looking great, and interpret our exhibits.

Nurturing future ocean stewards

Aquarium visits provide an inspiring experience for thousands of visiting schoolchildren each year.

Free education programs have been a cornerstone of the Aquarium since we opened. Our commitment today is stronger than ever, as we offer new programs and relaunch others placed on hold during the pandemic. Enabled by your support, we’re welcoming students for free classroom visits, supporting emerging young leaders, and preparing new generations of classroom teachers for success. You’re helping us realize the full potential of the Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership.

Welcome back, students!

We were thrilled to finally welcome back thousands of students on free field trips after a nearly twoyear hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We also resumed our in-person Discovery Lab program where students get the chance to become scientists in one of the Aquarium’s Learning Labs.

Connecting to the ocean and to science learning has a dramatic impact that can change a student’s awareness about the kind of future that is possible for them. As students explore the Aquarium and come face-to-face with the amazing animals and ecosystems of Monterey Bay and beyond, they become excited about the natural world, science, and conservation. For many of them, an Aquarium field trip is their first visit to the ocean.

“The whole Aquarium is amazing and magical, so being able to offer ways for young people to experience that is everything.”

— Pamela Wade, Manager of School Programs

All of our Discovery Lab programs are tied to an actual exhibit at the main Aquarium, so nothing we teach is hypothetical.

Our goal in 2023 is to host 60,000 schoolchildren on a free field trip, getting closer to the number who visited before the pandemic. When field trips aren’t possible due to distance or transportation costs, we’ll continue to offer our live instructor-led Online Discovery Labs to reach those students.

For some, this is a first-ever ocean visit.

Visits include structured learning activities.

Students innovate a more just environmental future

There’s a ceiling on the Innovation Lab, but there’s no barrier when it comes to the imaginations of students and teachers who use this amazing space in our Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership.

Like any classroom, it’s a place for learning. But it’s so much more. It’s an evolving piece of our nearly 40-year commitment to free education programs — a place where students seek solutions to environmental problems through an approach that emphasizes equity as well as innovation.

The lab promotes equity in the design process by helping teachers and students build empathy and design a solution with — not just for — their users. It also gives students and teachers the opportunity to go beyond a specific conservation issue to examine systems that give rise to the problem in the first place.

They create solutions to environmental problems.

For example, we might first support teens as they work together to build a composting bin for their schoolyard. Then we help them use the same process to address an underlying issue: reimagining the school’s lunch line systems so they generate less food waste to begin with.

We’ve incorporated the same approach in Designing for Equity, Community, and the Ocean, our newest yearlong teacher institute that we launched last year. The institute prepares educators and future educators to design an equity-focused, eco-centered maker project for their classrooms.

As we continue to ramp up our education programming, the Innovation Lab will play a key role in helping students and teachers shape a more just environmental future.

Students have access to inventive tools such as this laser cutter.

Climate power

Talking about climate change can be anxiety-provoking. The facts can quickly become overwhelming, which can lead to paralysis — the opposite of the commitment to action we need if we’re going to address the daunting challenges ahead.

That’s why educators taking part in our second Climate Action Projects Summit learned how to foster resilience in kids — and adults – through a technique that helps process feelings that come with the facts.

During the summit’s keynote address last October, author and climate psychology educator Leslie Davenport shared researchbased resilience tools such as telling stories of hope and other positive neurofeedback techniques like the “doggy shake.” The technique helps release stress in our bodies so we can stay engaged in finding solutions. It’s a tool educators can take back to their classrooms.

Davenport’s address is one way the yearlong summit helps classroom teachers build their knowledge and confidence to teach about climate change and guide their students in identifying, designing, and implementing climate-related solutions.

Aquarium educator Beth Callaghan welcomes educators to the summit.

Leslie Davenport shares how to build resilience (top). Educators learn about climate change challenges (middle) and work together to develop projects for their students so they can make a difference (bottom).

Teen leadership inspires conservation

Inspiring teens and young adults to become global citizens — young leaders who have confidence, enthusiasm, and knowledge to address environmental challenges — is central to our mission. We can’t hope to manage the significant and growing threats to ocean health without a committed group of young people leading the way.

Key to our efforts is Teen Conservation Leaders — our flagship program for high school students. The program builds teens’ leadership, collaboration, and communication skills as they provide volunteer service at the Aquarium. Each summer, you’ll find more than 50 young people in our galleries and outside near the Great Tide Pool, interpreting our exhibits and ocean wildlife to visitors.

Our Education team also mentors alumni of our teen programs so they can deepen their commitment to ocean conservation. The results were on display in April when two alumni who were engaged in a yearlong internship — Annabella Aguirre and Hannah Browne — collaborated with a group of teens to plan and host a public event called “Fashion Without the Footprint” at the Bechtel Education Center.

The teens chose “fast fashion” because clothing manufacturing creates a high volume of clothing — and waste — in a short amount of time. During the event, visitors participated in hands-on activities focused on the concept of slow fashion. In contrast to fast fashion, slow fashion emphasizes starting with sustainable materials, reusing them, and recycling them into materials that can be used again.

Teens create projects to solve problems.

Having fun is also a key element of our programs for teens.

“It was eye-opening for a lot of people. We wanted everybody to know that participating in environmental issues is for everyone.”

— Annabella Aguirre, progam alumna

Growing connections with CSUMB

Shortly after California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) opened in 1995, we developed a long-lasting partnership that continues to grow. We provide a free admission ticket to every CSUMB Otter (the sea otter is the school mascot) and welcome many as volunteers so they can complete the university’s mandatory servicelearning requirement.

Over the years, we’ve added new opportunities, including paid internships. For more than 15 years, we’ve hosted one-day workshops at CSUMB for student teachers, helping them learn how they can utilize cultural institutions like aquariums in their teaching. Our newest yearlong institute for educators, Designing for Equity, Community, and the Ocean, is part of a growing partnership between CSUMB’s School of Education and our staff.

“We’re partnering closely with CSUMB to prepare a new generation of teachers who look like the students they will be teaching. The socioeconomic and cultural diversity of the CSUMB student body makes it an ideal partner.”

— Jenny de la Hoz, Vice President of Education

In fall 2023, two high school graduates will receive the first scholarships we’re awarding through the George P. Shultz Future Leaders Scholarship Fund.

The scholarship — named to honor former Secretary of State Shultz, who passed away in February 2021 and was a former trustee of the Aquarium — will cover tuition at CSUMB, housing, and living expenses. The recipients will also receive mentoring from Aquarium staff as they prepare for and attend college.

Our growing connections with CSUMB are opening doors for a diverse group of young ocean leaders and strengthening our ability to inspire conservation of the ocean in people of all ages.

We’re building a deep relationship with CSUMB, including research dives (top), alums joining our staff (middle), and programs for future teachers (bottom).

Meeting teens’ emotional needs

To support teens as they explore difficult environmental issues like plastic pollution, climate change, and threats to ocean biodiversity, we hired our first full-time Youth Development Instructional Coach. Andrew Clemente, a licensed school counselor, provides teens with time to process what they’re learning and helps them explore how they can be a part of the solution. He also helps teens navigate stress related to personal, family, and community struggles, including the persistent impacts of systemic racism on their lives.

In his new role, Andrew is helping to make mental well-being and social-emotional skills a central element of all our Education programs — whether for teens, younger schoolchildren, or teachers.

He’s also ensuring our education staff have the tools they need so they can provide emotional support to teens they work with, too.

Youth Development Instructional Coach Andrew Clemente

Opening doors for interns

We continue our commitment to providing stimulating opportunities so young adults can gain valuable work experience. For the past two years we have provided paid internships to encourage college students who are interested in conservation and marine-science related careers. The paid aspect of the internship is important for students who come from communities traditionally underrepresented in the sciences who may need to support themselves.

Last year, Martin Gil, a sophomore at Monterey Peninsula College, was an intern in our water science lab. He assisted our water quality team as they made sure the animals in our exhibits thrive. He also completed a project to help inform some of our veterinary procedures that take place underwater. His goal was to ensure a comfortable environment for animals receiving medical care.

“The internship provided me with hands-on experience I couldn’t get anywhere else in the world. Shadowing staff in different departments at the Aquarium built my understanding and appreciation for how complicated it is to keep exotic sea life healthy and thriving – from dissolved calcium in a coral tank to eye drops for sea otters.

I feel more confident in the laboratory and in the field — as both a chemist and a scientist — because I was mentored by professionals in their fields.”

— Martin Gil, sophomore

Veterinary extern Juhi Shah (at center) assists with sea turtle care.

Interns Martin Gil and Melina Cavett and veterinarian extern Imani Williams (right) provide valuable service as they gain knowledge of ocean science and animals.

Making global progress for ocean health

A shrimp farmer in Vietnam

We championed laws and policies that will make a difference on top ocean issues from plastic pollution to the emerging threat of seabed mining. We documented the impact we’re having on sea otter recovery and showed how the climate crisis is affecting otters’ potential to make coastal ecosystems more resilient. Our global Seafood Watch program is using science and engagement with businesses, producers, governments, and consumers to transform seafood production — and improve the wellbeing of people who catch, farm, and process the seafood we eat.

A pivotal time to act on plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is a massive problem that grows larger every day. People around the world are confronting the crisis by demanding and crafting solutions for a more sustainable consumer economy.

We’re rising to this moment, with your support, by providing expertise on plastic pollution. And we’re advocating for policies to stop its flow into the ocean and our communities.

In June 2022, California enacted a first-in-thenation bill that will reduce plastic pollution and hold companies accountable for the waste they produce. The California Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, authored by Senator Ben Allen, is regarded as the nation’s toughest law regulating plastic waste.

The Aquarium played a major role in crafting this legislation and getting it enacted. We pushed for key provisions, including a mandate to reduce single-use plastic packaging by 25 percent by 2032, and our supporters sent 5,500 letters urging their California legislators to pass the bill. The Aquarium was recognized in top news coverage of the law, which is a model for policies in other states and at the federal level.

In December, the United Nations led talks for a binding international agreement to curb plastic pollution, with Aquarium Chief Conservation and Science Officer Margaret Spring participating as part of the International Science Council. Margaret also joined a commission of experts that’s assessing the human health hazards, and the related equity concerns, around plastic.

“With a strong model in California and increasing urgency at the federal and global levels, 2023 is shaping up to be a year we make meaningful progress to reduce plastic pollution. To ensure this results in systemic change, we’ll need everyone in it together.”

Margaret Spring, Aquarium Chief Conservation and Science Officer

California Attorney General Rob Bonta presents Aquarium Chief Conservation and Science Officer Margaret Spring with a certificate recognizing her leadership on plastic pollution. Margaret chaired a committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that produced a landmark 2022 report on U.S. contributions to the global plastic pollution crisis and led the call for a U.S. national action plan.

California bill prevents mining in state waters

One thing we know about the deep sea is that we don’t know nearly enough about it. That’s why we sponsored a California bill to ban destructive mining of mineral deposits on the seafloor. The Seabed Mining Prevention Act, authored by Assemblymember Luz Rivas, prohibits seabed mining for hard minerals in state waters, from shore to three nautical miles out.

Assemblymember Rivas credits the Aquarium with leading on this issue. We helped write the bill, provided science-based testimony in support, and rallied a coalition of nonprofits and businesses behind it. The state legislature passed the bill unanimously, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed it into law last September. With this legislation, California joins Oregon and Washington, protecting the entire West Coast from the potentially devastating impacts of seabed mining.

This protection is important because the deep sea sequesters carbon, supports food webs that feed

billions of people, and nurtures a reservoir of life that could contribute to medical breakthroughs. All that could be lost if we rush to exploit mineral resources without understanding the consequences.

Around the world, there is growing pressure to mine the ocean floor for minerals. But mining risks the destruction of sensitive seafloor habitats, and sediment plumes pumped from mining vessels can harm animals in the water column. These risks come at a time when marine life is already under threat from climate change and numerous other stressors, including pollution and overfishing.

“The stakes are incredibly high. To prevent a catastrophic free-for-all, we need to make decisions that are informed by data, and not just the potential for short-term profit.”

— Julie Packard

Many animals, like this benthic octopus at Davidson Seamount, make their homes on the ocean floor.

Speaking out against

offshore oil and gas drilling

America’s coasts are home to remarkable marine life, from seabirds and whales to tiny plankton. These animals not only contribute to a healthy ecosystem; they also generate economic benefits from fishing, tourism, and recreation. Offshore oil and gas drilling puts nature, our economy, and our communities at unnecessary risk. It can also increase greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.

Supporting Pacific bluefin tuna recovery

We know from Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, and decades of oil spills off California’s coast that when it comes to offshore oil drilling, accidents happen — and when they do, they can be catastrophic.

Last summer, the federal government proposed to open 11 new areas for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska over a five-year period.

We spoke out against these new offshore oil and gas leases. A coalition of U.S. aquariums — and advocates like you — joined us in pushing back. Our supporters submitted almost 3,000 public comments to the federal government opposing new leases, supporting a healthy ocean, and protecting coastline communities.

Last August, we received some good news about Pacific bluefin tuna. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the population has significantly rebounded from historically low levels and is on track to recover to levels that can be sustainably fished. This outcome is a direct result of our years of research, market influence, and policy advocacy to recover this species, a key ocean predator. We supported the United States to become a champion for recovery and sustainable international management of Pacific bluefin tuna.

We now expect Pacific bluefin tuna to recover to sustainable levels in the next three years. If it does, it could be the first bluefin tuna species to attain a Seafood Watch yellow or green rating due to the management improvements we helped secure through international negotiations.

Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis are recovering.

Offshore oil and gas drilling puts coastal communities and ocean ecosystems at risk.

An equitable approach to seafood sustainability

Shrimp is enormously popular in the United States — but the way shrimp is farmed can harm the environment. Much of the shrimp Americans eat is raised on small family-run farms in South and Southeast Asia. Seafood Watch has rated most of these shrimp imports as Avoid (red) because of issues like overuse of antibiotics and habitat destruction.

Our global team has found that many farmers want to make improvements to their practices and gain access to the global sustainable seafood market. In some cases, farms are already operating sustainably but lack data to demonstrate it. Until recently, their options to prove their operations are sustainable have been limited. Third-party eco-certifications can be costly, and ratings programs generally function for entire regions rather than individual farms.

To make the process more equitable for these family-based shrimp farmers, Seafood Watch works on the ground with farmer associations, local companies, and other partners. We’re creating a pathway for small farmers to assure buyers of — and potentially improve — their environmental practices through a web-based app, the Improvement Verification Platform.

Seafood Watch team members who live in those countries train partners and farmers to use the app to determine if their farm’s performance is equivalent to a Seafood Watch yellow (Good Alternative) or green (Best Choice) rating. Using a landscape-level approach that samples a representative number of farms, we can confidently verify how all farms in an area are performing.

Our work is making an impact. In close collaboration with our partners in Vietnam, last year we substantially increased the number of small-scale shrimp farms that achieved green ratings — with many more slated to reach green in 2023. And after a successful pilot of the same platform in India last year, we are optimistic about improved practices there as well.

The results are a game changer for these rural communities. Through technical innovation, we’re leveling the playing field for family-run shrimp farmers in regions of Vietnam — and soon in India — to be recognized as sustainable and gain important access to global markets.

Giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon

Shrimp industry members in Vietnam use the Improvement Verification Platform.

Working to improve human rights in the seafood industry

Seafood Watch is committed to transforming how seafood is fished and farmed so both people and the planet can thrive for the long term. To achieve this goal, we must ensure that sustainable seafood comes from fisheries and aquaculture operations that provide good and fair working conditions and respect human rights. In 2022, we made significant progress as we expanded our work on two fronts.

We formed a Social Sustainability Advisory Group to review and advise on integration of human rights considerations with existing environmentally focused work. The group of experts from 14 countries includes international researchers, human rights and social equity professionals, economists, and others. They are providing valuable strategic guidance and expertise as Seafood Watch works to ensure that the seafood we eat doesn’t harm the people who fish and farm it.

We also launched an updated and improved version of the Seafood Social Risk Tool for businesses. They can use this tool to better understand human rights and labor conditions in their seafood supply chains — and engage in efforts to improve them. The tool profiles seafood production systems around the world to identify areas that are at higher risk of forced labor, human trafficking, and child labor. Our aim: to encourage businesses to engage with producers and correct those abuses.

Harvesting shrimp at a small scale farm in Vietnam

Fish market in Bitung, Indonesia

There’s sound science behind all Seafood Watch assessments

Seafood Watch has taken on a big job to assess the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture worldwide. Currently we have released more than 1,640 ratings that cover 38 percent of global seafood production. Each year the number grows.

What goes into an assessment? Broadly speaking, for wild fisheries we examine all available public data against four criteria: Is the fish population healthy? What level of harm does fishing have on other ocean wildlife like turtles and seabirds? Does fishing the species harm its habitat? And, if it exists, how effective is management of the species? Based on the findings, we make recommendations, assigning each fishery a rating of Best Choice (green), Good Alternative (yellow), or Avoid (red). To assess aquaculture operations, we follow a similarly rigorous process.

Outside experts review each draft assessment, and we also make them available for public comment on the Seafood Watch website. Our goal is to assure consumers and businesses that our recommendations are based on an accurate reflection of the environmental impacts associated with seafood production.

Simply put, recommendations that come out red do so because they didn’t satisfy the sustainability standards of one or more criteria. But sometimes recommendations that come out red are unpopular.

For example, our fall 2022 assessment of American lobster in the Gulf of Maine scored fairly well around the health of the lobster population and impacts on the marine habitat. However, it scored very poorly on harmful

fishing gear impacts to other species — notably a high entanglement risk for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, and on management for not adequately preventing whale entanglements.

This resulted in a red rating. As with all our assessments, we’ll monitor this one for new developments and update our information accordingly.

We’ve seen in the past that our red ratings can spur innovations in the seafood industry. We’ve helped inspire — and are working with — the farmed salmon industry in Chile to commit to reducing antibiotics in their salmon farming, which pushes even more research toward finding a solution. In India and Vietnam, our tools are opening access to global markets for marginalized shrimp farmers. Perhaps most importantly, we’re guiding largescale seafood businesses toward more socially responsible outcomes by bringing everyone to the table to make inclusive and collective decisions.

Online Seafood Buying Guides

Cod Bigeye Tuna

Antibiotics in aquaculture elevated to the global stage

Aquaculture plays a vital role in feeding the growing global population. Last year, for the first time, the United Nations recognized sustainable aquaculture as fundamental to achieve food security and support livelihoods. The recognition — made during the United Nations’ Our Ocean Conference held in Portugal — was the culmination of two years of hard work by our Seafood Watch team, as well as many other organizations, to elevate aquaculture to the global stage.

Antibiotics, which are used to control disease outbreaks in farmed salmon and shrimp — two globally popular seafood items — can harm ocean ecosystems. But banning antibiotics puts smallscale farmers in a bind as there are few, if any, cost-effective alternatives. And with climate change intensifying disease outbreaks, the time to act is now.

We continued our critically important on-the-ground efforts in Chile, Vietnam, and other countries. Our staff of global experts worked to increase understanding of how antibiotics impact marine ecosystems by engaging all stakeholders, from researchers to governments and small-scale farmers, to understand the issues they face as we work together to find solutions.

Our approaches are building trust and increasing support by stakeholders across the globe to find meaningful solutions for this important issue.

We work with the World Bank to promote sustainable solutions. Last spring, we hosted an online workshop for more than 50 global leaders. And during the United Nations Ocean Conference in June, Chief Conservation and Science Officer Margaret Spring moderated an event on managing antibiotic risks in aquaculture that featured a call for global collaboration to manage the risks.

Josh Madeira, policy and stakeholder engagement director (left), and Rolando Ibarra, senior fellow aquaculture science and innovation, at the United Nations Ocean Conference.

Senior Fellow Rolando Ibarra presents on antibiotic challenges in aquaculture

“Connecting people, science, and solutions; that’s key to our success.”

— Seafood Watch Director of Science & Global Strategies Wendy Norden

Our sea otter surrogacy method is a model of success

A few years ago, Otter 845, a three-week-old pup prematurely separated from her mother, stranded on a beach in Davenport, California. State wildlife officials brought her to us, and we cared for her until she was old enough to dive for and eat solid food. We then paired her with one of our resident adult female sea otters, Ivy, who taught her the skills she needed to survive in the wild.

Once she was old enough to return to the wild, we released 845 in Monterey Bay. She foraged, rested with other otters, and settled into her home along the coast — all signs that Ivy had taught her well. Last summer, we spotted 845 with the most encouraging sign of all: a pup of her own — showing how our surrogacy program is helping support the recovery of the sea otter population.

The sea otter surrogacy practices we developed are the standard of care in the species’ rehabilitation. To expand surrogacy efforts, we’re sharing those practices with partner aquariums so they can use their facilities, staff, and resident sea otters to help us return more rehabilitated sea otters to the wild.

Today, southern sea otters inhabit only about 13 percent of their historical range, and the threatened population is struggling to expand beyond it. In July, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a congressionally mandated study on the feasibility of returning sea otters to areas they inhabited before fur traders hunted them to near-extinction. The study, which we played a significant role in developing, found that sea otter reintroduction along the U.S. West Coast is not only feasible, but

Our sea otter program by the numbers

Here is the impact of our program since it started in 1984.

Sharks, otters, and climate change

For more than two decades, Aquarium scientists and our partners have been using electronic tags to track white sharks. The resulting data told us more than we initially set out to discover.

Years since we rescued our first sea otter in 1984

Sea otters we have rehabilitated and released back to the wild

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Non-releasable sea otters we’ve placed at 13 different U.S. aquariums and zoos

Pups reared through our sea otter surrogacy program

Pups born in the wild to surrogate-reared otters that we rescued, rehabilitated, and released (These are only the pups we observed — there could be many more.)

that it would also benefit species recovery, coastal ecosystem health, and coastal communities.

The USFWS report also highlighted the release of surrogate-reared otters as a key method of potential reintroduction efforts. By expanding our surrogacy program to other aquarium partners, we will collectively be able to raise and release many more orphaned sea otters, rebuilding the otter population in places they’ve been absent for more than a century. By doing so, we’re supporting the recovery of California’s coastal ecosystems — which, in turn, provide priceless natural services to humanity.

One surprising finding is that warmer ocean currents, driven by climate change, are drawing juvenile white sharks north into Monterey Bay. These young sharks sometimes take experimental — but fatal — bites of southern sea otters. That’s affecting the otters’ ability to return to more of their historical range along the California coast.

Aimee David, vice president of U.S. & California ocean conservation, wrote about these dynamics last October in a Los Angeles Times op-ed.

“It’s one more clear signal that climate change is dramatically altering ocean waters off the California coast,” she wrote. “As shifting ocean conditions expand juvenile white sharks’ geographic range, the ripple effects are altering fundamental relationships in coastal ecosystems.”

This new information on sharks’ range, along with other emerging climate science, is informing our plans for sea otter recovery — and our efforts to protect key habitats like kelp forests and eelgrass meadows in a changing ocean.

To ensure that sea otters receive the very best care, our staff have provided husbandry and veterinary training to 22 aquariums, zoos, and wildlife rehabilitation facilities.

Left: Aquarium Sea Otter Rehabilitation Specialist Kattie Stong trains Erin Lundy from the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific.

Thank you!

Your generous support enables the Aquarium to touch millions of lives and achieve remarkable results for our ocean planet. That was especially true in 2022. With operations in full swing after our extended closure, our entire team was excited to focus on new experiences and new programs to take our impact to the next level.

We opened Into the Deep/En lo Profundo, the most ambitious exhibition we’ve created since our Open Sea galleries. It was a milestone in our history and, for me, the fulfillment of a longtime dream. Our extraordinary team, plus an unprecedented collaboration with our colleagues at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), enabled us to immerse people in the living deep sea that covers most of our planet, for the first time anywhere. My special thanks to the Grainger Family Descendants Fund both for the gift that let us complete Into the Deep during challenging times, and for their recent gift to ensure the exhibit continues to showcase the very latest in deep-sea discoveries.

The exhibition helped us attract over 1.8 million guests, a welcome return to numbers close to our pre-pandemic visitation. This includes the return of students for free field trips — the first since 2020. We hosted teachers for a new institute that emphasizes problem-solving and equity, and a summit that prepares them to lead students in climate action projects at their schools and in their communities.

We grew our Children’s Education Endowment Fund to secure funding and free access for these programs into the future, as we continue to fulfill the potential of the Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership.

The year also included big victories for ocean health. The Seafood Watch program’s sustainable seafood ratings continued to drive change across the globe, and the team — including a growing number of international fellows — was in high demand. Bolstering California’s leadership, we negotiated and backed the nation’s most comprehensive law reducing plastic pollution at the source. We co-sponsored a bill that bans seabed mining in state waters. And, our decades of work to recover sea otters revealed new insights into their role in supporting healthy ecosystems as communities plan to manage the growing impact of climate change.

Throughout the year, we continued our journey to become a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible organization, finding new ways to support the diverse voices that are essential to shaping solutions. We’re making accessibility for all a priority and supporting future teachers whose backgrounds reflect those of their students. Only by making these values and voices integral to our culture will we achieve our mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. I’m so grateful to you for making it all possible.

JULIE PACKARD Executive Director

The Aquarium team has reached a number of exciting milestones this year, and I’m delighted to be a part of this amazing organization.

Coming out of two challenging years, we demonstrated not just resilience but incredible talent and a new determination to make the future of our ocean planet better. It started with the stunning living exhibits that are part of Into the Deep/En lo Profundo and included remarkable ocean policy victories to reduce plastic pollution and halt seabed mining in California waters.

For me, the energy and vision of our educators is one of the most meaningful highlights of 2022. The team, led by Vice President of Education Jenny de la Hoz, is rebuilding our programs and shaping a future where we can have a transformative impact on diverse new generations of young people. We’re also collaborating with California State University, Monterey Bay, to prepare a cohort of teachers who mirror the diversity of students in California.

The Connie and Bob Lurie Innovation Lab at the Bechtel Education Center is a vehicle for teaching problem-solving skills. Its programs embrace equity in the process of crafting solutions — an approach that puts communities at the heart of the process.

This reflects the work we’re doing — with the Board of Trustees, the Aquarium staff, and our volunteers — to build the inclusive organization we must become to continue advancing our conservation mission.

All this takes dedication and focus. These qualities exemplify the values that set Monterey Bay Aquarium apart. I and my colleagues on the Board of Trustees offer our deepest thanks for your generosity and support, which makes this important work possible.

STEPHEN C. NEAL Board Chair

Julie Packard, Executive Director

Stephen C. Neal, Board Chair

Tegan Acton

Meg Caldwell

Samantha Campbell

Caroline Getty

M.R.C. Greenwood

Mike Gupta

William Landreth

Michael Mantell

Connie Martinez

Martha Martinez

Susan Orr

Pietro Parravano

Chris Scholin

Greg Silverman

Louise Stephens

Mark Wan

Lisa White

Gideon Yu

2022 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Since we opened nearly 40 years ago,

the Monterey Bay Aquarium has made financial stewardship a top priority. Sound management of our financial resources allows us to achieve our mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. With your exceptional and generous support, we weathered the challenges of the pandemic and emerged in an excellent position to increase our impact for years to come. Thank you!

Revenue $139.4 million

$57.2 million Admissions

$46.6 million Contributions

$12.3 million Memberships

$10.7 million Endowment distribution

$7.0 million Other earned revenue

$5.6 million Retail and food services

Figures are preliminary and unaudited. Our 2022 Audited Financials and IRS 990 form will be available by November 2023 at: www.montereybayaquarium.org/about-us/financial-statements-and-annual-review

1,837,511 people of all ages visited the Aquarium 12+ million people connected with us online or engaged with our social media

2022 HIGHLIGHTS

22,777 schoolchildren and teachers took part in our free programs

81,426 animals and plants cared for by our staff 24/7

3,600 programs on ocean conservation and animals offered to the public 22 otters rescued who received care or rehabilitation by our staff

Direct expenses $95.9 million

$48.8 million Animal care & Aquarium experiences

$17.6 million Communications & outreach

$9.4 million Conservation & science programs

$4.1 million Education programs

$10.6 million Management & general

$5.4 million

Fundraising & membership services

Capital expenditures $29.2 million

36 seafood sustainability reports encompassing 182 ratings published 2 ocean-friendly bills we supported signed into law in California

As we near our 40th anniversary, the cost of maintaining our facility continues to grow, both due to age and environmental impacts. In 2022, we launched our amazing new exhibition Into the Deep/En lo Profundo, replaced rock work in the Kelp Forest, started a three year project to replace the pipe supports that bring seawater into the Aquarium, and completed several other critical infrastructure projects.

Securing the future of the ocean

Each year, millions of people from around the globe draw inspiration from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and look to us to protect the ocean and its wildlife. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and members, we’ve been able to make a huge difference. But with threats to ocean health increasing, we must do more. That’s why it is essential that we build our endowment, so our programs can continue to make a difference, both now and in the future.

In 1996, we established the Aquarium’s Endowment Fund for the Future of the Ocean. It includes our Board-Designated Fund, and permanently designated contributions and bequests from donors. In 2011, we

Endowment Society members

created the Children’s Education Endowment Fund so we can always offer free Aquarium admission to California schoolchildren — something we’ve been committed to doing since opening day. We invest contributions made to our Endowment Fund, and each year we withdraw a percentage of the fund’s yield to fund our critically important programs.

At the end of 2022, our endowment reached $292 million and provided $10.7 million to support our free education programs for schoolchildren, teens, and teachers as well as our cutting-edge conservation and science initiatives that help ensure a healthy ocean — in perpetuity.

We are pleased to recognize our generous donors who joined the Aquarium’s Endowment Society with gifts of $100,000 or more. We are deeply grateful for their generosity and look forward to honoring a growing roster of Endowment Society members in the years to come.

Anonymous

Wallis Annenberg

Eugene Cheng, MD and Maribeth Colloton

Michael Dawson in memory of Audrey Dawson

Robert and Flora Day for the Day Nissim Family Fund

John and Jean De Nault

Richard G. and Mae F. Dong

Alan Feinberg and Joan Weber

M. Jean Fisher

Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone

Gill Family Trust in loving memory of Ravinderjit Kaur Gill

The Green Family

Charles E. Halfmann and G. Robert Yee

Wendy W. Kwok and Family

Douglas Lee and Kellee Noonan

William J. Lloyd in memory of W. Arthur and Eva L. Lloyd

Worth and Andy Ludwick

Connie and Bob Lurie

Jay and Susan Mandell

Dr. Hugh A. McAllister Jr.

John and Judith Mitchell in memory of Megan Liane Mitchell

Dean Morton

Lori S. Nye

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Pamela J. Pescosolido

Pomatto Family

In memory of Howard T. Powell

Purdy Legacy Foundation

Walter and Ramona Reichl

Jane and Chuck Rubey

Karl and Alice Ruppenthal Family Foundation

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation

Robert and Janice Scott Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Curtis and Priscilla Tamkin

Suzanne Francoeur Taunt

The Terry Family Foundation

Leon Thomas and Betty Bird

Davis L. and Patricia M. Todhunter

Dr. Thomas Weber and Stephanie Reib

Alan Williams

A lifetime of love for the ocean

Alan Feinberg and his wife Joan Weber — two generous supporters of the Aquarium — share a lifetime of love for the ocean. When they decided to leave a legacy that reflects their passion for protecting the marine environment, they selected us because of our reputation as a global leader in ocean conservation.

They were impressed by the Aquarium’s Endowment Fund because it supports our education programs, which foster interest, knowledge, and skills in marine biology and conservation. “Inspiring and educating today’s children and teens is vital to develop the next generation of ocean advocates who can carry forward the exceptional work that the Monterey Bay Aquarium is doing today,” says Joan.

To help support this important work, they created a named fund — making an outright gift now and a bequest from their estate that will add to the fund in the future. We are delighted to recognize the new Alan Feinberg and Joan Weber Endowment Fund for Education.

Leaving a legacy for the ocean

We are extremely honored by the loyalty and commitment of more than 800 members of the Betty White Ocean Legacy Circle. Their gifts in the future will be critical to securing a healthy ocean for future generations.

With deep gratitude, profound respect, and great sadness, we acknowledge the generosity of the following members of the Betty White Ocean Legacy Circle who passed away in recent years. Their legacy gifts will have a lasting impact on our work to inspire conservation of the ocean.

Geri Allison

Camille Arsenault

Paul Berg

Paul O. Brohmer

Daniel B. DeBra

Rita J. Donovan

Susan B. Draper

Tina Fairbanks

Renata Gasperi

Neil E. Harlan, Jr.

How to Create Your Own Legacy

Bruce S. Henderson

Adrienne S. Herman

Desmond Johnson

Barbara Kirchner

Robert and Lyn Leighton

Robert L. Propf

Patricia Raposo

Priscilla Upton

Jean Vernon

Leo Woods

If you would like to help build the Aquarium’s endowment fund and create your own legacy, please contact the Aquarium’s gift planning team at 831.648.4877 or by email at lastinglegacy@mbayaq.org

Joan Weber and Alan Feinberg

Joan is a retired educator and Alan is a former software executive and nonprofit board chair. They relocated to the Bay Area from Boston in 1990 and will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year.

Executive Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle

The Executive Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle recognizes individuals and family foundations that support the Aquarium with gifts of $100,00 or more annually.

$5 million and above

Anonymous

An anonymous donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Betty and Gordon Moore

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$1 million and above

Anonymous

Estate of Neil E. Harlan, Jr.

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

$500,000 and above

Connie and Bob Lurie

Janne and Bill Wissel

$250,000 and above

Anonymous

Acton Family Giving

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment

Samantha Campbell

Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang

Eric C. Jensen and Teresa B. McCann

Estate of Betty White Ludden

Estate of Robert L. Ryon

The Siriwan Singhasiri and Kenneth Lin Foundation

$100,000 and above

Anonymous

Estate of Geri Allison

Cox-Vadakan Family

Dalio Philanthropies

Ann and John Doerr

DougDoug Community

Sharon and Joel Friedman

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson

Estate of Gary Daniel Kwan

The Landreth Family Fund*

Sally Lucas

Worth and Andy Ludwick

Leslie and Mac McQuown

The Priem Family Foundation

Estate of Joan La Marr Roach

Schlinger Family Foundation

Lisa and Matthew Sonsini Family Fund

Troper Wojcicki Foundation

Charles Wheatley

Lisa and Robert Wheatley

Anne Wojcicki Foundation

We are exceptionally grateful to the following donors for their gifts received in 2022.

Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle

The Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle recognizes individuals and family foundations that support the Aquarium with gifts of $10,000 to $99,999.

$50,000 and above

Anonymous

Angela and Robert Amarante

Anonymous Fund of MCF

Estate of Ann Louise Brambl

The Buffett Fund*

The Cheng Family Foundation

Sandra DeLay and Carl Magnuson*

William H. Donner Foundation

Estate of Susan B. Draper

The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.

Karen and Rick Hargrove

In memory of Adrienne S. Herman

The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation

Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation

Nora McNeely Hurley/Manitou Fund

Quest Foundation

Yuanbi and Paul Ramsay

Estate of Patricia Raposo

Pat Chandler Seawell

Windgate Foundation

Rebecca Winsor

$25,000 and above

Anonymous

Laura and Judson Althoff

Laura and Jesse Ambrose

Lyn and David Anderson

Ned and Jimi Barnholt

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barrett

Currie and Tom Barron

Baugh Foundation

Johnnie and Peter Borris

Sheila and Michael Brand

Campizondo Foundation

Rebecca Castro

The William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation

Heidi Charleson and Lou Woodworth

Brenda H. Christensen and Thomas W. Barry

Anne and Terry Clark

Lesley and John Colgrove

Laurie and Alan Dachs

Flora and Robert Day

Margareta and Staffan Encrantz

Morgan Fein and Brandon Bianchi

Robert B. Fenton Family

Flora Family Foundation

Francis Family Foundation

Diané and John Furlan

Hope Giles and Jim Turek

Shirley and Harry Hagey

The Harvey Family

Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau

Estate of Bruce S. Henderson

William Knox Holt Foundation

Rachael and Justin Hugon

Chris, Kate, Stella and Erik Jaffe

Beth and Guy Kawasaki

Lakeside Foundation

Joan F. Lane

The McElwee Family

Peggy and Rod McMahan

Ana Mendez and Rajeev Jayavant

Mary Murphy and Mark Stevens

Dinny and Ned Nemacheck

Dian and Peter Nielsen

Kellee Noonan and Douglas Lee

Sabrina and Katie Poulos

Redwood Serenity Fund

Cori and Mike Roffler

Connie and Kevin Shanahan

Cheryl and Lonnie Smith

Mary and Mark Stevens

Stephen Storey

Barbara Swain

Suzanne Francoeur Taunt

The Terry Family Foundation

Darleen and Rolf Trautsch

Karen and James Tyler

Alec and Claudia Webster

Thomas Wolf

Brenda K. Wood

$10,000 and above

Anonymous

Kim and Wayne Anderson

Anthropocene Institute

Katherine Applegate

Alison and Joe Barta

The Baylor Family

Merle and Lorna Beghtel

Robert and JoAnna Behl

Roberta and Jim Bell

Barbara Benson

Helen and Peter Bing

Rebecca and Kirk Bocek

Carrie and Michael Bostock

RayAnn and Chris Bradford

Marianne and Donald Bradley

Fred and Susan Breidenbach

Ann L. Brown

Maria Cardamone and Paul Matthews

Wai and Glenda Chang

Zora and Les Charles

Donna Chiaro and John Cromwell

Laurie Christensen and Colin Ma

Bobbé and Robert Christopherson

Bud and Rebecca Colligan

Leanne and Michael Colvin

Joan and Edward Conger

Patrick J. Connolly Family

Gayle and Ron Conway

Crask Family

Tammy and Bill Crown

Nora Daly and Tim Linerud

Dauber Family

Susan and Richard Dauphiné

Denise and Gary David

Pilar and Lew Davies

The Dawson Family

Nina and Casper de Clercq

Barbara W. Deméré

Nancy and Bill Doolittle

Thomas and Marilyn Draeger

Dawn and Paul Drzaic

Marlene and Duane Dunwoodie

Patricia Duran

Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle, continued

Leslie Durboraw and Bill Maimone

Alex L. Dykes and Robert McClaine

Ria Eagan and Sue Stryker

Carol Eckert and Robert Day

Donald Ellis and Sherry Chang

Ken Endelman and Rosalind Van Auker

David, Sarah, Shaina and Hannah Epstein

Karen Erickson and Eric Rangen

Anthony Escalle Family

Judy Estrin

Alan Feinberg and Joan Weber

Estate of M. Jean Fisher

Richard B. Fullerton Foundation

Ursula Gallichotte and James Hallmark

Laura and John Gamble

Garcia Family

Kimberly and Jon Gavenman

Peggy Gennatiempo

Leslie and Kelly Gheen

Cindy Gilbert, David Greenstein and Chloe

Jaswant Singh Gill

Michele Goins

Myra and Drew Goodman

Stacy and Carl Gould

Christine and Stewart Green

The Greene Family

M.R.C. Greenwood

Marcella and Gary Gulmon

Katherine and Lance Gyorfi

Elaine and Eric Hahn

The Thomas D. Halaczkiewicz Foundation

Joanne and Arthur Hall

Bill Hannon Foundation

Christen Hanson and Ed Spurr

Karen and Brendan Harley

Alvin T. Harry and Emily F. Adelmann

Robert Hartmann and Denise Danisch

Mary and Roger Hayashi

Paul and Nancy Helman

Nancy and James Hoak

Deborah Hobbs

Chris and Greg Hoberg

Diane and Douglas Hockersmith

Hoefer Family Foundation

Betsy Hosick and Barb Peterson

Marcia and Larry Hulberg

Shawn and Tracey Hurley

Kathy and Bob Jaunich

Sharon Johe

Estate of Desmond Johnson

Kristine Johnson and Tim Dattels

Marguerite and S. Allan A. Johnson

Neil and Stephanie Johnston

Kathryn and Eliot Jordan

Alycia and William Kennedy

Doehee Kimm and Peter Lee

Caroline and Ken Knapp

Thomas V. Kornei

Joe and Nancy Kovalik Family

Caron and Alan Lacy

Pat Landers

Alida and Christopher Latham

Carol and Don Laucella

Sandra Laughlin

Aida and Bruno Lecointre

Leifhelm Foundation

Vencent Liang

Mary and Bob Litterman

Edmond D. Lock

Kathryn and Jim Lodato

Sharon Lohbeck

Karen Lovejoy

Jody Lyons and Gary Gallagher

Melody and Chris Malachowsky

Gerda Marotta

The John R. Marron Fund*

Patty and Eff Martin

Vicki Mayberry

John and Charlotte McConkie

Peter and Joan McKee

The McMurtry Family Foundation

Victor Merlino

Donna E. Meyers and Roberta S. Hunter

The Betty Millard Foundation

Nadine and John Mills

Robert and Mary Ann Moore

Susan B. Moore and Larry E. Moore

Morgan Charitable Foundation

Chrissi and Mike Morgan

Shara and David Morishige

Dean Morton

Nancy S. Mueller

Yvonne and Robert B. Muzzy

Sally and Craig Nordlund

Lori S. Nye

Tama and John Olver

Susan and Lynn Orr

Anne Pattee

Carrie and Greg Penner

Betty-Jo Petersen

Roxanne and Alex Petruncola

Pisces Foundation

Mary K. Powell

Lynn J. and Wayne H. Preston

Estate of Robert L. Propf

Debbie and Mike Pung

Purdy Legacy Fund

Kathy Reavis and David Strohm

Martha and Frank Rebagliati Family

Stephanie Reib and Thomas Weber

Sandra and John Reilly

Linda G. Rhodes and Victoria A. Dahl

Jancy Rickman and W.J. Michaely

Kathi and Larry Ridley

Catherine A. Rivlin and Robert L. Jones

George and Jane Roach

Beth and Bill Roberson

Robert and Florence Slinger Fund*

Leigh and Eddie Robinson

Alissa and Marc Rogers

Roschke Family

Rossi Family Foundation

Antti-Veikko Rosti and Judy-Ann Rosti

Jane and Charles Rubey

Mandy and Daryl Salm

The Schink-Knowles Family

The Schmitz-Fromherz Family Fund

Carol H. Schneider

Leadership Council of the Packards’ Circle, continued

Lee Schubert and Jed Hepworth

Erik Schutter

Jan and Bob Scott

Jeanette B. Sechrist

Michelle and Cliff Shedd

Sherry Shepardson

The Patrick and Alicia Shepherd Family Trust

BJ and NL Shipman Family Foundation Fund at the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada

Pamela Silver and Jeff Way

Amanda and Gregory Silverman

Tracey and Robert Simpson

Rod Skinner

Patricia M. and William H. Smith

Kathryn Snyder and Gerald Kutchey

George Somero and Amy Anderson

Candis Stern

The Storkan Family

Ginny and Richard Strock

Cindy and Caitlin Stuewe

Kathleen Talbert-Hill and George Hill

Anne and Peter Thorp

Yvonne Thorstenson and Brian Strom

Joshua Tidsbury and Nahanni Riversong

Donald and Denise Timmons

Patricia and Vincent Tinto

Davis L. and Patricia M. Todhunter

The Traverse Foundation

Dylan and Ryan Turzak

Pamela and Brian Uitti

James Vanlandingham

Ann and James Verhey

Franca and Rick Voeglin

Wanda and Harold Wake

Jeanne Ware

Mr. and Mrs. James Warren

Kathleen A. White

Sarah Bonner championed the Aquarium and Monterey County

We mourn the passing of Sarah Bonner, a member of the Aquarium’s board of trustees from 1997 to 2003. For more than 45 years, Sarah devoted her time, energy, and generosity to ensure a thriving Monterey County. In addition to serving as a trustee of the Aquarium and longtime champion of our mission, Sarah was instrumental in directing grant funding to Monterey County for critical education, health and human services, and arts and culture initiatives through her work with the William McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation and the Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation.

Brayton Wilbur Foundation

Wild Thyme Fund at Schwab Charitable

Alan Williams

Marti Williams

The Woo Family

Valerie and John Wookey

Linda and Koichi Yamaguchi

Warren Yang and Jung Yoon

Bill, Zack and Carol Fulton Yeates

Roslyn Young and Dave Johnston

D4 Yuhasz

Judi and Dave Zaches

Marsha McMahan Zelus

Patsy and Bob Zollars

Marcin Zukowski and Anna Chmielowiec

Packards’ Circle

The Packards’ Circle recognizes individuals and family foundations that support the Aquarium with gifts of $2,500 to $9,999.

$5,000 and above

Anonymous

Judith and George Abbott

Joy and Jonathan Alferness

John Ameling and Susan Charbonneau

Dorothy and Steven Anderson

Ariko Family Foundation

Gayla and Gordon Armstrong

Nola and Harvey Armstrong

Carol Atkinson and Bob Silva

Kathleen and John Ballard

Sue and John Ballard

Charles L. Barndt, Jr.

Elizabeth and John Barron

Richard Baumgartner and Elizabeth Salzer

Jessie and Travis Becker

Sydney and Robert Bennion

Mary and Rudy Bergthold

Robin Berry and William Ringer

Fred and Jan Betke

Perry Bishop Family

Paula Black and Laura Zehm

Amy Boles and Kyle Wagner

Caasi Bonura and Jeremy Goodland

The Borch Family

Vreni and Willy Borner

Barbara and Max Boyer

Patty and John Brissenden

Linda Joanne Brown and Lauren Katherine Morlock

Marjorie R. Bullock and Nina S. Harrison

Charles and Margaret Burback

Susan and Peter Canepa

Lesley and Brad Canfield

Patti and Dan Canouse

The Cantacuzene Family

Jean Y. Caravalho

Mr. and Mrs. Susan Casentini

Patrick Chambers and Kathleen Winters

Janice Chan and Eric Kwan

Sanjay, Sushmita and Monica Chanda

Linda and Randall Charles

Brian K. Childress

Victoria Christie

Nina Ciminelli-Hill and Joe Hill

Tina, Joseph and Christopher Clark

Sandy and Shaun Collard

Pamela and Rachel Conant

Marsha and James Condon

Peggy and Yogen Dalal

James Day

Catherine and John Debs

Linda and Ed DeMeo

Laura Desmond-Black and Steven Davidovitz

Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson

Mary Dixon and David Jessup

Richard G. and Mae F. Dong

Phyllis J. Dorricott

Christina Drake and Timothy Thompson

The Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation

Jean and Jim Duff Fund*

Charlene Etheridge

Chuck Baxter helped shape the Aquarium’s vision

We honor Chuck Baxter (second from right), one of the four visionaries who first imagined a Monterey Bay Aquarium and influenced the scope of MBARI. The marine ecology expert, who died in August 2022, shaped the unique vision that continues to define the Aquarium: amazing live exhibits and a spirit of curiosity and wonder.

Packards’ Circle, continued

Sonja Fagan and Andrew Edelsten

Shannon and Ted Farrell

Susan Fisher

The Fraenkel Family

Alison and Jerry Frey

Gerald Fritz

The Galloway Family

Jody and Nancy Gerstner

Karen and Chuck Gill

Bettina and Michael Gilligan

Mark Goines and Gail Wong

Marcia and John Goldman

Loren and Mike Gordon

Steve Gorski and Mary Walsh-Gorski

Kevin, Martie and Al Graf

Keith Gress and Amy Peirce

Ruth M. Gupta

Tia Haapasalo and Jaakko Haapasalo

Ann P. Haberkorn

Barbara and Dick Haiduck

Eileen Hamilton

Ruth and Ben Hammett

Lorraine and Noble Hancock

Jillian and Jeff Harrell

Lynn C. Hart

Caroline Hicks

Robin and Deborah Hicks Family

Paula J. Higgins

Stephanie and George Hines

Lynne Hipp

The Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation

Susan and David Hodges

Tom B. Housen

Aditi Iyer

Julia Jackson

Christine and Michael James

Johnson Ohana Foundation

James Clinton Jones, MD

Linda Joost and Larry Fruzzetti

Dianne and Brian Judd

Teresa and Brian Kelleher

William A. Kerr Foundation

Julie and Ralph Kimball

Mary Ellen Klee

Toni Knudson and Kishore Augustus

Koehler Mahlstedt Family Foundation

Eileen Kopec

Dana and Sharon Krone

The Lafayette Family

The Cathy and Dick Lampman Foundation

The Lauesen Family

Mike Light and John Lum

Aren and Paul Lindstrom

Shirley and Darren Litzinger

Lee Litzler and Lylia Needham

Terri Lundberg and Arnold Whitman

M.O.B. Family Foundation

Glenice and Steve Magee

Pirkko Marja Maguire

Michael and Maxine Mantell

Lars and Marin Mapstead

Gene and Daneen Matts

Sue McCloud

Robert McGriff

Carolyn and Phil McIntyre

Morna Mellor

Richard and Grace Merrill Fund*

The Messer Family

Carol and Bryan Miller

Cynthia D. and Forrest E. Miller

Gail Morey

Catherine and Robert Murphy

Natalie Nielsen and Tom O’Brien

Ann and Roger Noll

Julie and Will Obering

Betty Ohr

Therese and Donald Olker

Judith Olson

Kris and John Olson

Sheila Ortloff

Laura and Kevin O’Shea

Parallax Art Studio

Sigrid U. Pate-Butler

Virginia Pauksta

Janet and David Peoples

Joyce Perkins

Ernest and Irene Pestana

Janet and Bert Peterson

Donna and Eric Prebys

Kenneth Prevette

Penny and Peter Purdue

Kelley and Brandon Reher

Ramona and Walter Reichl

Ann and Kanwal Rekhi

Alexandra Grace Rennie

Georgia and Tim Riley

Alice L. Roberston

Craig and Laurel Robertson

The Manette and Steve Rogers Family

The Rorer Foundation

Lori and Tom Rowden

Nancy Ruskin

Virginia and Gary Russell

Alisa and Rob Sakowitz

The Schleyer Foundation

Sara and Patrick Schmitz

Eileen & Fred Schoellkopf Foundation

Steve Schramm and Diane Schweitzer

Sheri Shipe and Heather Lee

Julie and Lance Shirai

Cindy and Richard Silver

Judith Sklar

Dennette, Joel, Trent, Leslie, and Colby Smith

Gary Sorgen

Rachael Staudt and Douglas Soo

Regina and Dieter Stoeckel

Sabina Stoltz and Aaron Thornton

Robert Sullivan and Meg Best-Sullivan

Ram Sundaram

Cheryl and Adam Sweeney

Janet H. Tague

Lisa and Bradley Tank

Colleen Tate and Erin Levins

Jennifer Taylor and Phillip Trujillo

Dianne L. and Robert Tecco and Family

Jeffrey Tindall

Marion Trentman-Morelli and Robert Morelli

Karen and Jim Truettner

Jennifer and Shawn Underwood

LaDonna Valenti

Estate of Jean Vernon

Celia Vigil and William Galcher

Connie and Robert Waldrop

Paul Webb Charitable Fund at the North Valley Community Foundation

The Weber Family

Packards’ Circle, continued

Kim and Norm Wesley

Nancy and Hugh Westermeyer

Hollie Wilent and Carl Sutton

Michael and Kim Wilkins

Shelly and Stephen Wilson

Linda and King Won

Frank Wong

Carrie and Cliff Woolley

Kim Worsencroft and Dennis McEvoy

Douglas Wreden

Daunelle and Weldon Wulstein

Ayse Perihan and Mete Yalcinkaya

Charlotte and Erez Yarkoni

William York and Shawn Lampron

Mary Yui and Jeff Longmate

$2,500 and above

Anonymous

Joyce and Joseph Abbate

Grace M. Abbott and Mike Voss

Jeanette and William Abbott

Larry S. Abitbol Family

Susan and James Acquistapace

Janet and Chuck Adams

Dr. Scott Adams and Mr. Michael Lentz

The Aikin Family

Ron and Julia Allen

Carolyn and David Amaral

Julie and Derek Anderson

Robin and Ken Anderson

Rob Arathoon and Philippa Norman

Charles and Ronni Arduini

Marlene and John Arnold

Jered Arquiette and Quynh Pham

Peggy Aschenbeck and Al Giles

Avila-Soares Family

LaNae and Rick Avra

Kathy Ayers

Laura and Harrison Bachrach

Robert Baigrie and Linda Conway

Debbie and Paul Baker

Margot and Tyler Baker

Richard Bakman

Betty and Paul Baldacci

Lea and James Baldacci

JoAnn and Robert Balzer

Christine and Thomas Banks

Debra and Richard Barth

Stephen Bartlett

Lourdes and Neal Bassett

Ellen Beasley and Kevin Baker

Alex Beckman and Valerie Lau

Victoria Behr

Rhonda and Tim Bekkedahl

Susan and Steven Bell

Christopher Berg

Lynette and Richard Berg

Lynn Dee Berger

The Beutler Family

Theresa and Larry Biggam

Penny Blake

The Blau Reeves Family

Charlene Boarts

Cindy and Carl Bock

Betty Boege

Lucia and Michael Boggiatto

Christann Bohnet and Louis Bermingham

Barbara F. Borthwick and Marilyn A. Steinhart

Craig T. Bowman and Susan M. Schoenung

Lauren and Darrell Boyle

Michelle Brodale and Rich Hall

Susanne and Chris Brokaw

Shari L. Brooks and Clara E. Lee

Ginger Brown and Thomas Savarino

Jack Brown and Sylvia Ascencio-Brown

Rodlyn Brown

Shirley Brown and Judith Taylor

Bishop Tod D. Brown

Judy and Robert Brust

Madelyn Burke and John Nooyen

Ira Burkemper and Christine Drage

Janet and Mark Calhoon

Araceli and Daniel Camarillo

Janina and Steven Campbell

Jessica Canning

Maria and Walter Cannon

Hannah Cao and Victor Osimitz

Lois and James Carwin

Jose Castellanos and Carmen Cortez

Dr. Anthony and Clare Cedolini

Ms. Pearl Chan and Ms. Margaret Chan

Judy and Joe Chappell

Sue and Al Char

A. M. Chavez

Anita and Edward Chavez

Chennavasin Family

Susan and Steven Cheu

Eugene Cheung and Jennifer Logue

Michelle Chiang and Marcia Glover

Lisa and Mike Chun

Joyce Chung and Rene Lacerte

Susan Churchill and Van Tunstall

Catherine Cisternino-Thompson and Hannah Thompson

Alli and Dave Clark

Connie and Mike Clark

The David C. Clark Family

The Michal Clark Family

Robin Clark and Mary Mackiernan

Lisa and Michele Coddington

Aileen and Ron Cohen and Family

Sarah and Roger Coit

Mary Ventimiglia Colburn

Jeannie Cole

Paige Coleman and Walter and Greta Liu

Dr. Curtis Collins and Mrs. Judith Collins

Sarah Comstock

Cheryl Connolly

Jen Cooper and Ryan Rapetti

Jake Dolev Cooperberg and The Mocha Fund

Tim and Kelly Coppedge

Joann and Ivan Cornelius

Gerald and Buff Corsi

Brian Cox

Judy and Larry Crowder

Dr. Ela Cudilo and Mr. Dean Martindale

Packards’ Circle, continued

Renee and David Cullinan

Chris and Ty Curry

Cynthia Curry and Bjorn Nilson

Ellen and Joffa Dale

Jenipher Dalton and Jim Feder

Pamela D’Amato and Danielle Leung

Dr. Lisa Damico-Beyer and Dr. Joseph Beyer

Iris and Stephen Dart

Chitralekha Dasgupta and Ronald Hamada

Julia and James Davidson

The De Berti Family

Angela and Michael De La Rosa

Paul and Linda DeBruce

Tina and Michael Declerck

Norine DeGregori

Madeleine Delman and Jerry Cohen

John Demme

Gabrielle Dentraygues

Barbara and Ronald D’Ercole

Susan and Ujesh Desai

Denise Devereaux and Steve Sharpe

Justin Devine and Ashley Wayland

Mira and Jeffrey Dick

Marla Dierkes and Kirk Hargreaves

Susan F. Dinwiddie

Lanaya and Gary Dix

Laurie and Roberto Dixon

Kathleen and Richard Doerr

Joseph W. Donner III

Patricia and David Dormedy

Martha R. Dorn and John D. Scandling

Linda Dotson and Andrew Forster

Hallie Mitchell Dow and Brad Dow

Connie and Mike Dowler

Karen and Phil Drayer

Kristin and Friedrich Drees

Mikila and Connor Duke

Kathleen and Eric Duncan

Susan M. and Ronald W. Duncan

Wendy and Stefan Dyckerhoff

Linda and Steven Eaton

Priscilla and Bill Eckert

Erin and Brian Edem

Patricia A. and Walter W. Edwards

Ryan Egan

Jody and Mike Elliott

Nicole Elliott and Jeffrey Brown

Susan and John Elliott

James Emerson

David Endo

Claire and Paul Enea

Sandra Eng-Caulfield and Thomas Caulfield

The Engel Family

Kim Engstrom and Linda Shields

Marcella and Frank Ettin

Meg and Keith Evans

Elijah Ezeji-Okoye

Kitti and Jon Fanoe

Jack Farr

Constance E. Farrar and Kimberly A. Duke

Belinda Farrell and Jim Craik

Weyland Fat and Luanne Morikawa

Jeanne Felber and Ricky Suemori

Aileen Fell

Benjamin Fennema and Joice Chan

Laura and Rick Fergerson

Elizabeth and James Ferguson

Nancy and Michael Ferraro

Michele and Benjamin Finch

Karen Fisbeck and Jeromy Rutter

Milissa and Jeff Fisch

Michelle and Sean Fitts

Candace and Lee Fleming

Peter Fogliano and Hal Lester Foundation

T. J. Forsyth

Darlene Forsythe-Beacham and David Beacham

Ian Fox and Chun Tsai

Kent Frame and Family

Kathy and Kyle Frandle

Karen and Bill Frederick

Susan French and Robert Hassing II

J. Stewart Fuller

Dorothy Furgerson and Carrie Reid

Mary K. and Edward J. Gallo

Karen Garafola and Michael Murray

Richard Garner

GAT Family Foundation

Candace and Vincent Gaudiani

Frances Gaver

Sam Gelpi and Ingbritt Christensen

Amy Geng and Todd Park

Linda Giampa

Holly Giles

Terry Gladek and Joseph Hingston

Cheryl Glick

Janice and Mel Goertz

Linda and Mark Golan

Kathleen and James Goldsmith

Philip Goldstone and Heidi Hahn

Neil Goodhue

Pria Graves and George Koerner

Sue and Ken Greathouse

Lynsie and Andy Gridley

Pamella Gronemeyer and C. Stephen Kriegh

Alma and Ronald Gross

Carolyn and William Gross

Gularte Family

Michele and Brian Gustafson

Mimi Hahn and Larry Warcken

Enis and John Hall

Jesse and Heather Hall

Linda and Bobby Hanada

Rebecca and Kiersten Handorf

Lisa and Donald Hanle

Nagy and Terry Hanna

Michele and Tor Hanssen

Shannon and Ben Harell

Jennifer and Andy Harris

Joyce and James Harris

Sally L. Harris

Katherine Hartman and Christopher Waterbury

Jean and Richard Haskell

Karen A. Hassan and Michael G. Dearmin

Hawley Family Fund

Joanne and Matt Hayes

Susan and David Hayward

Packards’ Circle, continued

Charles and Judi Hazen

Annie and Timothy Heath

Karen and Phillip Helton

Zhang Heng and Xiaona Li

Alva and Robert Herr

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Pam and David Hibbert

Adrienne Higa and Anthony Swarthout

Claudia Hill and Larry C. Enoksen

Karuna Maya Hines and Family

Susan and Philip Hines

Deborah and Robert Hirth

Michelle Ho and Jonathan Cham

Anne and Michael Hochberg

Gail and James Hoffman

David Holland and Ondine Gage

Hondl Family

Jeanne Hori Garcia and Tami Garcia

Lisa J. Horton

Deborah and Shu-Dean Hsu

Cathy, Andy, Sophie and Alexandra Huang

Dr. Wei-Je Huang and Ms. Pei-Jen Hsu

Kristin and Jeff Huget

John and Norma Humphries and Linn Family

Wanda Hung and Chris Vakili

Carolyn Hunsicker

Mindy Hunt and Marty Northrip

Lee Hurd

Elaine and Carl Hurst

Susan Hurst and Joe Slafkosky

Jan and Jim Hustler

Janet Hutcheson and G Dan

James Hutchinson

Stella Hwang and Philip King

The Imbach and Nowka Family

J. Mark and Debbie Inglis

The Irvine Family

Sharon and John Jacobo

Donna Jahn

Harriet and Robert Jakovina

Cindy Jarvis and Allan Grimes

Nancy Jaxon

Missy and J. D. Jensen

Kyle Johnson and Dennis Eisenbeis

Mattson, Cabrie, Collin and Paris

Michael Jones

Harish and Kate Joshi

Les Junge and Holly Joseph

Tara and Jeff Kahler

Jiyoung and Jason Kang

Lynne and Brodie Keast

Helen Keeney and Ashley Richter

Mary Keir and K. Mark Ansel

Christine and Terry Kirk

Elizabeth J. and James G. Kirk

The Kirsch Family

Klein Financial Corporation

Earl Knecht

Estelle and John Knox

Wanda Kocina

Bethany and Bill Koenig

Jan M. Kohlmoos

Joanne M. Kraemer

Grace Ku and Gregory Heestand

Marcia Kuhlmann

Diane and Michael Kulow

Nicholas Kwaan

Johanna Kwan and Kevin Hague

Bernice K. Lacks

Carol and Michael Laflin

Grace and David Lam

The Laurits Family

Julia and Ruddick Lawrence

Carrie Lawton and Mark Kohalmy

Cynthia Lee

Brooks G. Leffler

Jeanette and Olaf Leifson

Charlotte Leong and Mark Rotter

Barbara and Ivan Linderman

Jan Lipson Family

Peggy Lance Little

Kateri Livingston

Bonnie Lockwood and Merrick Rayle

Lynda and Rick Lofvendahl

George P. Shultz Future Leaders Scholarship Fund

We are pleased to recognize the generous donors to the newly endowed Shultz Scholarship Fund. Former trustee Shultz championed higher education so it is fitting that this fund is dedicated to giving students from communities traditionally unrepresented in conservation fields support and mentorship through college.

In Memory of S.D. Bechtel Jr.

Connie and Bob Lurie

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Brayton Wilbur Foundation

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Packards’ Circle, continued

Judy and Gary Logan

Linda and Clint Logan

Dean E Lohrenz

Marjorie and Joe Longo

Karen and Howard Loomis

Monica Lopez and Sameer Gandhi

Heather Shermer Lord and Patrick Lord

Tru Love and Stephen Stuart

Deborah Love-Sudduth and Robert Sudduth

Rosa Luevano and Charles Marston

Genevieve Luis

Valera Lyles and Andrew Dobson

Carmel Lynch and Noel Gaynor

D and C Mabey

Jeff Mace

Mackenzie Family Fund

The MacMillan Family

Evelyn and David Macway

Sandra and Thomas Magill

Magnuson Mayo Family

Liz and Mark Maguire

Sally Maier and John Todd

Judy Maller

Cheryl and Robert Mannell

Jennifer and Philip Maritz

Theresa and David Markle

Judith and Frank Marshall

The Matlow Family

Maureen and Tom Matthews

Susan Maxwell and Steven Schow

May Family Foundation

Bethany Mayer and Dale Jantzen

Susan and Richard Mayer

Mary and Thomas McCary Family Foundation

Margaret McDowell and James Grossman

Madeline and Jennifer McFeely

Dr. Margaret R. McLean

Vera and Andrew McLean

Amanda and David McMillan

Marcia McNutt and Ian Young

Judith and Andrew Mendelsohn

Antonette and Wendell Mendoza

Sharon and Stan Meresman

Frank, Elizabeth, Charles and Robert Meyer

Samantha Michel and Adam Driscoll

Roberta Miles and John Kehne

Carolyn and Dennis Miller

Dennis and Teri Klein Miller

Karen and Roger Miller

Norah and Dave Miller

Susan and Carl Miller

Sharon and David Minch

Wendy Mines and Eleanor Sue Miracles Unlimited, Electrical Engineering

Judith Mitchell

The Mocettini Shimamoto Family

Rebecca and Frank Mock

The Reginald C. Mohun Family

Karen Mokrzycki and Eric Baker

Steve and Linda Monosson

Vicki Moore

Wendy and Robert Morehouse

Connie Morgan and Katie Parker-McDonald

The Larry Morrissey Family

Melinda Moses

Kelly and Brian Mulvey

Heather Murphy and William Ivie

Mary and Kevin Murphy

Judy and Paul Myers

Susan and John Myers

Susan and Robert Myers

Margot and John Nack

Yumi Nakagawa and Paul Bartlett

Maki and Michael Nakashoji

Jan Nash

Radha Nayak and Chris Dowd

LeRoy Nelson

Antje and Paul Newhagen

Amy Ng and Jason Bau

Anais C. Nguyen and Michael P. Lepisto

Nibbi Family

Laura and Jeremy Nichols

Sean and Eric Nierat

Andrea Noble

Nicole and Ryan Null

Ken, Loretta, Julia, Alex and Annelise Nussbacher

Amanda and Luz Nutt

Anne and Tsuneo Oda

Janis O’Driscoll

Kathryn and Harold Ogden

Lily and Greg Ogden

Wendy Okafuji and Michael Hurtado

Mary and Dennis Okamura

Lisa and Scott Olle

Bea and Kevin Olsen

Ruthann Olsen

Lorraine and Thomas Olson

Carra O’Neal and Matt Messana

Fane and Corie Opperman

Nathan and Miles Orloff

Windy and Scott Orviss

Ellen and Gary Osheroff

Joanne Ottaviano and Shaun Mccarthy

Laura and Tom Overett

Janet and David Owen

Hosahalli and Ganga Padmesh

Christopher and Donna Paisley

Alexandra and Jason Panzer

Kimberly and Gary Parker

John, Cathy, Shelly and Tina Parks

Marcia G. Parsons

Cheryl Paterson and Annette Cook

David Patterson

Dana and Andrew Paulsen

Marie Pavish and Bill Deutsch

Jane and Richard Peattie

Cynthia Pensinger

The Perkins Family

Kirk A. Pessner and Russell H. Miller

Candice Philbrick

Chase Phillips and Joyce Chen

Liz and Mike Phillips

Jeff Pierce and Katherine Degelau-Pierce

Rachelle and James Pierce

Julie Pietrantoni and Richard Cline

Judy Player

Sandra J. Plewa

Packards’ Circle, continued

The Poncetta Family

Cindy and Randy Pond

David Pope and Angela Hexum

Nicole and Michael Powers

The Prelle Family

Heather and Delores Preston

Katherine and Milton Primas

Frank Priscaro and Annie Berlin

Peggy Radel and Joel Myerson

Carol Randle

Marjorie Randolph

Marnae and Nicholas Rathke

Jen and Sam Rawlins

Susan and John Ray

Marnie and Steve Raymond and Family

Julie and Howard Read

Denise Reagan and Thomas Merritt

Sandra Reece

Carla Reeves and Dustie Burley

Deborah Reiling

Ellen Duff Richardson

Betty and Bob Ricks

Betsy Riker and David Smith

Vicki and Miguel Rivera

Estate of Debra Essenberg Rober

Beth and Stephen Robie

Kelly and Amanda Roche

Sally-Christine Rodgers and Randy Repass

Matthew Rogers and Swati Mylavarapu

Precilla Rojas and Nicolas Sylvain

Mary Rooney-Zarri and Philip Zarri

Monica and Marc Rosoff

Lynne and Jack Rosser

Jay Rossi Family

Catherine Rossi-Ross and Mark Ross

Karen and Dave Rossum

Susan Roux, MD

Roberta and William Rowan

RSF Global Foundation

Rudolph-Cluff Family

Elese and James Rundel

Carey and Scott Rutigliano

Jean David Ruvini

Kathy and Steve Ryan

Holly Jill St. John and Paul Mackley

Trudy and Charles M. Salter

Joyce and Reid Samuelson

Jaime and Crystal Sanchez

Roberta Santiago and David Swanson

Jeannette Saporito

Jack Schiffhauer

Sheila and James Schlee

Nicole and Nick Schluchter

Generosity unleashed through livestream

Many people who visited the Aquarium as children are inspired to give back as adults. One example is Douglas Wreden, who visited many times during his childhood. He still has a connection with us — and especially with 23-year-old sea otter Rosa. Today he’s the popular personality “DougDoug” on the Twitch livestreaming platform and on YouTube. For three years, he’s hosted livestream celebrations for Rosa’s birthday. Last year, over 77,000 people joined him. Fans made Rosa-inspired art, completed video game challenges, and collectively raised an astonishing $104,350 for the Aquarium! This joyful virtual birthday party is a heartwarming example of how one child’s experiences can inspire the support of a community years later.

Packards’ Circle, continued

Sam Schreiber and Zoe Fenson

Patricia and Bruno Schueler

Christina M. Schulman

Virginia and William Shultz

Leah Schutt

Christopher, Emily, Ally, Everett, and Sawyer Scott

Liane and Eric Scott

Curtis Scribner

Jennifer and Jeremy Seeba

Jerry M. Seibert Family

Joyce Selby Family

Danielle and Christopher Severs

Megan and Joshua Shaffer

Diane and Carl Shannon

Bonita G. Shaw and Chris Ellis

Sheathing Technologies, Inc.

Dennis and Amy Shen

Manuel C. Simas

Laura and Doug Simcox

Joanne Barnes Smalley

Julie D. Smith

Mary Ann and Andrew Smith

Joseph Sokol

Patricia and Icarus Sparry

Jacqueline A. and John S. Spaulding

Joan and Bruce Spicer

Mark, Suzanne, Rachael and Erin Spradley

Margaret Spring and Mark Bunter

Anja Stadelhofer-Walsh and Timothy Emil Walsh

Brian Stanley

Chuck Steele and Jolena Betts

Allison and Christopher Stegge

Deborah and Thomas Stephenson

Jennifer Stern and Jeffrey Pugh

Scott Stevenson

Sibylle and Heinrich Stockmanns

Becky Stromska-Green and Steven Green

The Strong Family

Sheri and Todd Suko

Junie and John Sullivan

Summers Family Fund

Janet and Worth Summers

Marilyn Sutorius and Pamela Jungerberg

Valerie Swalef

Hayley and Christopher Swann

Debra and Keith Sweitzer

Pamela and Edward Taft

Cheryl and Trent Tanaka

Arleen and Bill Tarantino

James and Di Ann Tarhalla

Alice and Bill Taylor

Jane and Paul Taylor

Elisa and Christina Tempelaar-Lietz

Sarah and Jay Thayer

Sonja Thieme and Joerg Meyer

Sally Tischler and Jim Newsome

Davis L. Todhunter

Maureen Tolson

Megan and Benito Torres

TOSA Foundation

Maria and Matt Tracy

Binh and Don Tran

Onnolee and Orlin Trapp

Madison and Edward Trathan

Colin and Rebecca Tribble

Russell R. Tripp

Nancy and Rich Trissel

Tina M. Tuma and Gilbert Chang

Henry H Ushijima

Sylvia and Paul Van Diemen

Diane Van Maren

Matthew Vargas and Chiao Ning Liu

Mary Ann Vasconcellos

John Venneman and Laura Kidwiler

Jerrie Villegas

Mary Vinciguerra and Gail Pinnell

Linda Wade and Jon Monteith

Ingo, Gabriele, Finn, Janne, and Noah Wald

Scott Walecka and Martha Seaver

Denise Watkins

Sean Wang and Wei Lei

Weimin Wang and Runxiang Lu

Gail and Bob Ward and Family

Molly and Maxwell Warner

Lucinda Watson

Jennifer and Chris Watts

Brenda Higgins Webster

Rebecca and David Weekly

Sandra and Keith Wells

Dr. Rick and Judy Wentworth

Beth White and Curt Huber

Belle, Caroline, and Oliver Whitehead

Michelle and Greg Whitten

Stephanie Wien

Linda and Randy Wight

Emily and Edward Wilbur

Anne Mary Wilke

Williams Family Giving Fund

Jeanne and Michael Williams

Lesley and Greg Williams

Dr. Quentin Williams and Dr. Elise Knittle

Wanda and Eddie Willis

Todd and Erin Wilms

Sandy and Marc Wilson

Wings Up Family Foundation

Susan and Peter Wolcott

Larry E. Wolinsky and Amerian D. Sones

Joyce and Kenneth Wong

Penny and Warren Wood

Kathryn and Robert Woolery

Jerry and Sheila Wroblewski

Linda and David Wyckoff

Rhea Yap and Steve Cheng

Joann Yates and William King

Frances Yee and Lillian Johnson

Ellie Y. Yieh and Michael J. Sullivan

Katie and Michael York

Lynn and Kyle York

Gail and Richard Youngblood

Kathy and John Youngblood

Scottie Zimmerman

André, Kathleen and Jennifer Zunino

*Gifts made from a donor-advised fund at the Community Foundation for Monterey County.

Institutional Contributors and Business Members

$100,000 and above

Community Foundation for Monterey County

Environmental Defense Fund

Google

Monterey Peninsula Foundation, host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Pure Insurance Championship

Impacting the First Tee

Multiplier

Nestlé Purina PetCare

$50,000 and above

Anonymous

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

$25,000 and above

The Elfenworks Foundation

MFactor

Microsoft Corporation

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Otto Construction

$10,000 and above

Agilent Technologies

First Tech Federal Credit Union

Flagship Restaurant Group

Granite Construction

Intel Corporation

MUFG Union Bank Foundation

In honor of Dr. Emeka Nchekwube, MD

Netflix

NVIDIA Corp.

Ocean’s Halo

Oceano Azul Foundation

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Pebble Beach Company Foundation

UC Components Inc

$5,000 and above

Adobe Inc.

Advantech Corporation

Aldridge Construction

AmazonSmile Foundation

Frank M. Booth Inc.

Chambers & Chambers

Chevron

Cisco Systems Foundation

Finch Montgomery Wright PC

InterContinental

The Clement Monterey

Intuitive Surgical

Johnson & Johnson

Kain Yi Dental Corp

Mage Technologies

OtterSoft Technologies

RSO Foundation, in honor of Richard and Shirley Otto

2022 ANNUAL REVIEW CREDITS

MANAGING EDITOR: Valerie Thomas

EDITORS: Karen Jeffries, Ken Peterson

CONTRIBUTORS: Kera Abraham Panni, Corbett Nash, Kasey Rahn, Jenny de la Hoz

VICE PRESIDENT OF DONOR RELATIONS: Soo Dean

DESIGN: AgileCat

PHOTO CREDITS

Trinity Fruit Company, Inc.

Trinity Packing Company, Inc.

VMware

Walt Disney Company Foundation

$2,500 and above

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The Boeing Company

Genentech

IBM

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

LinkedIn

Minnesota Zoo Foundation

Monterey Marriott

Monterey-Salinas Transit

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

Nordic Naturals

Paradigm Winery

PayPal

Portola Hotel & Spa

Salesforce

Scheid Vineyards

State Farm

Monterey Bay Aquarium/Presley Adamson (5 left), Courtesy of Drew Altizer Photography (3 bottom), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Nina Arias (13 middle), Courtesy of California Department of Justice (17), Ann Caudle (22 bottom left illustration), Courtesy of Sarah Bonner family (35), Courtesy of CSUMB/Andrew Morgan (13 top), Courtesy of DougDoug (42), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Manny Ezcurra (15 bottom middle), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Katie Finch (25), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Erin Lenihan (15 top, bottom right), Monterey Bay Aquarium (31 bottom), Courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (18), Monterey Bay Aquarium/ Kathleen Olson (36), Diane Rome Peebles (22 bottom right illustration), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Richard Pharaoh (6 top and bottom), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Tyson V. Rininger (cover, contents, 2, 3 all except bottom, 4, 5 right, 6 middle two, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 bottom left, 14, 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 45, back cover), Courtesy of Seafood Watch/Monterey Bay Aquarium (16, 20, 21, 22 top, 23), Monterey Bay Aquarium/ Karen Tuttle (15 bottom left), Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg (19 left), Courtesy of Joan Weber and Alan Feinberg (31 top), Monterey Bay Aquarium/Randy Wilder (19 right).

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