Symposium 2006 Speakers
Daron Barnes
Daron graduated from NC State University in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences. He has been an employee of the Commission for
five years, and became the Permits and Planning Supervisor last year, responsible
for controlled hunting preserves, damage control agents, special hunt opportunities,
captive cervid facilities, fawn rehab, and special permits
Jean Chamberlain
Jean and her husband have been rehabilitators for 15 years, rehabilitating
raptors for more than 10 years. She is particularly interested in animal behavior
and involved in all aspects of education programs and training. She helped design
and teach WRNC's Refresher and Basic Courses and organizes the symposium each
year. Jean is past president for WRNC and is the web adminstrator for WRNC and
IWRC. She is retired from a career in Information Technology.
Glenda Combs
Glenda has been an active rehabilitator for about 20 years. She's a member of
Wildlife Rehab, Inc. She helps teach their spring and fall rehabilitation classes
at Forsyth Tech. She especially enjoys mammals. A groundhog was the first animal
that she rehabilitated and she became fascinated with their complexity.
James R. Flowers, Ph.D.
Dr. Flowers graduated with a Ph. D. in Parasitology from the Zoology Department
of North Carolina State University in 1994. He has been a member of the Parasitology
Group at the College of Veterinary Medicine since 1997. His main research and
interest is in Wildlife Helminth Parasites, their identification, distribution,
taxonomy, evolution and ecology.
Krista Fox
Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer started rehabbing in 2001 when she found a clutch of orphaned ducks.
She worked under local rehabbers until 2003 when she founded the Carolina Waterfowl
Rescue. Since then CWR has taken in approximately 500 birds a year. Her specialties
are waterfowl and wading birds since they are the bulk of the birds they take
in.
She has been a volunteer at the Carolina Raptor Center since 2003 working approximately
200 hours in the rehabilitation and resident bird care departments.
She is also the founder of the Duck Rescue Network which is still in the beginning
stages but seeks to network rehabilitators along with other rescuers across
the county. They work on placement of non-releasable waterfowl, adoption assistance
for domestic waterfowl, share health and care information and husbandry. They
also coordinate rescues and transports across the county.
Elizabeth Hanrahan
Cheryl Hoggard, DVM
Bob Kiger
Berry O'Leary
Carmen Simonton
James E. Smallwood, DVM, MS
Dr. Smallwood received his veterinary degree and a master of science in veterinary
anatomy from Texas A&M University. He is currently the Alumni Distinquished
Professor of Anatomy at North Carolina State University. He has been awarded
many teaching awards and has written numerous publications on anatomy. His primary
areas of research interest are radiographic anatomy, computed tomagraphy and
magnetic resonance imaging.
Dr. Arnaud Van Wettere
Karen Wolf, DVM
Additional speaker info will be added as it becomes available.