Speakers and Facilitators
Keynotes Presenters
Dr. Jeanette Pirlo, Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology at California State University, Stanislaus
Dr. Tanisha M. Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in Botany, Bucknell University
Dr. Roland Roberts, Deputy Chief Officer for Research Facilities, National Science Foundation, USA
Career Panelists
Dr. Harlan Svoboda, Herbarium Curator at U.S. National Arboretum, USDA-ARS
Zoe Davidson, Acting HQ210 Budget Lead, Division of Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA Bureau of Land Management
Dusty Pence, Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management
Nicholas Bezio, Scientific Illustrator and Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland, Biological Sciences Department
Dr. Susan M. Tsang, Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History, Research Associate of the Philippine National Museum of Natural History
Hannah Connor, Environmental Health Deputy Director and Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity
Dr. Dara Satterfield, CITES Policy Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs
Ana Chuquin, Botanist, National Park Service - Rock Creek Park
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Tor Mowatt-Larssen, Graduate student, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary
Kaite Cisz, Graduate student, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary
Graduate School Panelists
Dr. Haw Chuan Lim, Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, George Mason University
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Dr. Scott Powell Associate, Professor of Biology, Director of Graduate Studies, George Washington University
Shadow Leaders
Dr. Katherine Elliott Bemis, Research Zoologist and Curator of Fishes, National Systematics Lab, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Meghann Toner, Museum Specialist in Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Miguel Montalvo, Graduate student, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary
Celia Emmelhainz, Supervisory Anthropologist, National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Molly Kamph, Museum and Archives Technician, Collections Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Michelle Pinsdorf, Museum Specialist (Fossil Preparator), Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. John Pfeiffer, Research Zoologist and Curator of Bivalves, Department of invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Workshop Facilitators
Dr. Anna K. Monfils, Professor and Herbarium Director, Department of Biology, Central Michigan University
Dr. Muriel Poston, Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pitzer College
Dr. Carla Easter, Broh-Kahn Weil Director of Education, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Vanessa Delnavaz, Invertebrate Zoology Collections Manager Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Gabriela M. Hogue, Collections Manager, Ichthyology North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Carol R. Butler, Assistant Director of Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Karen Fitzgerald, Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Ashley Peery, Educator, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
