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Meet the team that keeps the Society office running.  Michael Hutchins - Executive Director/CEO
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The Wildlife Society’s Executive Director/CEO since 2005, Michael Hutchins, is currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland's Graduate Program in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology and an affiliate professor at George Mason University’s Department of Environmental Science and Policy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1984, where he studied the behavioral ecology of free ranging, introduced population of Rocky Mountain goats in Olympic National Park. In addition, he taught courses in animal behavior at the University of Washington and, during the 1980’s, became Coordinator of Research at the New York Zoological Park. He served as Director/William Conway Chair of Conservation and Science for the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums for 15 years.
Michael has traveled to six continents and 35 countries pursuing his interests in wildlife management and conservation, given numerous presentations, and published nearly 250 books and articles on related topics, many peer reviewed. During his time at TWS, he has presided over unprecedented growth in the organization, going from 7,400-and-dropping in 2005 to nearly 11,000 members today.
Complete Bio | List of Publications | Resume | Presentations |  Laura Bies - Director, Government Affairs
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Laura Bies is the Director of Government Affairs for The Wildlife Society. She received a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Delaware and a law degree from the George Washington University Law School, where she concentrated on environmental law. She has been with The Wildlife Society since January 2005, and in her current position manages the Society's government and partnerships programs. |  Jane Jorgensen - Office and Finance Manager
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Jane Pelkey joined The Wildlife Society staff in August 1987 as membership coordinator, and then took over the Financial Coordinator/Office Manager position in April 1989. Previous to coming to the Society, she worked for 5 years for the Melville Corp. in the cash office of the Marshall’s store in Hyannis, MA and transferred to the Rockville Maryland store in 1987 when her family moved to Gaithersburg, MD. Today, as Finance/Office Manager of TWS, she oversees all bookkeeping and budgeting aspects of the Society, and manages all human resources and headquarters office procurement. Jane has two grown children, and three grandchildren. Jane and her husband live in the countryside of Myersville, Maryland with their two Laborador retrievers.
|  Lisa Moore - Director of Communications
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Lisa Moore is the Director of Communications and the Editor-in-Chief of The Wildlife Professional, the TWS member magazine. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Moore started her career in journalism at U.S.News & World Report magazine, where she worked from 1979 to 1992. She then joined the staff of National Geographic magazine, working first as a staff writer and then as Senior Editor. During her 14 years at the Geographic she developed an appreciation for Earth's wildlife and wild lands, as well as the factors that benefit and threaten them. A native of Virginia, Moore now lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
|  Darryl Walter – Director of Membership Marketing and Conferences
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Darryl Walter joined The Wildlife Society as Director of Membership Marketing and Conferences in August 2008. Darryl is a seasoned strategist with a record of success in association marketing, including 5 ½ years with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His experience including membership recruitment and retention, direct mail, e-marketing, branding, and creative development. Darryl’s previous professional experience includes the position of Circulation Marketing Manager for USA TODAY and Database Manager at Special Olympics, International. A graduate of Kent State University, Darryl lives in Bethesda, MD with his wife and three children |  Yanin (Janine) Walker - Operations Manager
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Yanin (Janine) Walker joined The Wildlife Society in 1993 where she used her international conference management and bilinguals skills to help the Society prepare for its first International Wildlife Management Congress in Costa Rica. Before coming to TWS she worked for the American Fisheries Society as conference coordinator for the Wildlife Fisheries Congress and as subunit/IT manager. She has also held administrative positions with the federal government and private sector. Yanin is production editor of The Wildlifer and designs and produces the TWS conference publications. As Operations Manager she provides administrative support to the executive director and oversees the awards program and prepares Council meeting agendas and minutes. |  Divya Abhat - Managing Editor
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Divya Abhat is a science writer for The Wildlife Society’s quarterly news magazine, The Wildlife Professional. Originally from Bombay (Mumbai), India, Divya came to the U.S. to pursue a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has worked with several publications including E/ The Environmental Magazine, the National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations and the National Geographic’s Traveler magazine.
|  Jeremiah Patterson - Program Manager - Web Resources
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Jeremiah Patterson joined The Wildlife Society as a web content developer/webmaster in May 2011. An Ohio native and multimedia journalist, he grew up with a deep interest in video production, making spoofs of commercials and television shows. He attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., where he earned a bachelor's in broadcast communication with a minor in media art. His senior year, he created, produced, and hosted a campus-centric, late-night talk show. He then completed a master's program in journalism and public policy at American University in Washington, D.C.
|  Aniket Gajare - Web applications Developer/Membership Administrator
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Originally from New Delhi, India, Ankit Mehta earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering in New Delhi before moving to the U.S. in 2008. He earned a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Southern California in May 2010. Ankit is eager to refine and build web-based applications to better serve the needs of TWS members and staff. In his free time, he enjoys sampling some of the international cuisine available in his new home in the Washington, D.C., area.
|  Shannon Pederson - Program Manager, Subunits and Certification
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Shannon Pederson, a local Washingtonian, joined TWS after obtaining a Bachelor of Science at Texas A&M University and master's in natural resources at Virginia Tech. She works with officers of TWS' Chapters, Student Chapters, Sections, and Working Groups. She also processes certifications for wildlife biologists and professionals. Outside TWS, Shannon spends time volunteering with the Wildlife Rescue League, Humane Society of Fairfax County, and speaking about urban coyotes in the local metropolitan area. List of publications
|  Danielle Prete
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Danielle Prete joined TWS staff in 2008 as a part-time receptionist. She was born and raised in the Northern Virginia area. Upon receiving an A.S. Degree from NCJC in Villanova, Pa., she moved to Maryland with her husband. She spent the next 11 years at home raising her two boys Dominick and Dylan. Now that they are in school full-time, she is enjoying being a part of the TWS staff. In her spare time she enjoys being outdoors, spending time with her family, and watching all types of sporting events.
|  Terra Rentz - Assistant Director of Government Affairs
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Terra Rentz is the Assistant Director of Government Affairs. She first joined TWS in the Spring of 2009 as a Policy Intern and returned to the Society’s team in the fall of 2010 after working as the Teaming With Wildlife Program Associate for the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies in Washington, D.C. Terra received a B.S. and a B.A. from Humboldt State University studying both Wildlife Management & Conservation and Political Science. She has been a member of TWS National since 2006 and has worked in the natural resources field since 2000 on a range of issues including environmental education, wildlife management, conservation policy and community planning. Terra is responsible for contributing to efforts within the Government Affairs & Partnership program, overseeing The Society’s Technical Review process, and providing policy support and resources to all of The Society’s subunits to enhance work on local, state wide and regional conservation affairs issues and engaging subunits on conservation issues at a national scale.
|  Christine Carmichael - Government Affairs Associate
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Christine joined The Wildlife Society in August 2011 as Government Affairs Associate. A Michigan native, she earned her bachelor's in political science from Michigan State University in 2006. She then served as an Environmental Education intern with The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples before traveling to the Czech Republic to teach English to managers at Skoda Auto for one year in the town of Mlada Boleslav, an hour outside Prague. Upon her return, Christine attended Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs where she earned a Master of Public Affairs and Master of Science in Environmental Science in December 2010. In addition to her new position as Government Affairs Associate, Christine is finishing up contract work as a GIS Consultant for The Wilderness Society, identifying high carbon density forests on public land, state-by-state.
|  Jessica Johnson - Development Editor/Science Writer
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Jessica joined The Wildlife Society in January 2012 after finishing her master’s degree in science journalism at Boston University. She has previously written for The Scientist and IEEE Pulse magazines. Jessica also holds a bachelor’s in biology from Cornell University and a master’s in environmental microbiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After her undergrad, she spent six years leading habitat restoration projects and conducting wildlife surveys in southern California and is excited to return to her roots by writing about wildlife and environmental issues now. Originally from Iowa, Jessica has lived all over the U.S. and in France, but never in D.C., and is anxious to explore the area.
|  Courtney Stackhouse - Diversity Program Coordinator
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Courtney joined The Wildlife Society in September of 2011, moving from Oakland back to the D.C. area where she grew up. She earned her bachelor's in environmental studies from Oberlin College in 2003, and an master's in environmental management from the University of San Francisco in 2008. Courtney has worked hands-on with domestic and wild animals as a veterinary technician and wildlife rehabilitator, and has also worked at the Conservation Corps to help at-risk young adults gain work skills in the conservation field. Now she is working for TWS to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provide scholarships for rising conservation professionals. In her free time, Courtney likes to hike, drive as far as she can on a tank of gas, and write fiction.
|  Frank Thompson - The Journal of Wildlife Management - Editor-in-Chief
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Frank Thompson, Ph.D. is the Editor-in Chief of The Journal of Wildlife Management. In addition to his work for the Journal, Dr. Thompson is a project leader and research wildlife biologist for the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station located in Columbia, Mo. He is a Fellow of the Wildlife Society and American Ornithologists Union and cooperative faculty in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Science, University of Missouri-Columbia. He received his doctorate in Fisheries and Wildlife Science from the University of Missouri in 1987. His research addresses the effects of land use, forest management, disturbance, and climate change on wildlife at local, landscape, and regional scales with a focus on birds. Most recently he has been involved in landscape and regional modeling efforts to develop conservation planning tools for bird conservation. |
|  Eric Hellgren - Wildlife Monographs - Editor-in-Chief
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Eric Hellgren is currently Editor-in-chief of Wildlife Monographs. He held research and academic appointments at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University, Kingsville and at Oklahoma State University before moving to his current position in the fall of 2005 as director of the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and professor of zoology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He and his graduate students primarily study applied aspects of mammalian ecology, but he also has examined the responses of reptiles to land-use management. Dr. Hellgren has published more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, including papers in ecology, conservation biology, Oecologia, Oikos, biological conservation, physiological and biochemical zoology, and Journal of Wildlife Management; and 6 book chapters. He has served as an associate editor of several serial publications, including the Journal of Wildlife Management and Journal of Mammalogy.
|  Allison Cox - Journal of Wildlife Management Content Editor
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Allison Cox joined TWS in 2011 as Content Editor for The Journal of Wildlife Management. She graduated with a bachelor's in zoology from the University of Florida in 1996. After spending several years as a zookeeper at the Jacksonville Zoo, she worked as a field technician in Arizona, Hawaii, and Venezuela on projects focused on conservation of endangered birds and the evolution of life-history strategies of nesting birds. Allison earned her master's degree in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Missouri in 2011. Her thesis research focused on the impact of landscape structure and configuration on movement of dispersing juvenile birds. Allison and her husband live in Columbia, Mo. with their two cantankerous, yet endearing cats. |  Anna Knipps - Journal of Wildlife Management Editorial Assistant
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Anna Knipps received her doctorate in wildlife science from Texas A&M University where she also earned a master's degree. Anna graduated from Rutgers University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in natural resource management and then worked on a variety of field biology projects throughout the U.S. over the next decade. Her work involved mostly mark-recapture and radio-telemetry studies on bats, owls, foxes, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. In the future, Anna hopes to help protect and restore wildlife habitat, as well as to help foster nature connection in children.
| |  Vasa Pupavac - Finance Associate
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Vasa Pupavac joined The Wildlife Society staff in February, 2009 as part-time Finance Associate. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance. Working for TWS, he has engaged his passion for the environment, while providing accounting, financial reporting, and end-of-year audit support for the organization. Vasa also enjoys taking on remodeling projects in the historic and beautiful city of Washington, DC.
|  Lilly Matheson - Program Assistant
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Lilly Matheson joined TWS staff in February, 2011 as a part-time Program Assistant. Lilly brings long-term experience working in the nonprofit field. She previously held executive administrative positions with the American Fisheries Society and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. She is experienced with conference planning and an on-site meeting management, and has used her excellent organizational skills in various freelance consulting assignments in the Washington, D.C., area. Lilly is bilingual in Spanish and is also a Notary Public for the State of Maryland. She enjoys learning new things and is most happy helping others in any capacity.
|  Carolyn Enquist - Science Coordinator, USA National Phenology Network, The Wildlife Society
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Carolyn Enquist coordinates the USA-National Phenology Network’s science activities on behalf of the Wildlife Society. This includes facilitating applied scientific research related to phenology, working with government agencies, academics and volunteers to implement standardized monitoring protocols and analysis methods, communicating the importance of phenology as a robust indicator of climate change impacts on humans and natural systems, and highlighting the role monitoring can play in facilitating the application of climate change adaptation strategies.
Carolyn has been in the biodiversity conservation field for nearly two decades, having worked for the National Wildlife Federation, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, and the Nature Conservancy. She has largely focused on researching the ecological implications of climate change and identifying adaptation options for conservation and management priorities in the southwestern U.S. and Central America. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. Carolyn received a bachelor's from Mount Holyoke College and her doctorate and master's from the University of New Mexico. |  Madeleine Thomas - Communications Intern
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Madeleine Thomas is the fall 2010 editorial intern for The Wildlife Professional. A native of Baltimore, Maddie graduated last May from the University of Delaware with a degree in English, a concentration in journalism, and a minor in French. While working for The Wildlife Society, she would like to apply her passion for environmental reporting. Eventually, she would like to attend graduate school to pursue a master’s degree in journalism. But until then, Madeleine loves to spend her time taking road trips around the U.S. and seeing as much live music as possible.
|  Damon Yeh - Intern - Youth in Natural Resources Career
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Damon Yeh was born and raised in Bethesda, Md. He Received his bachelor degree in environmental science and policy with a concentration in wildlife ecology and management from the University of Maryland, College Park, in May, 2010. Last summer, he spent ten weeks in Honduras working on a sustainable development project. Damon wants to attend graduate school to continue his education in wildlife management or conservation biology. In his free time, he likes to go hiking or camping.
|  Emily Lapayowker - Outreach and Marketing Intern
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Emily Lapayowker has happily held the position of Outreach and Marketing Intern since she joined The Wildlife Society in the summer of 2011. A native of Baltimore, Emily graduated from Hartwick College in 2008 with a degree in philosophy and is enjoying challenges of such a multi-faceted position. When not at work she enjoys travel, Baltimore sports, and (eating, not making) good food.
|  Will Roberts - Government Affairs Intern
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William Roberts — a native of Florida — recently graduated from the University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg with a bachelor's in environmental science and policy. He has previously worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Research Institute in Saint Petersburg, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the South Florida Ecological Services Office, and the U.S. Geological Survey’s St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. During his internship here, Roberts hopes to develop his professional skills while also learning how to better analyze and improve environmental policy. He plans on attending graduate school in the near future, where he will concentrate on sustainable development and study the urban environment and its effects on energy and biodiversity. In his spare time, Roberts enjoys cycling, documentaries, and any outdoor adventure.
|  Maggie Thomas - Government Affairs Intern
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Maggie Thomas grew up in the central valley of sunny California, where she developed an interest in the environment. She completed her undergraduate degree at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. where she double majored in biology and environmental science and minored in legal studies. As an undergrad at Trinity College, Thomas worked in an ornithology lab studying the urban ecology of Red-Tailed Hawks and developed an interest in conservation biology and environmental policy. Before joining The Wildlife Society, Thomas worked as a marine biologist for the California Department of Fish and Game on the Marine Protected Areas project helping to design and implement a statewide network of Marine Protected Areas. During her internship, Thomas hopes to get experience in the world of environmental policy at the federal level.
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Janet Wallace - Wildlife Society Bulletin Editorial Assistant