Peach Hubbard

president, The Dolphin Project

Peach Hubbard, president of The Dolphin Project, which preserves the habitat for Georgia's bottlenose dolphins and much of the state's coastal ecosystem. The project is an all-volunteer, non-profit research organization, which has 20 years of bottlenose dolphin research. It conducts monthly surveys on coastal inshore waters from Hilton Head to San Fernandina Beach, photographing dolphin dorsal fins and recording behavior and population trends. Together with her husband, Roy, they coordinate education outreach, participate in research surveys and dolphin rescues, and serve on the boards for Clean Coast and CEPA (Coastal Estuaries Protection Association).