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Ms. Gretchen Lovewell is the Program Manager for Mote Marine Laboratory’s Stranding Investigations Program (SIP). She has been active in the stranding network since 1999 where she was a student at University of North Carolina Wilmington. Gretchen has been in a leadership role since 2003, first as North Carolina state stranding coordinator for National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center from 2003-2009, and the SIP Program Manager since 2009. Gretchen has responded to over 40 different species of marine mammals and sea turtles through hundreds of stranding responses, necropsies (animal autopsies), and rescues. In addition to her stranding work, Gretchen manages the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection. Gretchen has participated in aerial and vessel surveys for marine mammals, is a Level 3 first responder for large whale disentanglement, and has participated in multiple dolphin health assessments. 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