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wildlife rehabilitation and education centers in the Bay Area, Elaine’s original focus was on
multiple species, but later shifted to focus on corvids. In 1999, Elaine founded Corvid Connection,
a wildlife education nonprofit organization. Through writing, speaking at wildlife rehabilitation
symposiums, and mentoring and advising educators and rehabilitators, her focus now is on
transferring years of experience and knowledge to benefit all corvid species, rehabilitators, and
educators, and to help the general public learn to live peacefully with the wildlife they
encounter.
Laurie J. Gage was the Director of Veterinary Services for Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo,
California, for 23 years, the Director of Veterinary Services for The Marine Mammal Center in
Sausalito, California, and was a clinical veterinarian at the Coyote Point Museum and the Los
Angeles Zoo, where she worked with a large variety of mammals and birds. She served as the Big
Cat and Marine Mammal Specialist for the United States Department of Agriculture for more
than 15 years. She edited Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals (Blackwell Publishers
2002) and the first edition of this book, plus co-authored the Wild Orphans section of several
editions of the Merck Veterinary Manual.
Marjorie Cahak Gibson is Founder and Executive Director of Raptor Education Group, Inc.
(REGI), a wildlife rehabilitation, education, and research facility, located in Antigo, Wisconsin
(www.raptoreducationgroup.org). A former president of International Wildlife Rehabilitation
Council (IWRC), she teaches wildlife rehabilitation classes internationally and maintains an
active schedule consulting with wildlife professionals worldwide about avian species. Marge
has been active with avian field research and wildlife rehabilitation for over 40 years and has
cared for thousands of avian patients from Bald Eagles and Trumpeter Swans to warblers and
hummingbirds.
Dana A. Glei has been a rehabilitation volunteer at the Bird Rescue Center (BRC, Santa Rosa, CA)
since 2012. She took a special interest in towhees after completing her first baby bird season and
discovering the challenge they pose for rehabilitators. In collaboration with others, she researched
and helped implement strategies for improving the care and rehabilitation of young towhees that
cannot be reunited with their parents. She has presented talks and workshops on towhee care at
wildlife rehabilitation centers and symposia to help train new “towhee whisperers.” In her day job,
she holds a PhD in sociology and works as a demographer studying health and mortality among
the human population.
Michele Goodman received her veterinary medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine, and completed an MHS degree at Quinnipiac University in
biomedical health sciences. During school, she worked as a research assistant and animal health
consultant at the Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. She lectures on waterfowl rehabilitation
and medicine, parasitology, and avian health in aviculture around the country and internationally.
Michele is currently participating in several research initiatives on sea ducks and pochards. She is an
instructor for the Wildlife Medicine Course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
Medicine. Michele has served as President of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association and is
the Director of Veterinary Services at the Elmwood Park Zoo.
Aimee Greenebaum is the Curator of Aviculture at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She received a
Bachelor of Science in wildlife biology from Kansas State University. She has been working with