Current employer: Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Division of Fish & Wildlife
Current Position: Game Mammal Biologist
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(302) 735-3600
Background: Joe grew up in Western Maryland and his interest in the outdoors led him to West Virginia University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources in 2003. After graduating from WVU, he quickly began his graduate work at the University of Delaware where he earned a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology in 2005. His keen interest in deer management and ecology led him to UD to study the effects of white-tailed deer browsing on soybeans. After a brief stint as a Wildlife Specialist with the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, Joe accepted a position with the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife as the state’s Game Mammal Biologist. Joe’s day-to-day duties include managing the state’s deer and furbearer populations, setting hunting and trapping seasons, and administering the state’s two crop damage assistant programs for farmers experiencing deer depredation. When not at work and when he’s allowed by his wife Alison, the chapter secretary, he can often be found pursuing deer, ducks, turkeys or any other critter that’s in season. Prior to becoming President of the MD/DE Chapter of the TWS, Joe was a general member for 3 years.
President Elect - Kevin Sullivian
Current employer: USDA, APHIS
Vice President - Frank Ammer
Current Employment:Wildlife Biologist, Department of Biology, Frostburg State University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology
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301-687-4299
Background: Frank is an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, and serves as the coordinator of the undergraduate Wildlife and Fisheries and Interpretive Biology and Natural History Programs.Frank earned a B.S. in Biology from Carlow University, a M.S. in Biology from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology from West Virginia University.The prevailing theme of his research program at FSU has been the ecology, conservation, management, and population/conservation genetics of vertebrate populations.Frank is very active in The Wildlife Society and serves as the faculty advisor of Frostburg State’s student chapter of TWS.Additionally, Frank has served as an instructor for the Cumberland Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) team and is active in numerous conservation organizations.
Treasurer - Brian Eyler
Current Employment:Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife & Heritage Service
Current Position: Deer Project Leader
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301-842-0332
Background:Brian is from Pennsylvania and received his BS in Wildlife & Fisheries Science from Penn State University in 1991.He received his MS in Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science from University of Maryland ES in 2001.Brian first began working in Maryland in 1994 for Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.His career to date has focused largely on deer research and management, and colonial waterbird research.As Deer Project Leader for Maryland DNR, Brian oversees management and research pertaining to white-tailed deer and sika deer in Maryland.He is responsible for managing harvest data, population estimates, and research projects involving deer.A large part of Brian’s job also entails Information & Education with the Maryland public.
Secretary - Alison Rogerson
Current employer: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Water Resources
Current Position: Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Coordinator
Background: Alison is originally from Montgomery County MD and has lived in Delaware for many years. She earned her B.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of New Hampshire in 1999 and her M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware in 2007. Her master’s thesis research on marsh birds led to her interest in habitat management and her current position in wetland assessment. She is interested in ornithology and has traveled the U.S. to work for various birding organizations. This is her first board member position for the DE/MD Chapter of TWS.
Past President - Scott Healey
Current employer: USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, MD/DE/DC
Current Position: District Supervisor/ Wildlife Biologist
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410-349-8055
Background:Scott is from Catonsville, MD and currently resides in Ellicott City, MD.He received his BS in Natural Resources Management, Plant and Wildlife Resources Management, from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1997.Scott began his career with USDA Wildlife Services after taking a full-time position as a wildlife technician in the MD/DE/DC program in Annapolis where he served as an operator for the toll-free Maryland Nuisance Wildlife Information Line and also conducted wildlife hazard assessments for airports in Maryland.Scott also served as a wildlife biologist in the same office conducting wildlife damage management projects including urban wildlife, deer and migratory bird issues.In 2005, he took his current position as District Supervisor for the MD/DE/DC Wildlife Services program where he continues to work in the field as well as supervises projects to help manage wildlife damage.Scott’s interests include deer hunting and fishing for bass and striped bass.
