Membership Services
Chair (2018-2026)
Vickie Edel
Associate Registrar/ Veterinary Techician
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 USA
Phone: 504-378-2580
Email: vedel@auduboninstitute.org
Vice Chair (2019-2026)
Alecia Benware
Registrar
North Carolina Zoo
4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205 United States
Phone: 336-879-7630
Email: alecia.benware@nczoo.org

Member (2022-2025)
Matt Seguin, MS
Registrar and Animal Resource Officer
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236 USA
Phone: 9413884441 x678
Fax: 9413884312
Email: mattseguin@mote.org

Member (2019-2025)
Christina Newman
Husbandry Registrar
Tennessee Aquarium
1 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402 USA
Phone: 423-785-4080
Fax: 423-267-3561
Email: crn@tnaqua.org
Member (2019-2025)
Tracy Rein
Lead Keeper/Registrar
Endangered Wolf Center
PO Box 760, Eureka, MO 63025 USA
Phone: 636-938-5900
Fax: 636-938-6490
Member (2020-2025)
Helen Pontillo
Registrar
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802 United States
Phone: 310-869-8966
Email: HPontillo@LBAOP.ORG

Member (2022-2025)
Deborah Pears
Registrar
Wonders of Wildlife
500 West Sunshine Street, Springfield, MO 65807 USA
Phone: 417.225.1125
Member (2023-2025)
Stephanie Eller
Registrar
Philadelphia Zoo
3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196 USA
Phone: 215-243-5216
Fax: 215-243-5385

Member (2024-2028)
Alex Lovern, M.S.
Zoological Compliance Administrator
Georgia Aquarium
225 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 United States
Phone: 404-581-4151
Email: alovern@georgiaaquarium.org
Member (2024-2028)
Katie Curran
Registrar
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
4507 W Rogers Ave, Tampa, FL 33611 USA
Phone: 727-403-8453
Email: kcurran@cmaquarium.org

Member (2024-2028)
Lea Harlan
Registrar
SeaWorld Florida and Discovery Cove
7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, FL 32821 USA
Phone: 407-363-2360
Email: Lea.Harlan@seaworld.com
Member (2024-2028)
Katharine Alexander, MBA
Registrar
Fresno Chaffee Zoo
894 W. Belmont, Fresno, CA 93728 United States
Phone: 559-498-5912
Fax: 559-264-9226
Board Liaison
Deniele Brown
Registrar
Akron Zoological Park
500 Edgewood Ave, Akron, OH 44307 USA
Phone: 330-375-2550 ext 7217
Fax: 330-374-7659
Email: D.Brown@akronzoo.org

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