A Red-eared Slider and a Painted Turtle basking on a log. Image by Luke Tonsfeld.

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

Please see the Co-Chair Roles and Responsibilities document for more details.

Current Co-chairs:

Callie in waders and smiling while holding two Blanding's Turtles.

Callie Klatt-Golba, Ph.D.

Co-chair of MW PARC

Curator of Turtle Conservation @ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences

Mic wearing a wide brimmed hat holds a Redbelly Snake.

Michael Rohde

Co- chair of MW PARC

Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D. candidate) in Wildlife Ecology @ Iowa State university

Advisory Board

Midwest PARC can have up to 12 advisory board members, plus a member for each MW PARC state chapter. Board members currently serve for a term of two years, starting in January. Advisory board members are expected to:

Attend monthly board meetings (web conference)
Provide advice and ideas about activities, meeting planning, and directions or projects for Co-chairs to consider
Attend the annual conference
Advocate for MW PARC and help connect the organization with additional partners
Recruit potential future advisory board members