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COUNCIL AND STAFF

The Council is composed of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, and Immediate Past President, and eight Section Representatives (one from each of TWS’s seven U.S. sections  and one from the Canadian Section). The Student Liaison to Council is nominated by the Student Development Working Group as a non-voting participant at Council meetings to share the perspectives of students on Society issues.

The senior staff at the organization’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, includes the CEO/Executive Director and Director of Wildlife Policy and Communications. To contact a member of TWS staff, please send a message to tws@wildlife.org

View The Wildlife Society’s Code of Ethics,  Bylaws, and General Operating Procedures

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Working at TWS

A Team of Dedicated Wildlife Professionals

Founded in 1937, the organization’s mission is “To inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.” The Wildlife Society enhances our members’ networking and learning opportunities, professional and career development, and provides numerous ways for them to get more involved in creating a better future for wildlife and their habitats.

Officers

Don

Don Yasuda, CWB®

President

dyasudaTWS@gmail.com

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art

Art Rodgers, Ph.D.

Vice President

art.rodgers@ontario.ca

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gordon

Gordon Batcheller, CWB®

Immediate Past-President

gordon.tws@gmail.com

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bob

Bob Lanka, CWB®

President-Elect

bob23.tws@gmail.com

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Representatives

evelyn

Evelyn Merrill, Ph.D., CWB®

Canadian Representative (2024)

emerrill@ualberta.ca

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andrea

Andrea Orabona

Central Mountains & Plains Representative (2023)

acorabona@gmail.com

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lisa

Lisa Muller, Ph.D., CWB®

Southeastern Representative (2024)

lmuller@utk.edu

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kathy

Kathy Granillo

Southwest Representative (2024)

KGBirder55@gmail.com

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duane

Duane Diefenbach, Ph.D., CWB®

Northeast Representative (2023)

DRD11@psu.edu

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andrew

Andrew J. Kroll, Ph.D., CWB®

Northwest Representative (2025)

Ajkroll64@hotmail.com

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jason

Jason Riddle, Ph.D.

North Central Representative (2025)

riddle@uwsp.edu

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jim

Jim Sedinger, Ph.D.

Western Representative (2025)

jsedinger@unr.edu

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morgan

Morgan Register

Student Liason to Council

morgan.register@yahoo.com

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Staff

ed

Ed Arnett, Ph.D., CWB®

Chief Executive Officer

earnett@wildlife.org

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keith

Keith Norris, AWB®

Director of Wildlife Policy and Communications

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camerron

Cameron J. Kovach, J.D., M.E.L.P., AWB®

Director of Operations

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mariah

Mariah S. Beyers, AWB®

Member Engagement Manager

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aniket

Aniket Gajare

Software Developer

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caroline

Caroline Murphy, AWB®

Government Relations Manager

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kelly

Kelly O’Connor

Conservation Affairs Network Fellow

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jamila

Jamila Blake, M.P.A., AWB®

Professional Development and Inclusion Manager

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jen

Jennifer Murphy, CWB®

Certification and Outreach Manager

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david

David Frey

Managing Editor

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dana

Dana Kobilinsky

Associate Editor

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joshua rapp learn

Joshua Rapp Learn

Science Writer

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brandy

Brandy Wible

Joe Burns Memorial Wildlife Policy Intern

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Maranda Jones-Anderson, MS, MBA

Director of Finance and Human Resources

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Anna

Anna Knipps, Ph.D.

Editorial Assistant

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allison

Allison Cox

Content Editor

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