WOW Women of Wildlife WOW We are group

WOW! Women of Wildlife!

WOW ! We are group intended to promote and support women in the wildlife profession and to provide mentoring opportunities and advice.

Rachel Sprague (formerly with) National Marine Fisheries Service University of Montana WOW !

Mackenzie Jeffress Nevada Division of Wildlife Univ. Idaho & Kansas State WOW !

Darla De. Ruiter and Alexandria Martinez Feather River College Colorado State University (Darla) WOW !

Linda Leeman Ascent Environmental Past President TWS West U. C. Davis and Humboldt State University WOW !

Katherine Smith California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife U. C. Davis and New Mexico State WOW !

Cynthia Graves -Perrine Program Director & Past President, TWS West University of California, Davis WOW !

Gabriela Rios. Sotelo University of Nevada, Reno WOW !

Samantha Kaisersatt Vandenberg Air Force Base Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo WOW !

Angela Amlin Hawai'i Division of Forestry & Wildlife Duke University WOW !

Eveline Larrucea Private Wildlife Consultant University of Nevada, Reno WOW !

Kathryn Calderala Livewire Ecological Consulting WOW !

Ona Alminas California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Univ. Wisc. Milwaukee & U. C. Davis WOW !

Katie Gillies, CWB® Bat Conservation International Idaho State University WOW !

Sandra Huntvon Arb Pacific North. Western Biological Humboldt State University WOW !

Bridget Sousa HT Harvey and Associates University of California, Berkeley WOW !

Greta Wingert Integral Ecology Research Center WOW !

Laura Van Vranken Great Basin Institute U. C. Davis WOW !

Karen Converse California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Sacramento State University WOW !

Michelle Bogardus U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Colorado State University WOW !

Jill Coumoutso Santa Ana Watershed Association Cal Poly, Pomona WOW !

Shannon Perrine Wildlifer of the Future C. L. Smith Elementary School WOW !

Laura Burris Dudek Humboldt State University WOW !

Denise Walker. Brown California Dept. of Transportation Humboldt State University WOW !

WOW ! TWS National – Female members in 1991: 19% TWS National – Female members in 2014: 32%

Natasha Dvorak Swaim Biological Past-President, TWS West Pitzer College WOW !

Rhiannon Klingonsmith Calif. Dept. of Water Resources Humboldt State University WOW !

Michaela Koenig California Department of Transportation Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo WOW !

Claudia Funari, AWB® Ascent Environmental University of Nevada - Reno, and U. C. Davis WOW !

Elizabeth Sherrock Riverside County Parks MSHCP University of Maine WOW !

Rachel Sprague WOW ! President. Elect, TWS Western Section University of Montana Yes, Rachel’s in here twice. If YOU run for President-elect, you can be,

Lauren Wilson U. S. Air Force Univ. of Maryland & Univ. California, Berkeley WOW !

Lisa Fields California Department of Parks and Recreation Pitzer College & U. C. Davis WOW !

Elizabeth Dionne Riverside County Parks MSHCP University of Maine WOW !

Danielle Walsh Starkey Research Station University of Nevada, Reno WOW !

Liisa Schmoele U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Central Missouri WOW !

Kelly Commons Archbold Biological Station Humboldt State University WOW !

Colleen Draguesku U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service California State University, Channel Islands WOW !

Krista Pease Mendelsohn Ventura County Community College District University of California, San Diego WOW !

Suzanne Marczak San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research University of California, Los Angeles WOW !

Terra Fuller California State Parks Humboldt State University WOW !

Kirsten Reynolds U. S. Air Force U. C. Davis & Calif. State Sacramento WOW !

Wendy Knight Independent Biologist Colorado College WOW !

Allison Fuller Humboldt State University WOW !

Rachel Tertes U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Virginia Tech WOW !

WOW ! Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife Percentage of female students* 1974: 6% 1991: 41% 1978: 34% 2015: 66% * approximate

Colleen Wisinski San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research Montana State University WOW !

Ashley Beechan U. S. Geological Survey University of California, Santa Barbara WOW !

Alyssa Semerdjian U. S. Forest Service* Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo * But on the lookout for new opportunities… WOW !

Cara Appel Humboldt State University WOW !

Janae Scruggs Calif. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Humboldt State Univ. WOW !

Anna Godinho U. S. Geological Survey University of California, Santa Cruz WOW !

Ivette Loredo U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service University of California, Davis WOW !

Callie Ford Dudek Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo WOW !

Christine Lohse and Melissa Murphy Gallaway Enterprises Oregon State, San Diego State (respectively) WOW !

Camille Boag Mount San Antonio College Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo WOW !

Shannon Murphy Humboldt State University WOW !

Kristen Lalumiere National Park Service- Joshua Tree National Park University of New England WOW !

Meredith Jantzen HT Harvey & Associates University of Western Ontario WOW !

Janine Payne. Schnier University of Massachusetts, Amherst WOW !

Tiffany Whitsitt WOW ! Univ. of Colorado. Center for Envir. Mgmt. of Military Lands University of Arkansas -Monticello

WOW ! Cate Quinn University of California, Davis

Jade Keehn Museum of Natural History University of Nevada, Reno WOW !

Denaya Shorter U. S. Forest Service California State University, Fresno WOW !

Michelle Murphy. Mariscal Western Riverside County MSHCP Univ. of Calif. Riverside WOW !

Marina de Leon Cal Poly San Luis Obispo WOW !

Kathy Buescher Simon Sunrise Consulting / Ironwood Consulting University of Redlands WOW !

Samantha Weber Condor Country Consulting (National Park Service when photo was taken) University of Michigan WOW !

Erin Whitfield Independent Biologist Humboldt State University WOW !

Channing Tatum as “Princess Elsa” Glenville State College, WV (he dropped out… but he’s still richer than you are) WOW !