..Beth Armstrong was the Field Conservation Coordinator at the Brevard Zoo (Melbourne Florida) from November 2000 to May 2010. She facilitated and maintained contact with field researchers; organized and allocated dollars from the Brevard Zoo Conservation Fund; created over 55 environmental teaching suitcases for field projects; created conservation message items such as posters and soccer uniforms for in situ projects; found alternative funding sources through grant writing as well as corporate and Rotary sponsorships to increase the zoo’s support of in situ work and coordinated the 2001 and 2005 ZACC conferences.

..Prior to coming to Brevard Zoo, she was the Field Conservation Coordinator at the Columbus Zoo assisting in the creation of their funding philosophy, overseeing grants to field projects; editor of the Gorilla Gazette Newsletter, The Conservationist Newsletter and the annual conservation report. She was one of several people who created the ZACC conference concept and was a co-organizer of the first ZACC conference hosted by Columbus Zoo in 1995. She also created the Gorilla Workshop which Columbus hosted in 1990.

..Presently Beth sponsors and oversees the ZACC web site; serves on the ZACC Steering Committee; serves on the Gorilla Workshop Steering Committee, is a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance board of directors; is publisher and editor of the Gorilla Gazette publication and web site. Currently she and her husband lend support to a few select great ape field projects by providing environmental teaching suitcases and soccer uniforms for those projects.

Rebecca Rose
Field Conservation Coordinator
Rebecca.Rose@columbuszoo.org
614-724-3409
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
9990 Riverside Drive
Powell, Ohio 43065

..Rebecca Rose is the Field Conservation Coordinator at the Columbus Zoo. Prior to joining the Conservation Department, she spent 12 years as an instructor in the education department with an emphasis on aiding classroom teachers through presentations, workshops, and teacher resource kits. She established the zoo’s Educational Resource Center, developing a lending library of more than 25 resource kits on a range of wildlife topics. She launched and continues to coordinate the zoo’s Conservation Lecture Series. Since 2000, Rebecca has served as Field Conservation Coordinator and is the liaison between the Zoo’s Conservation Committee and researchers in the field. In 2008, the Zoo provided grants to 70 projects and organizations in 30 countries. Rebecca is the Zoo’s representative to the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force, the Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration, and serves on the AZA Field Conservation Committee. She is a board member for Friends of Bonobos, and a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance steering committee.

Anne Warner
Executive Director
503-780-7839
annewarner@gmail.com
www.pasaprimates.org
P.O. Box 86645 Portland OR 97206

..Anne Warner, a conservation zoology specialist with over 20 years of experience at major U.S. zoos, is currently serving as interim executive director for the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. PASA is comprised of 20 member sanctuaries in 12 African countries, which rescue and rehabilitate chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, drills, and other endangered primates. Anne will maintain PASA's focus on the rescue and rehabilitation of primates through its member sanctuaries in Africa, even as she helps grow the organization's base here in the U.S.

..Warner was most recently the conservation manager for the Oregon Zoo. Prior to that, she worked as the director of Conservation and Education at the Oakland Zoo. In addition to serving on the steering committee of Zoos and Aquariums Committed to Conservation (ZACC), she is a member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Field Conservation Committee and serves on the board of the Kasese Wildlife Conservation Awareness Organization in Uganda and the International Zoo Educators board . Warner has traveled to field sites in Uganda, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, Kenya, and served two terms on the steering committee of the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF). In 2006, Warner helped organize the International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress in Uganda.

Lisa Dabek, Ph.D.
Director of Field Conservation
Woodland Park Zoo
601 North 59th Street
Seattle, Washington 98103 USA
206-233-5037
206-684-4873 (fax)
Lisa.Dabek@zoo.org
Director of the Papua New Guinea Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program

..Lisa oversees all field conservation activities at Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) and directs the WPZ Partners for Wildlife program. She works with staff from many WPZ departments including animal health, education, animal care, public relations, development, horticulture and exhibits. She is also involved in the Pacific Northwest Zoo and Aquarium Alliance. Internationally she founded and directs the community-based Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 1996. She works with zookeepers, educators, veterinarians, and other scientists from the U.S., Australia, and PNG. This program won the AZA International Conservation Award in 2002. Lisa travels to Papua New Guinea each year for this program.

..Lisa is Past Chair of the AZA Field Conservation Committee (2004-2007), Field Conservation and research advisor of the AZA’s Marsupial and Monotreme Taxon Advisory Group, and Field Research Advisor for the Tree Kangaroo SSP. She has also served on AZA working groups including “Protected Areas Initiative” and “Building Conservation Potential for Smaller Zoos”.

..Lisa earned her Ph.D. in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology from the University of Washington. Her bachelor’s degree is in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Marc Ancrenaz, DVM
Hutan, Scientific Director
PO Box 3109, 90734 Sandakan
Sabah, Malaysia
marc.ancrenaz@yahoo.com or kerodong@hotmail.com

..Marc Ancrenaz and Dr Isabelle Lackman created the French NGO Hutan in 1995. They established the "Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project" (KOCP) in 1998 in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. This project, established in close collaboration with the Sabah Wildlife Department and the local communities, intends to identify ways for wildlife and people to cohabit peacefully. Today KOCP is a force of about 50 field research assistants, all hailed from the local community. Over the years, we have developed a holistic approach to attain our conservation goals and our project is encompassing a wide range of activities such as research on orang-utans, elephants and other wildlife taxa, biodiversity assessments and surveys throughout Sabah, human elephant conflict mitigation, law enforcement (Honorary Wildlife Wardens), education with school chlidren and community members, community development through ecotourism ("Red Ape Encounters") and other projects ("Fishermen for Conservation", forest restoration, etc), capacity building with the communities and state agencies, etc.

Miriam Monterroso-Helwig
1ª. Calle 50-37, zone 11
Colonia Molino de las Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Telephone/fax: (502) 2480-7269
Mobil telephone: (502) 5202-6467
legalservices@intelnet.net.gt

..Miriam Monterroso is a Guatemalan lawyer who apart from her law practice, is the Executive Director of the Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association (ARCAS), a Guatemalan nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, committed to preserving wildlife and its habitat. It was formed in 1989 by a group of Guatemalan citizens who became concerned as they saw their precious natural heritage, especially their wildlife, rapidly disappearing before their eyes. ARCAS was originally created to build a rescue center to care for and rehabilitate wild animals that were being confiscated on the black market by the Guatemalan government. The ARCAS Rescue Center now handles 400-600 animals per year of 40+ species, is generally recognized as the premier rescue center in Latin America, viewed as a model for other centers in the region. ARCAS also carries out sea turtle conservation and research on the Pacific coast of Guatemala and co-administers the Cerro Alux reserve near Guatemala City. American Zoos, specifically the Columbus Zoo, have supported ARCAS since its establishment.

Patrica Medici
Rua Taiobá, 672, Cidade Jardim, Campo Grande, CEP: 79040-640, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
+55-67-3341-8732; +55-67-9965-6960; epmedici@uol.com.br
www.ipe.org.br; www.tapirs.org; www.cbsg.org

M.Sc. in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management
Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative
IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research)
Ph.D. Student, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, UK
Convener, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Brasil Network

..Patricia Medici is a Brazilian conservation biologist whose main professional interests are tapir conservation, tropical forest conservation, metapopulation management, landscape ecology, and community-based conservation. Patrícia has a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry Sciences from the São Paulo University (USP - Universidade de São Paulo), and a Masters Degree in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Brazil. Currently, Patrícia is a Ph.D. Student at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom.

..For the past 16 years, Patrícia has been working for a Brazilian non-governmental organization called IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) of which she was one of the founding members together with Cláudio and Suzana Padua. Since 1996, she coordinates a long-term research and conservation project on lowland tapirs in the Atlantic Forests of São Paulo which is now expanding to other Brazilian biomes, starting in the Pantanal.
Patrícia has also been the Chairperson of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) for the past 8 years, and convener of the Brazilian Network of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) for the past 4 years.

Frank Rietkerk
Zoological Director
f.rietkerk@apenheul.nl
+31 55 3575740
Apenheul Primate Park
Postbus 97
7300 AB Apeldoorn
The Netherlands

..After graduating from the Veterinary School of the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) in 1986, Frank Rietkerk pursued a career in zoo animal medicine and was eventually appointed as Chief Veterinary Officer of the King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre (KKWRC) near Riyadh in Saudi Arabia in 1988. This centre is managed for the Saudi government by the Zoological Society of London and the focus of its operations were on research, eradicating contagious disease and re-introduction back into the wild of sand and mountain gazelles as well as Arabian oryx. In 1992 Frank returned to The Netherlands and worked as curator for Zoo Emmen and then as staff member of the National Foundation of Research in Zoological Gardens (NFRZG) in Amsterdam. NFRZG was at that time also the administrative office of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Frank’s responsibilities during this period included the coordination of the European Endangered species Programmes , organising the annual EAZA Conferences, veterinary legislation and collection management, especially for the Dutch Federation of Zoos.

..In 2000 Frank moved to Apenheul to become the head of the Animal Management division. Several years later he became deputy director and from July 2009 he will be the Zoological Director. In these positions Frank has become familiar with all aspects of zoo management. His main interests continue to be the ex situ programmes for the breeding of endangered species, in situ conservation, and international cooperation in these areas. He chairs the EAZA Cebid TAG, the EAZA Antelope and Giraffe TAG, and is coordinator of the Gorilla and Woolly monkey EEPs. Other volunteer positions include being the chairman of AEECL (the Association Européenne pour l’Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens), chairing the Apenheul Primate Conservation Trust, and being a board member of the conservation fund of the Dutch Federation of Zoos and member of the EAZA Conservation Committee.

Peter Riger
Director of Conservation
Houston Zoo
priger@houstonzoo.org

..Peter is the Director of Conservation at the Houston Zoo and oversees the conservation department programs which include nearly two dozen programs in Africa, Asia, North and Latin America. More importantly, we create partnerships, both here and abroad, to ensure long-term support for our projects. While some of the Houston Zoo's projects are crisis responses to immediate threats, others are multi-year strategic initiatives. My personal interests are as random as they come ranging from Philippine Cloud Rats and Bornean Elephants to Mole-Rats, Hornbills, Snub-Nosed Monkeys, Antelope and Wild Cats. Peter currently serves on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wildlife Advisory Committee and AZA Field Conservation Committee. If I am not in the office promoting our conservation programs, you may find me, well you will not find me as I am permanently camouflaged.

Roger Wilkinson
Head of Field Conservation and Research
at Chester Zoo, England
r.wilkinson@chesterzoo.org

..Roger is Head of Field Conservation and Research at Chester Zoo, England, managing a small team of six scientific staff. After completing his first degree in Zoology, PhD and a Research Fellowship at Southampton University, UK, he spent six years lecturing/ conducting ornithological research at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. Roger joined Chester Zoo in 1983 as Curator of Birds and later became Curator of Higher Vertebrates and Research before taking on his current role. His interests are in Conservation Biology, Animal Behaviour, Ecology and Ornithology. He is a Council Member of the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation and Vice President of the West African Ornithological Society. He is a member of the EAZA Conservation Committee and BIAZA Field Conservation Committee and chairs the EAZA Parrot TAG, and co-chairs the EAZA Hornbill TAG.

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