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Executive Director of The International BioPark Foundation, Inc. 1996-1998. Conceptual development, organization structuring, public promotion, and programming content for this 501 (c) 3 non-profit foundation.
Internet website design for International BioPark Foundation, Inc. and El Tigre Journeys Peruvian SpiritQuest 1996-present.
Design and programming consultant for Habitat, Inc. in development of the Environmental Education Center at Red Rock State Park, Arizona. Dan Conrad, Habitat, Inc. 1994.
Technical consultant/reviewer for Publications International, Ltd. on childrens' book, Desert Life in the DISCOVER series. 1991-92.
Arizona Upland exhibit planning and design for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 1992-1996.
Long Range Planning for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with Jones and Jones, Inc. 1991.
Tropical Dry Forest exhibit planning and design for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with Jones and Jones, Inc. 1991-92.
Desert Grassland exhibit planning and design for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with Jones and Jones, Inc. 1991-92.
Habitats of the Sonoran Region (Sonoran Desert Habitat, Tropical Riverine Habitat, Grassland Habitat) planning and design for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with The Potomac Group, Inc. 1990.
Contributing consultant to WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Mass. and Peace River Films for Interactive NOVA: Animal Pathfinders, an interactive educational videodisc. 1989.
Planning consultant for The Biosphere II project, Space Biosphere Ventures, Oracle, Arizona. Primary consultant for reptiles, amphibians, and ultraviolet light requirements. Dr. Peter Warshall, Vertebrate Coordinator. 1988-91.
Planning and design consultant for The North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro, North Carolina. Robert Fry, Director; Les Schobert, General Curator. 1988-92.
North Carolina
Streamside Exhibit: OBrien/Atkins Associates, P.A., Research Triangle Park,
N.C. Brian George, AIA.
Desert Pavilion
Exhibit: The FWA Group, Charlotte, N.C. Gus Anastes and Joseph F. Jones,
Jr., AIA.
Consultant/reviewer for children's pop-up book, Creatures of the Desert World, The National Geographic Society. 1986.
Consultant/reviewer for Books for World Explorers, published by the National Geographic Society. 1985.
These experiences have resulted in superlative transcultural shamanic, cultural, and ethno-ecological education programs incorporating holistic healing and spiritual growth opportunities manifested through professionally conducted field workshops, retreats and journeys to special places of natural, cultural and spiritual importance.
Co-organizer and moderator: Symposium on the natural History and Biology of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona. 1997.
Invited symposium speaker: Natural History of the Gila Monster and Mexican Beaded Lizard; Herpetofauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico; Biota of Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California. Swedish Herpetological Society, 1994 Annual Meeting at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 1994.
Invited symposium speaker: Conservation Biology of the Endangered Isla San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius): Ecological Management and Nutrition. Captive Management and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles: A Symposium honoring Roger Conant. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and The Herpetologists' League, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania. 1991.
Invited symposium speaker: Advanced Management Protocols for the Captive Propagation of Endangered Reptiles. International Herpetological Symposium, Seattle, Washington. 1991.
Invited symposium speaker: Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests, at the Earth Day Environmental Forum sponsored by The University of Arizona, Southern Arizona Environmental Law Association, Arizona Association for Learning In and About the Environment. 1991.
Invited keynote speaker: Applications of Field Herpetology in Captive Management Programs for Endangered Herpetofauna. Conference on the Herpetology of North American Deserts. Los Angeles County Museum. 1990.
Co-recipient of the Excellence in Journalism Award from the American Association of Zookeepers for "Captive Management and Propagation of the Reticulated Gila Monster at ASDM". 1989.
Symposium presentation with Guillermo Lara-Gongora: Sexual dimorphism in the Isla San Esteban chuckwalla, Sauromalus varius. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles-Herpetologists' League-American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists-Comité Herpetologico Nacional. Veracruz, Mexico. 1987.
Symposium presentation: A captive management plan for large iguanine lizards. Ninth Annual Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husbandry. San Diego, California. 1985.
Invited instructor for course on wildlife conservation and zoos in Mexico: El Papel de Zoologicos Ambientales en la Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre, sponsored by Zoobotanico of the state of Tabasco. Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. 1985.
Symposium presentation: Captive management of the Endangered Isla San Esteban chuckwalla, Sauromalus varius (Sauria: Iguanidae) at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Symposium on the Management of Endangered Reptiles and Amphibians in Captivity. Combined meetings of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles/ Herpetologists' League/American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The University of Oklahoma. 1984.
Symposium presentation: Rattlesnake Roundups. Texas Herpetological Society, Houston, Texas. 1979.
Seminar on Honduran cloud forest herpetofauna to continuing seminar in herpetology, sponsored by the Department of Zoology, The University of Tennessee. 1980.
Host committee for 1979 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles/Herpetologists' League in Knoxville, Tennessee. 1979.
Host and moderator for the Third Symposium on Reptile Propagation and Husbandry, Knoxville, Tennessee. 1979. Paper presentation.
President, International Herpetological Symposium, Inc. 1994-95.
Advisory Council Member, International Herpetological Symposium, Inc. 1992-94.
Editorial board for ECOLOGICA, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Centro Ecológico de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. 1989-1996.
Board of Directors, Tucson Herpetological Society. 1988-90.
AZA Lizard Advisory Group. 1990-96.
AZA visiting accreditation review committee for Sea Life Park, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1994.
AZA visiting accreditation review committee for Wildlife World Zoo, Glendale, Arizona. 1993.
Organizer and moderator of session entitled "Herpetological Management and Conservation" at the AAZPA Western Regional Conference at Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, Arizona. 1992.
Excellence in Journalism Award from the American Association of Zookeepers for"Captive Management and Propagation of the Reticulated Gila Monster at ASDM". 1989.
Organizer and moderator of symposium on "Herpetological Management and Exhibition" at the 1988 National AAZK Conference, Tucson, Arizona. 1988.
AAZPA visiting accreditation review committee for The Living Desert, Palm Desert, California. 1988.
AAZPA visiting accreditation review committee for Wildlife World Zoo, Glendale, Arizona. 1987.
AAZPA Antivenin Committee. 1982-88.
AAZPA Wildlife Conservation Committee. 1981-83.
Species Survival Plan - Reptile Specialist Group. 1981-83.
AAZPA Honors and Awards Committee. 1980-85.
Organizer and moderator of seminar entitled "Reptile Propagation and Exhibition" at the AAZPA Great Lakes Regional Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1980.
AAZPA visiting accreditation committee for Riverbanks Park Zoological Park, Columbia, South Carolina. 1979.
AAZPA Significant Achievement Award for "Public Awareness of Reptile Conservation" presented to the Atlanta Zoological Park for a research, public education, and conservation program leading to federal listing of the eastern indigo snake as Threatened. Analysis of environmental impact of rattlesnake roundups in Georgia was integral to this project. 1977.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature: Species Survival Commission (IUCN-SSC) Declining Amphibian Task Force - Southwestern Working Group. 1992-96.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature Captive Breeding Specialist Group (IUCN-CBSG) - desert fishes subcommittee. 1989-92.
Organizer and project leader for DESERTWATCH, a participation-sponsored endangered species research trip to Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California. Coordinated through Zoo and Aquarium Travel Association (ZATA), Ray Ashton, Jr., President. 1986.
Delegate for the Knoxville Zoological Park to the Third International Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity. San Diego, California. 1979.
Chairman, Public Education Committee: Gopher Tortoise Council, Florida State Museum, The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Developed widely-disseminated scripted slide program on ecology of coastal plains sand ridge community to promote habitat conservation and tortoise awareness. 1977-79.
Delegate for the Atlanta Zoological Park to the Third Symposium on Endangered and Threatened Species in Georgia, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the University of Georgia chapter of the Wildlife Society. 1978.
Delegate for the Atlanta Zoological Park to the First Symposium on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of South Carolina, sponsored by the South Carolina Wildlife Commission. Charleston, S.C. 1977.
Recipient of 1977 Humane Award presented by the Women's Auxiliary of the Atlanta Humane Society for contributions to the welfare of wildlife in Georgia.
Delegate for the Atlanta Zoological Park to the 42nd Annual International Conference on Wildlife Management. Atlanta, Georgia. 1977.
Member of founding advisory committee on reptiles and amphibians for the First Seminar on Endangered Species in Georgia, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Fernbank Science Center. Atlanta, Georgia. 1971.
Photography has been published in Defender's Magazine, Audubon Society Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Endangered and Threatened Reptiles of the U. S. and Territories (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Venomous Reptiles of Arizona, Sonorensis, Desert Life (Discover Series) and others.
ethnobiology, traditional core shamanism, human spirituality, entheology, holistic healing, indigenous cultural spiritual beliefs and practices, travel to sacred places, wilderness experience, ecology, the neotropics, conservation, website design, photography, videography and most of all, my beloved children.