Board of Directors and Advisers

RAEI is currently recruiting members for our Board of Advisers and Directors. We are looking for highly motivated individuals with experience in the fields of fundraising, nonprofit organizations, environmental causes, science, education, photography, information technology, law, or marketing. Full members to our Board of Directors are elected to a two-year term, have a minimum time commitment of five hours a month, attend monthly meetings by conference calls, and are expected to make a minimal financial contribution to RAEI. For full qualifications and benefits for Directors, see our Director agreement. Alternatively, Advisers to the Board are expected to attend monthly conference calls and commit to finish any task agreed upon.

If you are interested in applying to our Board of Directors and Advisers, please send your CV or résumé, along with details on what you can contribute to us to Paul Hamilton, President of the Board for RAEI.

If you are looking to help out, but lack relevant professional experience, check out our internship and volunteer program.

Directors

Paul Hamilton, PhD, President, Executive Director

Paul holds a Master’s Degree in Biology from the University of California, Riverside, and a PhD in Biology from Arizona State University, and has conducted field studies in evolutionary, behavioral and conservation ecology both in the tropics and the desert southwest. He also has extensive experience in photography and web design, and has designed and maintains the two organizational web sites. As a previous associate faculty member at Arizona State University at the West Campus, he has a strong track-record of teaching field courses and public speaking. He is also a published photographer, and has won acclaim for both scientific and artistic applications of photography. CV.| Email.

Brian Ravizza, Secretary

Brian graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999 with a B.S. in Ecology and Evolution.  His field studies include conservation work on Bison and wolves in Yellowstone National Park, Orangutans in Sumatra and he also participated in the 2008 Ecuador expedition.   Brian ran his own wildlife tour company in Costa Rica teaching adults and children about the flora and fauna of tropical ecosystems. He currently teaches Middle School Biology in the classroom and field.

Derek O'Neill, Treasurer

Derek has a B.S in Zoology from Iowa State University. He has worked in various zoological institutions across the country; sits on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Herpetological Association as well as RAEI. He attended the summer research expedition in 2008. He currently works as a research assistant in a laboratory which studies the function and organization of spinal motoneurons.

Board of Advisors

Stephanie Bowman

Tim Christensen

Michael Lustbader

Gaye Hamilton, Finance Director

Emeritus Board Members

Julie Miller, Director

Kelly Donithan, Secretary

Young Cage, Vice President

Kevin Bonine

Trevor Hare, Treasurer