Julie Packard: Ocean Lover, Philanthropist, and Conservationist

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4.6 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Julie Packard is the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and an international leader in the field of ocean conservation. She is also a leading voice for science-based policy reform in support of a healthy ocean. Can you guess what sea animal she’d like to come back as? Stay tuned, and you’ll soon find out. Her philosophy is to learn something every day, work with great people, and motivate them to make the world a better place. Listen to Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast and be inspired by Julie Packard. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:44.4	This week's Remarkable People podcast features a woman who fell in love with the Monterey Bay
0:49.8	while studying science at UC Santa Cruz.
0:53.0	On many dark, dank and cold mornings, Julie Packard waited through the icy waters of the intertidal zone to study the plants and animals.
1:01.0	She did this as research about the impact of humans on the Central California coast.
1:06.0	In the late 70s, David Packard, half of the founding team of Hewlett Packard, challenged his children to come up
1:12.0	with a big project that would make a difference in the world. Julie's sister Nancy, Nancy's husband,
1:18.3	and a couple of friends came up with the concept of an aquarium. Eventually this led to her father and mother
1:24.4	investing $55 million to fund what is now the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
1:30.3	Initial studies projected 350,000 visitors a year. Year one drew 2.4 million people.
1:37.3	Since its opening day on October 20th, 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has introduced over 60 million people to the incredible
1:45.5	sea life off the Central California coast, as well as the vast ocean beyond. Julie is the
1:51.4	executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and an international leader in the field of
1:55.7	ocean conservation. She is also a leading voice for science-based policy reform in support of a healthy ocean.
2:03.6	Can you guess what sea animals she'd like to come back as?
2:07.6	Stay tuned and you'll soon find out.
2:10.6	Her philosophy is to learn something every day, work with great people, and motivate them to make the world a better place.
2:18.9	This is Guy Kawasaki, and this is the Remarkable People podcast.
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