Rick Hudson
Rick Hudson earned a degree in Biology from the University of Richmond in 1977 and has been employed by the Fort Worth Zoo for the past 42 years. He was a Curator in the Fort Worth Zoo’s renown Department of Herpetology for twenty years, before moving to the zoo’s Conservation & Science Department in 2000 […]
John Iverson
John B. Iverson holds a PhD in Biology from the University of Florida and is Biology Research Professor at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Because of his interests in the natural history, ecology, and evolution of iguanas and turtles, he is currently on the steering committees (and founding member) of the IUCN/SSC Iguana Specialist Group, […]
Patricia Koval, Chair
Patricia A. Koval is a corporate director based in Toronto, Canada. She is the Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Trans Mountain Corporation, a director of the real estate, construction, and property management companies in the Tridel Group, and a trustee of Delmanor REIT ( senior living communities). She is also a director […]
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier is currently Chief Conservation Officer of Re:wild. Prior to this position, he served for three years as Executive Vice Chair at Conservation International and as President of that organization from 1989 to 2014. Before joining CI, he was Vice President for Science at WWF-US, where he worked from 1979 to 1989. Mittermeier […]
Alison Ngibuini
Alison NGIBUINI (Kenyan) is a visionary leader blending communication, film, and behavior change to drive meaningful impact, particularly across the African continent. As a Board Member for the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), she leverages her narrative expertise to advance the critical mission of protecting and restoring tortoises and freshwater turtles. Her focus on local stewardship […]
Hugh Quinn, Ph.D
Hugh Quinn holds a PhD in Biology and has spent his career in zoos as Supervisor of Education at the Fort Worth Zoo, Zoological Curator at the Oklahoma City Zoo, Curator of Herpetology at the Houston Zoo, Director at the Topeka Zoo, and finally as General Curator at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (retired). He served […]
Anders G.J. Rhodin, M.D.
Anders G.J. Rhodin, M.D., is both an orthopedic surgeon and a renowned turtle researcher and conservationist. Born in Sweden, he immigrated to the United States in 1958, received a B.A. from Dartmouth in 1971, and an M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1977. He completed his orthopedic surgical residency training at Yale and was […]
Frank Slavens
Frank Slavens retired in 2001 as Curator of Reptiles from the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) in Seattle WA where he worked for 30 years. While at the WPZ, Frank produced numerous editions of his book Reptiles and Amphibians in Captivity, a series of annually produced inventories of the world’s reptiles and amphibians in captive collections. […]
John Whitfield
John Whitfield is a product leader and entrepreneur focused on building software that helps small businesses grow. He is the sole product manager at Carrot, where he leads product strategy across Carrot’s full product portfolio, including Carrot CRM, an AI-powered platform that supports real estate investors. Previously, John co-founded InvestorFuse and bootstrapped the company from […]