Ginny Waller, Esq. Appointed Interim Executive Director of Turtle Survival Alliance

For Immediate Release: Ginny Waller, Esq. appointed Interim Executive Director of Turtle Survival Alliance
Faces of Turtle Conservation: Nafisa Islam

Who: Nafisa Islam What: Social Media Manager, Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) Where: Dhaka, Bangladesh What’s your background? I completed my Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from Asian University for Women (AUW), Chattogram, Bangladesh. I also had a minor in Development Studies. I was always into wildlife conservation and knew that I wanted to work […]
Faces of the TSA Vol.1

by¬†Jordan Gray¬† The Turtle Survival Alliance is excited to bring you a new segment featuring the people who make the TSA great! Without dedicated researchers, conservationists, educators, husbandry technicians and so on, the TSA would not be able to fulfill its mission of “Zero Turtle Extinctions”. We think it is time to regularly introduce you […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 2

by¬†Jordan Gray¬† Faces of the TSA Who: Dr. John Iverson What: Biology Research Professor Where: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, United States Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? John Iverson: As a child, I was drawn to the pet section of every department store I visited where red-eared sliders […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 4

by Jordan Gray Who: Dr. Shailendra Singh What: Director, TSA-India Program Where: Lucknow, India Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Shailendra Singh: At nine years of age, I acquired and kept two Indian Tent Turtles (Pangshura tentoria), “Tom and Tinky”, as pets. At the time, I was living […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 6

by¬†Jordan Gray Who: Dr. Sue Carstairs What: Executive and Medical Director, Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre Where: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Sue Carstairs: I always had turtles and tortoises as pets as a child, and have great memories creating ponds and other habitats outside […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 5

by¬†Jordan Gray Who: Nichole Bishop What: PhD Candidate, University of Florida Where: Florida, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Nichole Bishop: I’ve always been around turtles (as evidenced by numerous pics of me as a toddler walking around with Box Turtles (Terrapene) or River Cooters (Pseudemys)), but […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 7

by¬†Jordan Gray¬† Who: Rose Tremblay and Nancy Reinert What: TSA Volunteers Where: Florida, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Rose Tremblay: I grew up in a rural town in western MA. My grandmother lived on a big pond, with a small swamp/bog across the street. Our house […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 9

by Jordan Gray Who: Grover Brown What: Ph.D. student, University of Southern Mississippi Where: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Grover Brown: Truthfully, it’s hard to remember a time in my life when I wasn’t infatuated by turtles! The evidence however dates back to a […]
Faces of the TSA Vol. 8

by¬†Jordan Gray¬† Who: John Greene What: Private Hobbyist Where: San Diego, California, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? John Greene: When I was a child growing up in Upstate New York, my grandparents had a house at a lake, and I would spend the summers on the […]
Faces of the TSA Vol.10

by¬†Jordan Gray¬† Who: Carl J. Franklin What: Herpetologist, Biological Curator and Collections Manager at the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, University of Texas-Arlington Where: Arlington, Texas, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Carl Franklin:¬†It’s a coin toss from when I was 3. My dad brought a […]
Faces of the TSA! Volume 13

by¬†Jordan Gray Who:¬†Shahriah Caesar Rahman What:¬†CEO, Creative Conservation Alliance Where:¬†Dhaka, Bangladesh Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Caesar Rahman: For as long as I can remember, I have had an immense fascination of nature and wildlife. However, growing up in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh (one of […]