Wildlife Conservation and Management Committee
Mission
- Facilitates the professional and scientific management of AZA member institutions' animal collections
- Develops, oversees, promotes, evaluates, and supports the cooperative animal management, conservation, and scientific initiatives of the AZA
- Formulates guidelines and protocols essential to Species Survival Plans® [SSPs], Taxon Advisory Groups [TAGs], Regional Collection Plans [RCPs], studbooks, Population Management Plans (PMPs), and Scientific Advisory Groups [SAGs])
- Serves as a conflict mediation and reconciliation body for issues arising within these programs, when the parties directly involved cannot resolve their concerns
- Complete first-tier reviews of CEF proposals and work closely with numerous AZA Advisory Groups as research and process advisors
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Chair:
Mark C. Reed, Sedgwick County Zoo
Vice-Chair for Taxon Advisory Groups and Species Survival Plans
Dino Ferri, Jacksonville Zoo
Vice-Chair for Studbooks and Population Management Plans
Gayle Sirpenski, Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration
Vice-Chair for Non-Member SSP Participation
Joe Christman, Disney's Animal Kingdom
Adviser
Sarah Long, Lincoln Park Zoo
Board Liaison
Dennis Pate, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
AZA Staff Liaisons
Paul Boyle, Ph.D.
Debborah Colbert, Ph.D.
Candice Dorsey, Ph.D.
Members
Anne Baker, Ph.D., The Toledo Zoo
Jim Fleshman, Cameron Park Zoo
Norah Fletchall, John Ball Zoo
Beth Firchau, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
Bill McMahan, Louisville Zoological Gardens
Chris Pfefferkorn, Oregon Zoo
William Rapley, D.V.M., Toronto Zoo
Ken Reininger, North Carolina Zoological Park
Kimberly Smith, Chicago Zoological Society-Brookfield Zoo
Steve Taylor, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Kevin Willis, Minnesota Zoological Garden