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NABS Program Committee

The NABS Program Committee (PC) includes one or more representatives from each sector connected to the Summit's purpose and aspirations, and:

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  • Generates the content of 20+ themed Workgroups

  • Considers and recommends Models and Methodologies (M&Ms) for Summit inclusion

  • Recruits presenters of M&Ms who submit entries to the e-Workbook used at the Summit

  • Stimulates participant registrations from within their own organizations and networks to build effective Summit content and dialogues.​​

 

 

PROGRAM 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

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

  • Dan Beetem ~ Director of Animal Management, The Wilds

  • Mark Biel ~ Natural Resources Program Manager, Glacier National Park, U.S. National Park Service

  • Tom Bragg, DVM ~ Veterinarian, Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture (in South Dakota

  • Ana Davidson, PhD ~ Research Scientist III at the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University

  • Sharon Deem ~ Director, Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine

  • Shana Drimal ~ Wildlife Program Manager, Greater Yellowstone Coalition

  • Trudy Ecoffey (Oglala Sioux) ~ Consultant & Associate Professor, Chadron State College

  • Elliot Fox (Blood Tribe) ~ Counsillor, Blood Tribe

  • Tim Harmos ~ Prairie Biscuit Consulting + Community Facilitator, Buffalo Run (Estes Park, Colorado)

  • Carly Hotvedt, PhD (Cherokee) ~ Interim Executive Director, Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative, University of Arkansas School of Law

  • Irona Howe (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) ~ CRST Buffalo Corporation + ITBC Buffalo Herd Manager Apprentice

  • Dennis Jorgensen ~ Bison Program Manager, World Wildlife Fund

  • Erik Kalstra ~ Working Wild Challenge Program Director, Western Landowners Association + Rancher in Big Hole Valley

  • Rurik List, PhD ~ Professor of Biology, CBS Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma (also IUCN Bison Specialists Group + Great Plains Conservation Network), México

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

  • Jim Matheson ~ Executive Director, National Bison Association

  • Darren Minier ~ Darren Minier ~ Director of Animal Welfare & Research, Conservation Society of California/Oakland Zoo + IUCN Steering Committee member

  • Jayme Murray (Cheyenne River Sioux) ~ CEO, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Buffalo Authority

  • Mollye Nardi ~ General Curator, Birmingham Zoo + AZA SAFE North American Bison Program Co-Lead

  • Alicia Nevaquaya (Choctaw Nation) ~ Director of Development, InterTribal Buffalo Council (Southern Plains - Oklahoma)

  • Nicole Olivier ~ Olivier (Ojibway First Nation of Fort William) ~ Manager of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (in Crowsneck Pass)

  • Sara Oyler-McCance ~ Research Geneticist, USDOI U.S. Geological Survey (also USDOI Bison Working Group + Metapopulation Strategy)

  • Dustin Ranglack ~ Chair, IUCN Bison Specialists Group

  • Luke Rogers ~ Assistant Biologist, Wood Bison Restoration Project, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (in Fairbanks)

  • Colin Sheldon ~ Director of Federal Affairs, Wildlife Conservation Society

  • Dawn Sherman (Lakota, Shawnee & Delaware) ~ Executive Director, Tanka Fund

  • Ed Spevak, PhD ~ Curator of Invertebrates, Saint Louis Zoo + Co-Program Leader, Association of Zoos & Aquariums Bison SAFE

  • Michelle Uberuaga ~ Senior Program Manager for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, National Parks Conservation Association (in Livingston, Montana)

  • Crista Valentino ~ Tribal Buffalo Program Manager, Tribal Partnerships, National Wildlife Federation

  • Greg Wilson ~ Bison Ecologist, Parks Canada + IUCN Red List Coordinator

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