People Type: Board of Trustees

Molly Bartlett is a lawyer with extensive executive experience in community based international conservation. From 2015 through 2023, she was the Executive Director of the International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC) reporting to its Board of Directors, with overall responsibility for managing a distributed leadership team, overall strategy, communications, land acquisitions, and program design. In this role she helped deliver biodiversity conservation in terrestrial and marine ecosystems through over 40 local organizations in 28 countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. She led a reorganization of ICFC, including the establishment of a US affiliate, and a subsequent expansion resulting in overall donor revenue growth of 300%.

She previously was a senior executive within the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative (CCI) as Director of its Forestry Program, which had projects in Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Vietnam, and Indonesia. In this role she led collaborative programs with national governments and rural communities to develop large scale avoided deforestation, reforestation and landscape restoration projects for climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. Her team also established Moja Global, a non-profit entity to house and maintain free open-source software tools to enable developing countries to affordably measure and manage their emissions from the land sector.

Prior to her international work, she served on the Town of Duxbury’s Conservation Commission which included oversight of the Duxbury Beach Management Plan. She served pro bono as Pilgrim Watch’s attorney during its 2006 challenge to the relicensing of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.

She now serves as the President of the U.S. based International Conservation Fund. Bartlett has a master’s degree in molecular biology and a degree in environmental law. She divides her time between homes in Boston, and Gurnet Point in Plymouth.

Rosa Maria Vidal has been a champion of local governance in conservation for her career. Currently, she is a Senior Program Manager at Livelihoods Venture, an international private social impact fund, and a Senior Advisor of the Center for Protected Area Management at Colorado State University, where she supports the development of conservation and women leadership training programs implemented globally. She was the founder and Director for Pronatura Sur from 1993 to 2015, where she led the growth of the organization and was the Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Fund from 2013-2016, working with 35 subnational jurisdictions in 8 countries, promoting REDD+ policies implementation at a global scale. She has been a consultant for international organizations, including the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility.

In her early career years, she contributed to understanding the migration patterns of landbirds in Central America. She has kept her interest in bird migration and conservation as a personal passion. She has served in international avian councils and working groups, including the WHSRN Council, the Partners in Flight Science Committee, Birdlife Regional Americas Council, and regional networks and initiatives related to gender, environment, and climate change issues.

She holds a biology degree from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, a certificate in Wildlife Management from Arizona State University, a Gender and Sustainability Diploma from Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, and a Women in Leadership certificate from Cornell University.

Dr. Sarah Groves has been part of the Manomet community since 1972, when she spent spring break learning about the operations of the banding lab from Kathleen “Betty” Anderson. She continued as a Manomet intern for three years before leaving to pursue a Ph.D. in Zoology, which she earned in 1982 with a dissertation on the foraging ecology of Black Oystercatchers. Following her studies, Dr. Groves spent her career working to articulate and address environmental concerns in the private sector, municipal and federal government, and post-secondary educational institutions.

Recently, Dr. Groves has been working as a metalsmith fabricating jewelry and small sculptural objects inspired by her experiences as an ecologist; during the pandemic she created a copper kelp forest, a large art installation. She is energized by Manomet’s commitment to long-term research, conservation, and education — all informed by rigorous science — and is thrilled to be continuing her association with Manomet. Dr. Groves holds an A.B. in Biology from Harvard/Radcliffe College and a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.   

Alicemarie joined Manomet’s Board of Trustees in September 2022. For over 20 years she has been a business assurance partner in PwC’s Northeast Technology practice, and has worked with a diverse portfolio of technology and media clients ranging from large multinationals to private equity backed start-up companies. She has extensive experience in SEC reporting, including Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls and compliance. She specializes in software including SaaS, telecommunications, media, semiconductor, and aerospace and defense.

Alicemarie has assisted companies with various transactions including mergers and acquisitions, licensing arrangements, joint ventures, stock compensation arrangements, and the raising of capital through private placements, and initial public offerings. She has also performed financial due diligence reviews for client M&A projects, advised on the treatment of carve-outs and restructurings, and assisted clients in correspondence with the SEC. Current and past public clients include: Everquote, Evolv Technologies Holdings, iRobot, L-3 Communications, Forrester Research, Netscout, Fleetmatics, Raytheon Company, Atlantic Broadband, Aware, Inc., Bitstream, Inc., Extreme Reach, Exagrid and Network Engines.

In addition to her client service role, Alicemarie served for two years as part of the Firm’s National Assurance Methodology Group where she contributed to the development and enhancement of the Firm’s audit methodology, particularly in response to Sarbanes-Oxley. Her responsibilities included shaping the Firm’s audit approach, enhancements to supporting audit technology and knowledge management tools, and designing training courses to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of PwC’s audit engagements. Locally, Alicemarie serves as the Chief Auditor for the Northeast market providing auditing advice to engagement teams to assist them in designing effective and efficient audits, and providing local and National leadership with insights on audit quality trends. She also co-leads our campus recruiting program at Boston College and is a long time mentor to staff in our Northeast Technology practice.

Alicemarie is a 1991 graduate of the Boston College Carroll School of Management, a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She serves on the Council of Women for Boston College and has served on non profit boards including the TargetCancer Foundation (2014-2019), HopeFound (2008-2012), Historic Neighborhoods (1999-2002). Alicemarie resides in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

From 2002 through 2018, Michael Taubenberger was the Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where he played an integral part in building, expanding, and operationalizing the new ICA located on South Boston’s waterfront and its auxiliary facility located on the East Boston waterfront. He has over 30 years of senior management experience in managing the finances and operations of nonprofit and governmental organizations. Additional positions include Chief Financial Officer for Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Director of Administration and Finance for the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, and Chief Planner for the Town of Methuen. Michael is currently retired.

Michael has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Suffolk University and a Bachelor’s degree in Resource Economics from the University of Maine at Orono. Michael has served on the Board of the Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation and the School’s Finance and Audit Committee since 2003. Michael has been a Manomet Trustee since 2010 where he serves as the Treasurer, Chair of the Finance Committee, and member of the Executive Committee. Michael is also a Trustee of the Mattapoisett Land Trust as Assistant Treasurer and also serves on their Finance and Acquisitions Committees.