About | Midwest PARC

Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) by Paul Block

About MW PARC

Co-chairs

MW PARC is managed by two co-chair positions, each serving a two-year term. The co-chairs are responsible for:

organizing the annual meeting
coordinating content on the webpage
serving as voting members on National PARC’s Joint National Steering Committee (JNSC);
reporting regional activities and project progress to the JNSC
reporting National PARC activities and project progress to regional working group members
representing PARC at regional and local conferences and events

Current Co-Chairs:

Jennifer Buchanan, M.Sc.

Senior Co-Chair of MW PARC

Assist. Biologist @ MO Dept. of Conserv.

Missouri

E-mail; personal website

Melissa Youngquist, Ph.D.

Junior Co-Chair of MW PARC

Research Biologist @ Shedd Aquarium

Illinois

E-mail; personal website

Advisory Board

The advisory board assists co-chairs with strategic planning and communicating with working groups. The advisory board is composed of members representing the various partners (state and federal agencies, academia, and others) and the co-chairs. Click on the following link to download the Advisory Board Guidelines