Georgia Aquarium, Pemberton Place, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Jeff Swanagan remained the president and chief executive of the Georgia Aquarium until 2008, when he departed to join the Columbus Zoo. He was succeeded as president by Anthony Godfrey. Godfrey had originally been hired by Swanagan in 2004 as the aquarium's chief financial officer. David Kimmel was named president in May 2010 after Godfrey resigned. Kimmel worked with Marcus previously when he was the director of project management for Heery International, a project management company retained by the aquarium to develop the specifications and contracts for all firms associated with the creation and to oversee all phases of construction.
Collection
The Georgia Aquarium contains between 100,000 and 120,000 fish and other sea creatures, representing more than five hundred species. On June 14, 2005, the total number of specimens was unveiled after having previously being reported as "over 55,000". Marcus was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as saying: "I have been saying that we would have more than 55,000 fish; I just never said how many more." The fish were transported from Taiwan to the aquarium by UPS in 42 tanks aboard an MD-11 airplane. UPS donated the cost of the shipping, estimated at over $200,000 US currency.