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NABS Program Committee

Members of the Program Committee come from the many sectors involved in NABS and play these roles:  

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  • ​Represent a sector relevant to the purpose and aspirations of the North American Bison Summit and collaborate with respect for diverse values

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  • Consider and suggest/recruit Models and Methodologies for NABS  inclusion that will use a common template and form the foundation of NABS Workgroup dialogues

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  • Encourage participant registrations from within the organization represented and other networks

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The NABS Program Committee members are:

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  • Arnell Abold ~ Executive Director, Tanka Fund

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

  • Keith Aune ~ NABS Project Consultant (Retired Fish, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks + Wildlife Conservation Society)

  • Jennifer Barfield ~ Professor - Reproductive Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University 

  • Mark Biel ~ Chief of Natural Resources, Glacier National Park

  • Tim Burkhart ~ Director of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone-to-Yukon Conservation Initiative

  • Ervin Carlson ~ President, InterTribal Buffalo Council

  • Dr. Sharon Deem ~ Director, Saint Louis Zoo Institute of Conservation Medicine/WRF Board Member

  • Charles Drimal ~ Deputy Director of Conservation, Greater Yellowstone Coalition

  • Shana Drimal ~ Wildlife Program Manager, Greater Yellowstone Coalition

  • Trudy Ecoffey ~ Technical Services Director, InterTribal Buffalo Council

  • Tom France ~ Consultant, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council

  • William J. Friedman ~ CEO, Earth Claims

  • David Gustine ~ Wildlife Biologist, NRSS, National Park Service

  • Maggie Hanna ~ Central Grasslands Roadmap Director, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

  • Jeremy Hogan ~ Director Prairie Grasslands, Nature Conservancy Canada

  • Dr. Carly Griffith Hotvedt ~ Interim Executive Director, Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative

  • Dennis Jorgensen ~ Bison Program Manager, World Wildlife Fund

  • Erik Kalsta ~ Working Wild Challenge Program Director, Western Landowners Association

  • Rurik List ~ Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

  • Leroy Little Bear ~ International Buffalo Relations Institute & Buffalo Treaty

  • Brian Logan ~ Assistant Director, USDA Forest Service 

  • Dave Lucas ~ Refuge Manager, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

  • Jim Matheson ~ Executive Director, National Bison Association 

  • Blake McCann ~ Chief of Natural Resources, Theodore Roosevelt National Park 

  • Tom McDonald ~ Tribal Council Vice Chair, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes/WRF Board Member

  • Chris Mehus ~ Executive Director, Western Sustainability Exchange

  • Mario Molina ~ Executive Director, Volgenau Climate Initiative

  • Christian Meny ~ Montana Audubon

  • Jayme Murray ~ CEO, Cheyenne Rivers Sioux Tribe Buffalo Authority Corporation

  • Mollye Nardi ~ General Curator, Birmingham Zoo + Co-Program Leader, Bison SAFE

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

  • Glenn Plumb ~ Chair, IUCN Bison Specialists Group 

  • Julie Anton Randall ~ President, Wildlife Restoration Foundation

  • Jorge Silva-Bañuelos ~ Superintendent, Valles Caldera National Preserve

  • Hila Shamon ~ Research Ecologist, Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute

  • Greg Schroeder ~ Chief of Natural & Cultural Resource Management, Wind Cave National Park 

  • Dr. Ed Spevak ~ Curator of Invertebrates, Saint Louis Zoo + Co-Program Leader, Bison SAFE​​​

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