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Pathways Conference 2017
Abstract
and Organized Session Deadline: April 24, 2017
Announcing Keynote Speakers: Dan Ashe (President, Association of Zoos and Aquariums) and Dr. Laurie Marker (Executive
Director, Cheetah Conservation Fund)
Dan Ashe Bio:
Dan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of an organization of 232 aquariums, zoos and science centers, accredited by AZA and meeting the highest standards of animal care, education and conservation, and more than 6,000 individual members.
A lifelong animal conservationist, Dan joined AZA in January 2017 after serving as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for nearly six years, successfully leading the agency, and its thousands of employees, during a period of great challenges.
Following a 13-year career as a professional staff member of the former Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in the U.S. House of Representatives, Dan held positions of increasing responsibility at the Service. They include Assistant Director for External
Affairs, Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Science Advisor to the Director and Deputy Director.
Laurie Marker Bio:
Laurie has worked with cheetahs since 1974 and is the Founder and Executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. Dr. Marker helped develop the U.S. and international captive program, establishing the most successful captive cheetah
breeding program in North America during her 16 years (1974-1988) at Oregon’s Wildlife Safari in the USA. In the early 1980’s, with collaborators at the National Zoo and National Cancer Institute (USA), Dr. Marker helped identify the cheetah’s lack of genetic
variation. In 1988, she became the Executive Director of the Center for New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences, based at Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo, and continues to serve as a NOAHS Research Fellow. In 1996, she was made a vice-chair of the
World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Species Survival Commission’s (SSC) Cat Specialist Group and now serves as a member of the core management group.
Abstract and Organized Session Deadline: April 24, 2017
We are less than two weeks away until the abstract deadline for Pathways 2017 in Estes Park, CO, September 17-20, 2017! The
proposals section of our website gives you an overview of what sessions and individual presentations look like and explains the requirements, structure, and submission instructions for both. To view our website please visit:
http://www.hdfwconference.org.
Best Wishes,
Pathways 2017 Planning Committee
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