NABS Organizing Committee members represent the Supporting Partners and/or advise and work with WRF to:

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1. Decide upon the Summit goals and program.

2. Generate impactful Panel Dialogues for the main summit platform to set milestones for the achievement of NABS2 goals.

3. Reach out to colleague networks to maximize resources and registrations.​​

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

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• Chamois Andersen ~ Senior Field Representative, Rockies & Plains Program, Defenders of Wildlife

• Keith Aune ~ Consultant + Retired Wildlife Conservation Society + Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

• Jason Baldes (Eastern Shoshone) ~ Executive Director, Wind River Buffalo Program

• Jennifer Barfield, PhD ~ Associate Professor and Director, MS-ART Program, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University-Fort Collins

• Scott Bartell ~ Ecology Program Administrator, Denver Mountain Parks

• Ervin Carlson ~ President, InterTribal Buffalo Council + Blackfeet Tribal Buffalo Program

• Katira Crow Shoe (Kainai Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy) ~ Executive Director, International Buffalo Relations Institute

• Nik Dehejia ~ President & CEO, Oakland Zoo

• Shana Drimal ~ Wildlife Program Manager, Greater Yellowstone Coalition

• Mary Erickson ~ Retired Custer Gallatin National Forest Supervisor + WRF Board

• Nick Gevock ~ Organizer, Northern Rockies Wildlife and Wildlands, Sierra Club

• Troy Heinert ~ Bison Branch Chief, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Jeremy Hogan ~ Director of Prairie Grasslands, Nature Conservancy of Canada

• Tasha Hubbard (Peepeekisis First Nation) ~ Filmmaker & Associate Professor, University of Alberta

• Brian Logan ~ National Wildlife Program Lead, USDA Forest Service

• Dave Lucas ~ Project Leader, Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex

• Jim Matheson ~ Executive Director, National Bison Association

• Martin Robards ~ Director, Arctic Beringia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society

• Nicole Olivier ~ Manager of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

• Jonathan Proctor ~ Director, Great Plains Wildlife Initiative, World Wildlife Fund

• Michelle Uberuaga ~ Yellowstone Senior Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association

• Mike Vocu ~ Executive Director, InterTribal Buffalo Council

• Garrit Voggesser ~ Senior Director, Tribal Partnerships & Policy, National Wildlife Federation

• Mary Wagner ~ Retired USDA Forest Service Associate Chief + WRF Board