Tracy R. Kay

Chief Executive Officer
203-883-4052 TKay@bartlettarboretum.org

Tracy R. Kay is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and the Yale School of the Environment, who most recently served as Executive Director of the Westchester Children’s Museum at Rye Playland.  He began his museum career as Director of the Rye Nature Center, and then served as Executive Director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia, PA before being appointed Deputy Commissioner for Museums in Nassau County New York.  He has served on the adjunct faculties at Swarthmore College and Arcadia and Temple Universities, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental education, field natural history and ecology. Tracy was also a Founding Member and first President of the Association of Nature Center Administrators and has served as a field reviewer for the American Alliance of Museums, and peer reviewer and grant panelist for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.  Kay and his wife, Laura Tessier, are North Stamford residents.