Dana Allen-Greil

Dana leads the Aquarium’s marketing and technology strategies to engage audiences in our conservation mission, drive attendance and revenue growth, and foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in everything we do. She graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a B.A. in English and George Washington University with an M.A. in museum studies. Her career in cultural institutions began at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She then continued at the National Gallery of Art, Ogilvy Public Relations, and the National Archives before starting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2018.

Dana serves in various leadership positions throughout the zoo, aquarium, and museum industry, including as a board member for the City of Pacific Grove Museum Board and as a member of the marketing committee of the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCCVB). She was previously on the Board of Directors for the Museum Computer Network (MCN) and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM), on the Editorial Advisory Board of the National Association of Museum Exhibition journal, as well as a grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Dana has also taught graduate-level courses on digital technologies for the museum studies programs of George Washington University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, and Tufts University.