Officers of CMP Section

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Please contact: info<at>cmps-tws<dot>org to communicate with your CMPS Officers and
Representatives. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about CMPS, if you would like
to volunteer, or if you have suggestions about how CMPS can help serve you or your chapter. CMPS will
eventually have a State Representative to each CMPS State Chapter and that Representative will be
listed here with our Officers.

	Past-President (2022-2023) Duties Shelly Deisch, M. S., CWB® (she/her) CMPS State: Recently moved from South Dakota and now located in Washington TWS Memberships: TWS, Sections of TWS include CMPS, NCS, and NWS. State Chapters of TWS include SD (Life Member), ND, NE, KS, CO, UT, WY, and WA TWS Working Groups: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness; Rangeland and Wildlife; and Fish and Wildlife Habitats in Managed Forests TWS Occasional Duties Upon TWS Request: National awards selection committees (2022-2023), Review of policy and position statements, assist with responses to federal NEPA proposals, and an alleged ethics investigation.Email: past-president<at>cmps-tws<dot>org
	Vice-President (2022-2024) Duties Dr. Embere Hall, M.S., Ph.D. CMPS State: Wyoming CMPS Representative: to The Wyoming Chapter of TWS TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, The WY Chapter of TWS TWS Working Group: Nutritional Ecology
	President (2022-2024) Duties Stephanie Ferrero, M.S., CWB® CMPS State: Kansas TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS. State Chapters of TWS include CO, KS, NE, SD, ND, WY, and UT TWS Working Groups: College and Education Working Group Email: president<at>cmps-tws<dot>org
	Secretary/Treasurer (2022-2024) Duties Mel Nenneman, M.S.CMPS State: Nebraska TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, NE Chapter of TWS TWS Working Group: Ding Darling Memorial Award committee

Members At-large (2-year terms): Duties

	Elisabeth Tiege, M.S. (2022-2024) (she/her) CMPS State: Colorado TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, State Chapters of TWS include CO and KS TWS Working Group: Early Career Professional
	Daly Edmunds, M.S. (2022-2024) Audubon Rockies (WY, CO, UT)CMPS States: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, State Chapters of TWS include CO and WY TWS Working Group: Representative to CAN-CAC (see below)
	Heidi Plank, M.S. (2021-2023) Grand Valley Ranger District Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCMPS State: Colorado CMPS Representative to The Utah Chapter of TWS TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, The Colorado Chapter of TWS
	Carl Bowden (2021-2023) CMPS State: Kansas TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, The Kansas Chapter of TWS CMPS Chair: Elections Committee

Representative to TWS Council (2020-2023)

Andrea Orabona, M.S., CWB® (she/her) Duties

Retired Wyoming Game and Fish Department

CMPS State: Wyoming
Email: aorabona@cmps-tws.org

Committees

Newsletter Editor

Aleshia Rummel, M.S., AWB®
Wildlife Biologist/ District Conservation Technician
Gunnison Conservation DistrictCMPS State: Colorado
TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, and The CO Chapter of TWS. Formerly a member of the student chapter of Western State College and University of Missouri. Formerly member of The WY Chapter of TWS

CMPS State Representatives to State Chapters of TWS

	North Dakota Chapter of TWS Rick Warhurst, M.S. (2022+) CMPS State: North Dakota TWS Memberships and Activities: TWS member since 1971; Member of TWS, CMPS and Life Member of the ND Chapter of TWS (NDCTWS). Served two terms on the NDCTWS Executive Board, President-Elect 2017, President 2018, and Past-President 2019. TWS Working Groups: Wetlands Working Group and Habitat Restoration Working Group
	Wyoming Chapter of TWS Dr. Embere Hall, M.S., Ph.D. CMPS State: Wyoming CMPS Representative: to The Wyoming Chapter of TWS TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, The WY Chapter of TWS TWS Working Group: Nutritional Ecology
	Colorado Chapter of TWS Mindy Rice
	Utah Chapter of TWS Heidi Plank Grand Valley Ranger District Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests CMPS State: Colorado CMPS Representative to The Utah Chapter of TWS TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, The Colorado Chapter of TWS
	South Dakota Chapter of TWS Brady Neiles
	Kansas Chapter of TWS Dr. Adam Ahlers
	Nebraska Chapter of TWS Pending

Representative to TWS Certification Review Board (2021-2023; 1st term)

Dr. David Haukos, M.S., Ph.D., CWB®

Link to Policies and Procedures Manual for Certification

CMPS State: Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University
TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, State Chapters of TWS include KS and TX
TWS Working Group: College and University Education Working Group

Email: dhaukos<at>ksu<dot>edu

Representative to Conservation Affairs Network (CAN) and Committee (CAC) (2022+)

Daly Edmunds, M.S.

Link to CAN Policy Toolkit

Audubon Rockies (WY, CO, UT)CMPS States: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah

TWS Memberships: TWS, CMPS, State Chapters of TWS include CO and WY
TWS Working Group: Representative to CAN-CAC (see below)