Board Members

Our Board of Directors volunteer their time and expertise.

TREASURER
​Greg Dye
MA
Executive Director
Duke Lemur Center
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CHAIR
​Lisa Kelley
PhD
Director
WildCare Institute at
Saint Louis Zoo
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Eric Krussman
BS
General Curator
San Francisco Zoo
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VICE CHAIR
​Pete Lowry
PhD
Director of the Africa & Madagascar Program
Missouri Botanical Garden
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Theo Pagel
Professor
Director / CEO
Kölner Zoo
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Hitoshi Suzuki
BA (Bachelor of Agriculture)
​​General Curator
Exhibits and Husbandry Department
Ueno Zoo
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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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​Daniel Warsaw
MBA
​​Chief Operations Officer
Wellington Zoo
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Charles Wheeler
MS
Project Manager
​Madagascar & the Mascarenes
Chester Zoo
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Executive Advisory Committee

Greg Dye, MFG Treasurer | Karen Freeman, MFG Executive Director  |  Jean Jacques Jaozandry, Director of MFG in Madagascar  |   ​
Lisa Kelley, Chair  |  Pete Lowry, Vice Chair  |  Ingrid Porton, Vice Chair Research and Conservation  | Claire Raisin, MFG Advisor
Tim Tetzlaff, Past-Chair  |  Eric Tsao, MFG Board  |  Daniel Warsaw, MFG Board

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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
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Eric Miller
Senior Counsel, Zoo Advisors
​Director Emeritus,
Saint Louis Zoo's WildCare Institute
Past Chair
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Franco Andreone
​PhD and Curator
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino​
Amphibians & Reptiles

Christof den Biggelaar PhD
Appalachian State University
Ecoagriculture
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Chris Birkinshaw
PhD
​Missouri Botanical Garden, Flora of Madagascar
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Angelica Crottini
PhD
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, University of Porto 
​Amphibians & Reptiles
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Sharon Deem
DVM, PhD
Saint Louis Zoo
​ Conservation Medicine and One Health
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Rainer Dolch
PhD
Association Mitsinjo Madagascar Conservation

Tracy Dove
MA
Zoologica Conservation Education
Education
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Randy Junge
DVM
Columbus Zoo
Veterinary Medicine/Conservation Medicine
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Britt Keith
MS
Duke Lemur Center
Animal Welfare
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Laura Perry
PhD
IUCN SSC Behaviour Change Task Force
Behavior Change

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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Jason Watters
PhD
University of California
​Animal Welfare
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Patricia Wright
PhD
Stony Brook University
​ Madagascar Conservation & Field Research
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Thomas Ziegler
PhD
Kölner Zoo
Freshwater Fish​