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Professional Involvement

Raptor Research Foundation:

  • Member 1998-Present

  • Board Member 2015-2023

  • Workshop Coordinator 2010-2019

  • Committee Chair, Early Career Raptor Researchers 2010-2016

  • Committee Chair, Charitable Giving Program, Legacy Manager 2017 - Present

The Wildlife Society

  • Member 1996-Present

  • Student Chapter President, University of WI Stevens Point 1998

  • Co-Founder and organizer Out in The Field Initiative 2019-Present

  • Member Diversity Committee 2020-2023

  • Member Inclusion Diversity Equity and Acceptance Working Group

Alaska Raptor Group

  • Steering Committee Member 2008-Present

  • President 2013-2016

Boreal Partners in Flight

  • Member 2008-Present

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Awards

  • The Wildlife Society’s 2024 National Group Achievement Award – Out in The Field, co-founder

  • ADFG Director’s Achievement Award for Outreach – 2022 (TED Program Award)

  • ADFG Director’s Achievement Award for Publication - 2022

  • ADFG Director’s Achievement Award for Research – 2021

  • Wildlife Conservation Award, Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2020

  • ADFG Director’s Achievement Award for Supervision - 2015

  • President’s Award, Raptor Research Foundation, 2015

  • Outstanding Professional Contribution, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 2014

  • EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2008

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2000-2002