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Debra Erickson is President of the Worldwide… Read More
Debra Erickson is President of the International Zoo Educators Association. She is also the Marketing Director for San Diego Zoo Global, Government Director of Atlantis Blue Challenge Foundation and Accreditation Chair for Atlantis, Paradise Island. She has been in the conservation, interpretation, marketing, communications, and education fields for 30 several years and has worked for the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Atlantis, The Palm, SeaWorld San Diego, SeaWorld Orlando, S.E.A. Aquarium and Dolphin Island.
Debra has held a vast variety of positions in the education and learning and interpretation industry such as Education and learning Director at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, SeaWorld Orlando, and Atlantis, Paradise Island. She has developed interpretive programs for a large variety of exhibits like Manatees: The Final Era, Wild Arctic, and Tiger Path which have all gained the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums Best Exhibit Honors award. At the moment she is main the energy to give San Diego Zoo Young children, a 24-hour, industrial-cost-free tv channel, to 300 children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Homes all around the world.
Acquiring labored in above 40 nations around the world during her vocation and looking at the difficulties that lots of developing international locations experience, Debra has a eager motivation to conservation. She worked as Govt Director and Conservation Director for Orangutan Foundation International and was dependable for establishing and employing the conservation plan for Tanjung Puting National Park. Debra continues her conservation perform via the Atlantis Blue Undertaking Foundation exactly where she cash marine conservation assignments and mentors conservationists in the field.
Debra acquired her B.A. in Biology from Scripps Higher education and her M.A. in Educational Engineering from San Diego State College.
