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Marine Science Institute has named Lisa Biasillo as its next executive director.

Lisa Biasillo. Courtesy Marine Science Institute

Biasillo’s appointment was effective May 4. She is the Redwood City-based nonprofit’s fourth executive director since its founding in 1970. Biasillo most recently served as vice president of education at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, where she led place-based education programs across the zoo, the safari park and the conservation science research center.

She previously served as director and CEO of Vienna International School in Austria, head of school at Green Hills Academy in Rwanda and executive director of Footprints International School in Cambodia.

Marine Science Institute said it worked with Potrero Group on the executive search.

Located at the Port of Redwood City, Marine Science Institute provides hands-on marine science education focused on the San Francisco Bay and ocean ecosystems.

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