Keith Lovett -
Assistant Zoo Director

Mr. Lovett joined the Palm Beach Zoo as the Assistant Animal Curator in 1998 after spending five years at York's Wild Kingdom in York Beach, Maine. He was promoted to General Curator in 1999 and Director of Living Collections in 2004. Under Mr. Lovett's leadership, the zoo's animal collection grew from 400 animals to more than 1,400 animals representing over 300 species. In addition, Mr. Lovett has overseen more than $20.0 million in animal habitat and exhibit construction at the zoo. Mr. Lovett is responsible for the care and wellbeing of the Palm Beach Zoo's flora and fauna through his management of the Animal Care, Maintenance, and Horticulture Departments. He also supervises the in-house conservation education programs and coordinates many zoo sponsored field projects.

Mr. Lovett was awarded his B.S. from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire in 1994. He is a member of the International Wild Waterfowl Association, Florida Ornithological Society, Florida Avian Group, American Association of Zoo Keepers, and the Audubon Society of the Everglades.

Mr. Lovett is also a professional member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is the zoo's Institutional Representative for the Florida Association of Zoos and Aquariums. In addition, he is Chair of the Waterfowl Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) and the Vice Chair of the New World Primate TAG. He is Vice Chair of the Jaguar Species Survival Plan (SSP), and Coordinator of the Spider Monkey (SSP), and Studbook Keeper and Population Management Plan (PMP) Manager for the West Indian whistling duck and spotted whistling duck.