Wednesday, February 02, 2000
Zoo names new chief of education
Outgoing boss moving to Seattle
BY MARIE McCAIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
An interpretive naturalist who began his career with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 10 years ago was appointed Tuesday to replace current Director of Education Thane Maynard.
Dave Jenike, 37, will take over for Mr. Maynard in mid-February.
Mr. Jenike, currently assistant director of education, will be replaced by Dan Marsh, who has served as a program coordinator for educational programs at the zoo.
“The zoo is extremely fortunate to have the leadership of Dave Jenike, and he is a remarkable educator,” Mr. Maynard said Tuesday.
He informed zoo administrators Monday that he had been hired as executive director of the Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center in Seattle.
“I was very fortunate to spend 22 years — that's half of my career — in a town as wonderful as Cincinnati, Ohio. Many people took me in,” he said, adding that although he won't be in the area anymore, his radio show, 90-Second Naturalist on National Public Radio, will continue.
Mr. Jenike, a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, is looking forward to his new job.
“It's a real opportunity to continue a tradition of excellence in education that the zoo has provided to the community,” he said. “I was fortunate to work with one of the best zoo educators in Thane. I couldn't have worked with a better person.”
He said he looks forward to sharing his love of nature and enthusiasm for wildlife with the general public.
In 1990, Mr. Jenike started at the zoo as an interpretative naturalist and was appointed assistant director of education three years later.
He received a graduate degree in environmental education from Miami University in 1993, and was project director for the zoo's Bald Eagle — Master of the Sky CD-ROM in 1997.
Last year, he was also project director of the Manatee Springs Guidebook and CD-ROM. In 1994, he co-authored a children's book, Ituri — A Walk Through the Rainforest.
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