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Board of Directors
The primary role of this geographically and
professionally diverse board is to direct the structural and financial
development of the organization.
Natalia Collier:
Co-Founder of EPIC. Currently the President of EPIC as well as the Director
of EPIC's Keystone Cays: Conservation of Key Marine Bird Habitats Program.
Natalia has also been a staff member of PRBO Conservation Science for six
years specializing in colonial seabird breeding ecology as well as seabird
roosting ecology. She has conducted research in South America, the United
States, and the Caribbean. Member of the Caribbean Conservation Association
(CCA) and the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB).
Adam Brown:
Co-Founder of EPIC. Currently the Vice-President of EPIC as well as the
Director of EPIC's What about Wetlands? Conservation of Wetlands and Coastal
Habitats Program as well as the Songbirds as Environmental Indicators
Program. Has been a staff member of PRBO Conservation Science for six
years, specializing in seabird breeding and foraging ecology and terrestrial
bird migration ecology. Member of the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA),
the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), the
Wilson Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO),
and the American Birding Association (ABA).
Paul Sikkel, PhD:
A Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology. Murray
State University. Currently assessing the health of reef fish populations in
the Caribbean. Past affiliations include: Program Director, Study abroad
program in Puerto Rico, Kentucky Institute for International Studies;
Visiting Scholar University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; Postdoctoral
Fellow, Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University, Barbados; Visiting
Assistant Professor, Division of Science and Mathematics and Marine Science
Program, University of the Virgin Islands; Visiting Lecturer of Marine
Biology, University of Hawaii at Hilo; Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor
Laboratories, University of Washington.
Michelle Hester:
Ecologist and president of a non-profit ecology organization, Oikonos
Ecosystem Knowledge, and Research Associate with the California Academy of
Sciences. Received her M.S. in Marine Science from the Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories investigating seabird island colonization and foraging ecology.
She has also been a staff biologist with PRBO Conservation Science for 10
years, spending much of this time managing the Farallon Islands research
station, and has conducted research in many ecosystems, from the Caribbean,
to South Africa, to Antarctica. Member of the Society for the Conservation
and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), Society for Conservation Biology, and
Pacific Seabird Group.
Andrew Brown:
A financial analyst with G.E. Capital in New York. Andrew has also been
involved with Peace Corps and while attaining his MBA at Kellogg University,
developed Kellogg Corps, a similar partnership program between Kellogg University and multiple nations in Central America,
South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Clarence
E.E. Pilgrim: Educator and a civil servant on Antigua and Barbuda.
Past member of the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) and the Historical
and Archeological Society in Antigua & Barbuda. Currently, serving as the
President of the Herbs & Spices Cooperative as well as presently a member of
the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA).
Susan Bain:
Past Executive Director of the Caribbean Conservation Association
(CCA). Currently working as a professional consultant in Barbados
working with such agencies as the USAID Office for Foreign Disaster
Assistance as well as the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean [ACCC]
Project
RIPU Barbados.
Caroline Collier:
Professional artist and educator. Caroline is currently developing EPIC's
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