Audrey Padgett

Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Audrey Padgett brings more than 18 years of attractions marketing and management experience, along with a passion for animals and conservation, to the team at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. After starting her career in Florida, her love for conservation took her to Iceland, where she spent nearly four years as the general manager of the Sea Life Trust Beluga Whale and Puffin Sanctuary, rehoming two beluga whales from an aquarium in China and overseeing the annual puffin rescue program. Following the founding of the first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Iceland and getting the business operating, Padgett returned to Florida to be closer to family.

Audrey Padgett was a speaker at Northstar Meetings Group's Destination Southeast in August 2025.