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Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s

Board Of Directors Appoints New CEO

The Board of education, conservation, and research, with their unique
Directors of Loggerhead focus on the rescue and rehabilitation of sea turtles.”
Marinelife Center Aside from his profession, Dehart’s favorite activity
(LMC) is pleased to is being dad to two amazing kids. “My daughter (age
announce its newly 14) is an equestrian, and son (age 11) plays ice hockey,”
appointed President and he said. Dehart enjoys scuba diving and underwater
Chief Executive Officer, photography, and previously served on the board of the
marine biologist Andy Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) for 12
Dehart. years. He also enjoys activities away from the ocean such
Dehart has more as camping, hiking, and snowboarding.
than 25 years of About Loggerhead Marinelife Center
experience in marine Loggerhead Marinelife Center, located in Loggerhead
research, conservation Park, Juno Beach, Fla., is a sea turtle research,
initiatives, and aquatic CEO Andy Dehart rehabilitation, education, and conservation center. The
life support operations center also manages the Juno Beach Pier across the street
at several major aquariums across North America. He started from the park. Established in 1983, Loggerhead Marinelife
working at aquariums at just 15 years old. Prior to joining Center seeks to promote conservation of ocean ecosystems
LMC, Dehart served as vice president of animal husbandry with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea
and marine conservation at the Phillip and Patricia Frost turtles. Its facilities include a sea turtle hospital, a research
Museum of Science in Miami. During his extensive career laboratory, and exhibit areas, including live sea turtles and
caring for and working with marine life, Dehart, along with other coastal creatures.
the teams he has managed, worked with non-releasable
hawksbill, green, and loggerhead sea turtles, providing them
with excellent husbandry and veterinary care.
“Mr. Dehart’s passion for ocean conservation and vast CEO Andy Dehart (scuba)
knowledge of marine life will help LMC continue its vital Garage sales/yard
research, rehabilitation, and education programs,” said 19 years at the National Aquarium in both Baltimore, Md.,
Brian Waxman, LMC Board chairman. “We are excited and Washington, D.C.
for the next chapter of the center’s expansion, and Dehart’s Due to his expert knowledge of marine life, Dehart has sales are sales
positive leadership skills and experience gives us complete appeared on a variety of network broadcasts, including
confidence as he takes on this commitment.” TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Larry King Live, and The NOT allowed in
Dehart discovered his passion for marine biology at Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. He has also been featured
4 years old while snorkeling with his father, a former in seven Shark Week productions for the Discovery Channel, PGA National.
Navy diver. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in and served as shark advisor for the channel.
biology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Over “Over the course of my 30-year career, I have been
his extensive career, Dehart helped build and open three deeply involved in the conservation of the world’s oceans.
large public aquarium facilities, including Frost Science, I have collaborated with the team at Loggerhead Marinelife
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto as the director of Center over the years and have always felt a strong
husbandry, and the Kingdom of the Seas Aquarium at the connection,” said Dehart. “I could not be more excited to
Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb. Additionally, he spent join the LMC family and continue their incredible work in

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