Seattle Aquarium
Moira Tamayo currently serves as the Senior Marketing Manager at Seattle Aquarium and is also a Marketing and Communications Advisor and Board Member for SAVE THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN. Prior experience includes leading the US Volume Business and serving as Head of Marketing for Amazon Pay, where efforts focused on merchant relations and consumer engagement. Moira has held significant marketing positions at Calitech, Vantiv Payments, AT&T, and Western Union, showcasing expertise in brand development, strategic marketing, and communications across various international markets. Moira's educational background includes a Master of Arts in Biology from Miami University, postgraduate work in Social Anthropology at Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from Vassar College.
Seattle Aquarium
The Seattle Aquarium is the ninth largest aquarium in the U.S. by attendance and among the top five paid visitor attractions in the Puget Sound region. Since our opening, we’ve hosted over 22 million visitors and provided marine conservation education to over 1.6 million school children. We’re proud to be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Opened in 1977, the Seattle Aquarium was owned and operated by the City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation until 2010, when the nonprofit Seattle Aquarium Society assumed its management—a model used by most leading zoos and aquariums across the country. In 2007, the Aquarium opened a major expansion that added 18,000 square feet of space to the facility, including an impressive 120,000-gallon exhibit, a gift shop, café, meeting/event space and more. Our mission, Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment, is reflected in everything we do—exhibits, events, conservation and education programs, research activities and more. This important work wouldn’t be possible without support from our community, members, staff and volunteers. The Seattle Aquarium operates as a nonprofit 501c3, through a long-term operating agreement with the City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.