President and Operating Officer
George A. Furness, Jr. - former US Foreign Service Officer: Deputy Dir., Office of Ecology and Conservation; International Wildlife and Conservation Officer. Also had charge of the US Int'l Visitor Program and Office of Int'l Conferences. Served in Vietnam, France, Ireland and Japan. Secretary of the Board of the Audubon Naturalist Society.

Board of Trustees
Frederick E. Morris - Vice President and Chief of Staff, Smith & Harroff, Inc., public relations.

John C. Goldsmith - Former United Kingdom Assistant Secretary for Wildlife Conservation.

Lawrence N. Mason - Former Chief, Office of International Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service.

Faith T. Campbell - National Lands Alliance; formerly with Frontera Audubon Society; Natural Resources Defense Council and the Exotic Pest Plants Council.

Margarita Astralaga - Former Head, CITES Capacity Building Unit.

Thomas P. Benjamin - President and Co-Founder, Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI)

Jaques Berney - former CITES Deputy Secretary General.

Peter Dollinger - Head, Division of International Traffic and Animal Welfare, Swiss Veterinary Office; CITES Management Authority for Switzerland; represents CITES' Depositary Govt.

Susan E. Harader - Owner, Four Seasons Travel, specializing in wildlife viewing safaris.

Ginette Hemley - Vice-president Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund; former Director TRAFFIC U.S.A. -- Trade Records Analysis of Fauna and Flora in Commerce.

Drew A. Kleibrink - Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company; former Pollution Prevention Manager, Residential Branch, Global Change Division, Environmental Protection Agency; formerly with Environmental & Energy Study Inst.

Charles E. McGinnis - Assistant Account Executive, Smith & Harroff, Inc., public relations.

Roger E. McManus - President, Center for Marine Conservation, and Chairman, Trade Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).

Linda G. Mannheim - Fund raising consultant and ballet dance teacher.

N. Marshall Meyers - Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council; attorney.

R.J. Millette - President, MKI Travel and Conference Management, Inc.

S. Blair Purcell - Owner, the Snow Goose Gallery, Columbia, Maryland

Willard Scott - NBC News (Today Show).

Kristin L. Vehrs - Deputy Director, American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

Bruce J. Weissgold -CITES Policy Officer, Office of Management Authority, US Fish and Wildlife Service.

France Spivy-Weber - (emeritus) Former Director for International Issues, National Audubon Society; Chair, US Citizens Network on the UN Conference on Environment & Development. 



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