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Mason WeinrichJennifer Tackaberry
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Mason has been the Executive Director of WCNE since 1980; he is also the head naturalist at Capt. Bill and Son's Whale Watch, the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the American Cetacean Society, the Chair of Massachusetts Coastal Advocacy Network, a member of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, and a technical advisor to New England's Large Whale Recovery Team. He has published many articles, both popular and scientific, about the whales of New England. He is the primary captain of our research vessel, Mysticete. He holds a B.S. in Zoology from Cornell University. Jenn, the WCNE Database/Catalog Manager and the Intern Coordinator, has her Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from Colby College in Maine. In addition to working with The Whale Center, she has worked in environmental education for the Stellwagen Sanctuary in Provincetown, MA; has stranding response experience working with both the Marine Animal Lifeline and College of the Atlantic in Maine; and has worked with the comprehensive North Atlantic humpback whale catalog at the College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME.
Tracy BowenKate Sardi
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Tracy, Operations Coordinator, started with the Whale Center in January 2005, after spending a number of years as the manager of the Cape Ann Food Co-operative. She brings us great precision in keeping track of programs and financial records, and a great knowledge of and enthusiasm towards both our study subjects and our programs. Tracy is the glue that holds the rest of us together! Kate is the former Assistant Director and Stranding Coordinator with The Whale Center of New England. She now works in the Rescue & Rehabilitation department at the New England Aquarium, where we are fortunate to continue to work with her on many of our stranding cases. Kate joins our staff again this summer as a naturalist.
Amy SmithLaura Ganley
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Amy was an intern at the Whale Center during the summer of 2005. She returned as a naturalist the following summer and again in 2007 after receiving her BS in Biology from Boston College (with a minor in Environmental Studies). She acted as an observer on our Right Whale Surveys during the fall and winter of 2007. Amy is back with us as a naturalist this summer before heading off to Duke in the fall to work toward her Masters in Environmental Management. She will be concentrating in Ecosystem Science and Conservation. Laura started as a 2005 summer intern at The Whale Center. She returned as a naturalist in the summer of 2006 and again in 2007 after graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Zoology. Laura spent the winter in Georgia working with the Wildlife Trust doing aerial surveys of right whales and returns to us again as a naturalist this summer. She plans to study animal behavior in graduate school and continue working toward the conservation of marine mammals.
Jenny Spross
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Jenny joined The Whale Center as an intern in the fall of 2006. She returned the next summer as a naturalist after receiving her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Rochester (New York). She joins us for her second season as a naturalist this year. Jenny plans to pursue a graduate degree in Biological Anthropology and will be attending classes at NYU in the fall.

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