Port Townsend Maritime Science Centre improvements management
PORT TOWNSEND — The board of directors of the Port Townsend Maritime Science Center has promoted Diane Quinn, plan director of six a long time, to the situation of government director soon after Bee Redfield resigned.
“We are incredibly psyched about all the fantastic expertise and encounter that Diane delivers to the situation,” reported Diane Baxter, board president of Port Townsend Maritime Science Middle (PTMSC).
“We are unhappy to see Bee transfer on and we are grateful to her for her many contributions to the PTSMC’s success,” Baxter added.
Quinn recognized the provide on Monday. Baxter proceeds to do the job with the middle on deal for unique tasks, this kind of as he articulation of a skeleton of a grey whale, said Liesl Slabaugh, spokesperson.
“We have a easy transition as she trains Diane Quinn,” Slabaugh stated.
Quinn had labored for far more than two many years at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum, ending as the director of training, and joined the PTMSC staff in 2017. The Burke collaborated with the PTMSC on an exhibit in 1998 which was how Quinn 1st realized of the nonprofit.
Said Quinn: “I labored closely with Libby Palmer, Judy D’Amore and Anne Murphy, the founders and founding govt director, and I grew to become convinced that the corporation has a unique function in the neighborhood group, that neighborhood maritime science facilities have a vital function in the broader local community of practice, and that modify for the better happens in communities and in the environment by way of sustained effort and hard work and motivation.”
Baxter claimed the board meticulously analyzed the requirements of the business as it prepares to strategy for the renovation of the Flagship Landing setting up and for moving its aquarium off of the pier at Fort Worden Condition Park which is slated for demolition in the following few several years. She stated the board enthusiastically and unanimously supported the use of Quinn.
“Besides her monitor record of successful regional collaborations, and her pre-current interactions with quite a few local community leaders, Diane has produced a deep mutual belief concerning herself and the PTMSC employees,” Baxter said.
“Her extensive know-how of the firm, primarily in conditions of system and operations, as very well as her expertise with inventive software design and transformation, would make her an great in good shape for the major management place at this time in PTMSC’s journey.”
Redfield was appointed executive director in March 2022 immediately after a national research. She holds two master’s degrees, 1 in conservation biology and one particular in human resources, and is finishing her doctorate in quantitative ecology at Purdue College.
In February, as negotiated during her employ, Redfield assumed a additional limited purpose for a few months when she organized for her closing methods in her Ph.D. method. In April, Redfield notified the board that she was stepping down from the position for particular reasons.
“I am thoroughly focused to supporting PTMSC by this changeover and over and above. I really like PTMSC, the workforce, and the Port Townsend local community, and I am so grateful for the time that I put in with you all,” she said.
“I’m thrilled to see Diane Quinn stepping into this function, as she brings a prosperity of information and a passion for marine training that will serve PTMSC effectively as we transfer into the future.”
Baxter stated Redfield’s most significant legacy is “what we assume will come to be an legendary landmark in Port Townsend: a grey whale skeleton on Union Wharf which is scheduled to be set up this summer.
“She also expanded the Potential of Oceans lecture sequence, oversaw new programming at the Flagship Landing creating downtown, and strengthened the inner units of the organization.”
For the latest data about the Port Townsend Marine Science Middle, go to www.ptmsc.org.




