Sally Snowman

Snowman has lived near Boston Harbor since she was a child and first visited Little Brewster Island at age 10.^[2] She was married there to Jay Thompson in 1994 and they live in Weymouth, Massachusetts when not staying at the light.^[3]

She earned a B.S. at Bridgewater State College, and a Masters in education at Curry College. She then worked as a teacher while earning a Ph.D. in neurolinguistics from Walden University.^[4] She volunteered for 30 years for the Coast Guard Auxiliary.,^[5] where she first met Thompson. In 2003 she was hired by the Coast Guard as a civilian, becoming the first woman and the seventieth keeper of the Boston Light.^[6]

• George Worthylake - the first keeper of the Boston Light in 1718