24th Annual Meeting
Finance and Logistics Committee
Chair: Lisa Gandy
13280 Rivercrest Drive
Little Rock, AR 72212
(501) 225-1552 - phone
(501) 223-5312 - fax
(501) 258-7141 - cell
gandylc@swbell.net - email1

Committee Members: Scott Jecker, Patti Rafferty, Rebecca Howard, Mark Ford,
Paul DuBowy, Marge Holland

Program
Co-Chair: Robert Twilley
Director, Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology and Professor, Department of Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
PO Box 42451
Lafayette, LA 70504
(337) 482-6146 - phone
(337) 482-5834 - fax
rtwilley@louisiana.edu - email1
ceet@louisiana.edu - email2

Co-Chair: Doug Meffert
Associate Director
Planning Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Tulane University
202 Alcee Fortier Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 585-6910 (downtown) - phone
(504) 862-8452 (uptown) - phone
(504) 862-8455 - fax
dmeffert@tulane.edu - email

Committee Members: Lisa Gandy, Jim Lynch, Pat Megonigal, Ron Boustany

Publicity,
Chair and Webmaster: Carol Thompson
Tarleton State University
Department of Chemistry and Geosciences
Box T-0540
Stephenville, TX 76402
(254) 968-9739 - phone
(254) 968-9953 - fax
cthompson@tarleton.edu - email

Committee Members: Gary Ervin, Matt Stahman, Rod Kinard, Jason Bried

Sponsorship
Co-Chair: Jeff Raasch
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Statewide Wetland Habitat Program Leader
4200 Smith School Rd.
Austin, TX 78744
(512) 389-4328 - phone
(512) 389-4550 - fax
jeff.raasch@tpwd.state.tx.us - email

Co-Chair: Sammy King
University of Tennessee
Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4563
(865) 974-2724 - phone
(865) 974-4714 - fax
sking9@ut.edu - email

Committee Members: Mark Ford, Paul DuBowy, Scott Jecker, Liz Kirkpatrick,
Andy Nyman, Presley Hatcher

Field Trips
Chair: David White
Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
Box 105
New Orleans, LA 70118
(540) 865-2770 - phone
(540) 865-2920 - fax
dawhite@loyno.edu - email

Committee Members: Liz Kirkpatrick, Sonya Oswalt

Exibitors
Chair: Paul DuBowy
Waterways Experiment Station
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Waterways Experiment Station
CEERD-EE-W
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 USA
(601) 634-2942 - phone
(601) 634-3205 - fax
Paul.J.DuBowy@erdc.usace.army.mil - email 1
Pdubowy@hotmail.com - email 2

Special Events
Chair: Patti Rafferty
USGS-BRD
Wetland Research Center
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337) 262-7682 - phone
patricia_rafferty@usgs.gov - email

Committee Members: Liz Kirkpatrick, Andy Nyman, Tommy Michot, Darrin Dantin,
Matt Stahman, Elaine Evers

Silent Auction
Chair: Elaine Evers
CEI Building
S. Stadium Road, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6363 - phone
225-578-6326 - fax
eevers@lsu.edu - email

Committee Members: Patti Rafferty, Paul DuBowy

International Scientists Travel Awards Committee
Chair: Gary Pritts
ENSAFE, Inc.
5724 Summer Trees Drive
Memphis, TN 38134
(901) 937-4329 - phone
(901) 372-2454 - fax
gpritts@ensafe.com - email

Committee Members: Scott Jecker, Rebecca Howard

Student Awards Committee
Chair, Ron Boustany
USGS National Wetlands Research Center
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337) 266-8625 - phone
Ron_Boustany@usgs.gov - email

Committee Members: Rebecca Howard

Educational Outreach Program Committee
Chair, Mark Ford
LA Envir.Research Center- Wetlands Station
McNeese State University
2800 McNeese Farm Road
Lake Charles, LA 70607
(337) 475-3070 - phone
(337) 475-5770 - fax
(337) 842-0666 - cell
mford@mail.mcneese.edu - email

Committee Members: Bronwyn Mitchell, Gary Hahn, Paul DuBowy

Bronwyn Mitchell
Children's Program Coordinator/Instructor
Director of Education
Environmental Concern Inc.
PO Box P
St. Michaels, MD 21663
(410) 745-9620 - phone
Dir.educate@wetland.org - email

Claire Swiderski
Children's Program Instructor
WOW! Coordinator
Environmental Concern Inc.
PO Box P
St. Michaels, MD 21663
(410) 745-9620 - phone

Lori Strong/Sue Burk
Conference/ Meeting Management
Burk and Associates, Inc.
1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., Suite 402
McLean VA 22101
(703) 790-1745 - phone
(703) 790-2672 - fax
LStrong@BurkInc.com - email
SBurk@BurkInc.com - email

Diane Baker
Logo Design
Diane Baker Design
117 N. Demande Blvd.
Lafeyette, LA 70503
bakerd@iamerica.net - email

Pete Jecker/Wendy Mitchell
Website Design
Vortex3
P.O. Box 1526
McKinney, TX 75070-1526
972.562.8852 - phone
972.529.9150 - Fax
www.vortex3.com