The Port Townsend Marine Science Center announced that Bee Redfield will join the organization as its new executive director. Redfield replaces Janine Boire, who announced her departure last fall following an 8-year tenure with the marine science center.

“Last year, the board embarked on an intensive search for a new leader who would build upon and advance the extraordinary work done by Janine Boire,” said PTMSC Board of Directors President Ellen Hargis. “We identified four key areas where our next leader must excel: leading people, leading change, exercising business acumen, and building coalitions.” Redfield will take the reins starting April 1.

“We are thrilled to welcome Bee Redfield. She has the nonprofit leadership experience, science expertise, and commitment to conservation that meets those requirements,” Hargis said.

Redfield possesses over a decade of experience leading non-profit operations at the director-level, including at a wildlife center in Illinois. She holds a master’s degree in conservation biology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a focus on bringing conservation programming and awareness to communities. In addition, Redfield holds a second master’s degree in human resources management and is currently finishing her Ph.D in quantitative ecology.

“For the past 10 years, I’ve held leadership roles with nonprofits in the areas of community engagement and organizational operations,” Redfield said.