Board Members

Our Board of Directors volunteer their time and expertise.

Chris Birkinshaw
PhD
​Assistant Curator
Africa and Madagascar
​Missouri Botanical Garden
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SECRETARY
Nic Dunn
Director Wildlife
​Conservation
Wellington Zoo
​

TREASURER
​Greg Dye
MA
Executive Director
Duke Lemur Center
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CHAIR
​Lisa Kelley
PhD
Vice-President, Conservation, Education & Science
Director
WildCare Institute
Saint Louis Zoo
​

Theo Pagel
Professor
Director / CEO
Kölner Zoo
​

Hitoshi Suzuki
BA (Bachelor of Agriculture)
​​General Curator
Exhibits and Husbandry Department
Ueno Zoo
​

VICE CHAIR
​Tim L. Tetzlaff
BSc
​​Director of Conservation
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
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Eric Tsao
PhD
​​CEO
Conservation and Research Center at
Taipei Zoo
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Charles Wheeler
MS
Project Manager
​Madagascar & the Mascarenes
Chester Zoo
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MFG Advisors

Andrea Katz
MFG Founder
​and Technical Advisor
​Duke Lemur Center, Retired
Conservation, Program Development,
and Administration
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Charlie Welch
MFG Founder
​and Technical Advisor
​Duke Lemur Center
Conservation and Field Research
​

Eric Miller
Senior Counsel, Zoo Advisors
​Director Emeritus,
Saint Louis Zoo's WildCare Institute
Past Chair
​

Franco Andreone
​PhD and Curator
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino​
Amphibians & Reptiles

Christof den Biggelaar PhD
Appalachian State University
Ecoagriculture
​

Angelica Crottini
PhD
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto 
​Amphibians & Reptiles
​

Tracy Dove
MA
Zoologica Conservation Education
Education
​

Britt Keith
MS
Duke Lemur Center
Animal Welfare

Pete Lowry
PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden, Retired
Flora of Madagascar
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Laura Perry
PhD
IUCN SSC Behaviour Change Task Force
Behavior Change

Ingrid Porton
MS
Retired
Research & Conservation​

Claire Raisin
PhD
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Conservation Strategy

Fidisoa Rasambainrivo DVM, MS
Mahaliana
Conservation Medicine

Vasit Sagan
PhD
Saint Louis University
GIS and Remote Sensing
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Thomas Ziegler
PhD
Kölner Zoo
Freshwater Fish​