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2006 Accreditation Inspector of the Year
Robert L. Jenkins: Operations/Husbandry
Director of Animal Care and Conservation, San Francisco Zoological Gardens
Bob Jenkins has been an active participant in the AZA Accreditation process for the last two decades as both an inspector and as an Accreditation Commissioner. He has been involved in all aspects of the accreditation process, including the recent revision of the Standards and the improvement of the inspection process. In addition, he has also served as a mentor for new institutions desiring to become members of the AZA.
Starting in 1970 at the then Sea World of Ohio, Bob began his career in the fish house preparing the daily diets of the facility's animal collection. Over the next few decades he served as a show trainer, animal keeper, and front line manager for a wide range of animal species. He became the General Curator at Marineland of Florida and then the Director of Operation and Husbandry at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and later the Senior Director for Government Affairs.
Following a successful term as the Director of the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, he became the Director of Animal Care and Conservation at the San Francisco Zoo. In addition to his service on the Accreditation Commission, Bob has served AZA in a variety of other capacities including as a member of AZA's Board of Directors, Chair of the Government Affairs Committee, many TAGs and other AZA programs, and the Nominations, Program, and Animal Welfare Committees.
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