EcoTarium
Sharlene Sallet is an accomplished finance and business operations professional with extensive experience in nonprofit management. Currently serving as the Director of Finance and Business Operations at EcoTarium since November 2021, Sharlene previously held the role of Finance and Accounting Manager at Insource Services, Inc., managing client engagements for small to mid-sized nonprofits. As Business Manager at Teachers21 from 2013 to 2019, responsibilities included securing substantial revenue, enhancing organizational processes, and managing audits and financial reporting. Sharlene's prior roles also encompassed consulting positions across various organizations, as well as serving as Executive Director for the Feline Adoption & Rescue Society, where operational and financial infrastructures were developed to support animal rescue initiatives. Sharlene holds a Master of Management in Human Services from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Boston University.
EcoTarium
The EcoTarium is a historical museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, with indoor/outdoor interactive exhibits to inspire a passion for science and nature. The EcoTarium offers three floors of interactive exhibits, shows in the Alden Digital Planetarium, daily Science Discovery programs, live animal habitats, hikes through forest and meadow nature trails, an express train ride around the grounds (seasonal), and unlimited play in the expansive outdoor exhibit, Nature Explore®. The EcoTarium is well rooted in the Worcester community as an organization dedicated to the study of science and nature. The private, non-profit institution was founded in 1825 as the Worcester Lyceum of Natural History and was incorporated in 1884 as the Worcester Natural History Society — EcoTarium's legal identity. A transition from the New England Science Center to the EcoTarium in 1998 refocused the museum in the natural sciences and hands-on exploration and discovery. Much of the museum's work today continues to reflect the ideologies and practices adopted almost 200 years ago.