You would never know the guy with the big hat out weeding MDC’s native plant garden on his hands and knees was a former training engineer and quality manager at Kennedy Space Center, or later, the former director of institutional research and associate vice president...
It’s fair to say Gage Guinter is wise beyond his 19 years. And his dedication to help others runs deep, thanks to his lifelong experience of helping autistic twin brother Griffin navigate day-to-day life. “As a kid, I had a little bit more responsibility than most,”...
Michigan native Gayle Belin grew up in the Detroit suburbs and worked as a speech language pathologist for nearly five decades. She and husband Gary Kessler, an MDC boat captain, live in Ormond Beach and have volunteered at the Marine Discovery Center for more than 10...
Marine Discovery Center volunteer Bob Pollard is that quiet guy you might see in the center’s Learning Lab peering through a microscope and jotting down observations as a community scientist for Project Plankton. Or you may find him cleaning seagrass tanks, performing...
Spend any amount of time with Marine Discovery Center volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane and you will learn that she’s not only a gifted and gregarious “people person,” but she has a mountain of interests and life experiences. For starters, she is a trained and paid hula...
Dr. Art Litowitz was born in and grew up in Miami Beach, Fla., and many of his lifelong interests took shape in South Florida. After a career as an orthodontist, Dr. Litowitz became a board member at Marine Discovery Center and co-founded his own environmental...
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