May 15, 2025
This Week's Speaker is Georgia Eckett, Conservation Manager, KC Zoo.
Georgia has been passionate about animals her entire life and was the 4-year-old who never gave up on the dream of working with animals! She has a degree in Animal Science and Biology from the University of Idaho and moved to Kansas City in 2014 to take a job with the polar bear team. Her career has specialized in marine animals. In 2023 she decided to care for animals on a bigger scale through conservation work when she moved to the role of Conservation Manger. As conservation manager she assists the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium live its mission of creating connections to the animal world through understanding, appreciation, and conservation. In addition, she directly manages all the Zoo’s internal waste streams and all conservation programing.
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