The Trumpeter Swan Society Welcomes New Board Member – David Myers, Idaho Falls, Idaho

DAVID MYERS

David Myers brings significant business and financial experience to our Board along with a passion for the outdoors and Trumpeter Swans.  Raised in Oregon, he has lived in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for over a decade.  Dave has a degree in accounting and experience as a CPA.  He is currently the CEO of 34 Papa Murphy’s Take and Bake Pizza franchises in Idaho, Iowa, and Tennessee.  A U.S. Coast Guard veteran, Dave received the 2007 “Brightest Star Award” from the Governor of Idaho for developing a family support program for deployed National Guard troops.  He is an avid outdoorsman, with fly fishing and white-water boat guiding experience.  Dave is dedicated to helping the Society take swan conservation to a new level, particularly in Idaho.  We are very fortunate to have him join the Board.  And hey, check out the fish!

TTSS Welcomes Back Board Member, Mary Maj

Mary Maj, TTSS Board Member

MARY MAJ, returning Board Member (1999-2005)  

Mary Maj works as the Eastern Regional Wildlife Biologist for the US Forest Service (USFS) out ofMilwaukee,Wisconsin. She recently transferred from the Gardiner Ranger District of Gallatin National Forest inMontana. Since 1975, she has held positions around the Greater Yellowstone area and in the Northern Regional Office as district and regional wildlife biologist, natural resource staff officer, resource assistant, and district ranger. Her interest in landscape conservation was realized as the stewardship director for the Teton Regional Land Trust, and further developed as the Executive Coordinator of the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee, a multiagency (US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, USFS) cooperative of managers working on shared resource challenges and opportunities.  Mary holds a BS and Master’s Degree in Fish and Wildlife Management fromMontanaStateUniversity.