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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
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