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Austin Bat Refuge Taking Science to Heart About Us Our team consists of veteran bat rehabilitators and educators with extensive experience in urban wildlife issues. As the goto person for bat information at BCI for over a decade Dianne remains in demand for speaking engagements and bat presentations throughout the Central Texas area. Dianne Odegard Executive Director After 1212 years as Education and Public Outreach Manager at Bat Conservation International by day and bat rehabilitator by night Dianne has now gone fulltime with her true passion as cofounder of Austin Bat Refuge. Dianne has been a wildlife rehabilitator since 1990 always working with animals that live in close proximity to urban areas and human structures with the hope of educating people about ways to live harmoniously with wildlife.