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Anthony is LACA's President. Location:
He's current possition is Doctoral Research Fellow & Fulbright Scholar at Texas Tech University. He is also Executive Director & Founder of S.P.E.C.I.E.S. (Society for the Preservation of Endangered Carnivores & their International Ecological Study) and President & Founder, LifeScape International.
 
PAST
  • B.S.c, (Honors), Biology (Zoology), Long Island University, Southampton College.
  • B.S.c. (Honors), Environmental Science (Biology), Long Island University, Southampton College.
  • M.Sc., Conservation Biology & Applied Ecology, University of Maryland, Frostburg State University.
Want to know more about Anthony? Click HERE to read his bio in English.
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Armando Valdés-Velásquez is LACA's Director of Education. Location: 
He is Director, Planning & Development, Research Center for Integral & Sustainable Development (CIDIS), Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH); Consultant with Foundations of Success.
 
PAST
  • Ph.D., (Doctor Rerum Naturalium) in zoology and geography from the R. F-W-Universität Bonn, Germany
  • B.Sc., Biology at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Want to know more about Armando? Click HERE to read his bio in English.
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Olivier is LACA's Past President. Location:
He's current possition is and Co-Cordinator of the Great Green Macaw Research and Conservation Project at the Tropical Science Center
 
PAST
  • Bachelors in Arts (Université de Lausanne).
  • Masters in Project Management (University for International Cooperation).
  • PhD in Natural Sciences for Sustainable Development (Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica).
Want to know more about Olivier? Click HERE to read his bio in English.
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Sandra is LACA's President Elect. Location:
She's Mexican and her current possition is as consultant at Fuego Verde NGO.
 
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  • B.S.c., Biology (Zoology), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
  • M.Sc., Biology (Ecology), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
  • PhD., Sciences (Environmental Ecology), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
  • 2 year Postdoc at the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS).
Want to know more about Sandra? Click HERE to read her bio in English. Da click AQUI para leer su bio en español. Visit her WEBSITE.
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Tsitsi McPherson is LACA's Chief Financial Officer. Location: and
She is Guyanese and her current position is Lecturer, State University of New York, College at Oneonta.
 
PAST
  • Ph.D, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Connecticut
  • MS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Connecticut
  • BA, Geography (Distinction) and Biology, University of Guyana, Guyana
Want to know more about Tsitsi? Click HERE to read her bio in English.
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Nicolette S. Roach is LACA's Director of Communications. Location:
She is a PhD Student at Texas A&M University in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Applied Biodiversity Science Program.
 
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  • M.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Clemson University
  • B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis 
Want to know more about Nikki? Click HERE to read his bio in English. Follow her @niksroach or visit her website HERE.
 
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Karla Pelz is LACA's Director of Nominations. Location:
Her current position is
PAST

    B.S.c., Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Want to know more about Karla? Click HERE to read her bio in English.