OSARA Board


	OSARA Board of Directors

			*Dr. Christopher Anderson, President* Research Fellow, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile Visiting Professor, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile Dr. Anderson obtained his Ph.D. in ecology from Institute of Ecology (now the Odum School of Ecology) at the University of Georgia in 2006. He has worked on various research and education projects both in the United States and Chile. Awards for his research include a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Scholarship, a U.S. Department of Defense Boren Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award and the University of Georgia Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring Award. He is currently a research fellow at the Millennium Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (Santiago, Chile), where he continues his investigation of invasive species in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. www.ieb-chile.cl/eng/trainingl/doctoral.php


			*Steven M. McGehee, Vice-President* Mr. McGehee previously worked for the Omora Ethnobotanical Park and Senda Darwin Biological Station as a field ornithology technician. For 15 years, he was field biologist in Texas and Florida, where he worked in radio-tracking studies of birds of prey. He has also has been employed by the St. Louis Zoo, the Raptor Rehabilitation and Propagation Project, and Bird Rescue, Inc. He is currently a student at the University of Victoria, Canada.

			Andrew H. Holton, J.D., Secretary Assistant Director for Research, Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mr. Holton is a cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served on the Wisconsin Law Review. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in History and received the Frank Porter Graham Award, the university’s highest award for undergraduate service achievement. He previously has worked as a program officer for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and several other not-for-profit organizations before becoming the assistant director for research at the Southern Politics, Media and Public Life Program. He is currently also a founding member and director of the Emerging Tar Heel Leadership Network, which strives to integrate young people with policy-making in North Carolina by creating discussion venues and developing leadership skills. www.southnow.org/about/staff


			Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove, Director Professor and Past Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas Dr. Hargrove is considered a founder of the field of environmental ethics. He started and edits the journal Environmental Ethics. In addition, to authoring numerous books and articles, Dr. Hargrove began the Center for Environmental Philosophy, a non-profit organization based in Denton, Texas. www.phil.unt.edu/faculty/vech.php


			Michelle Moorman, Board Member Doctoral Student, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, North Carolina

			Since I was young, I have had an appreciation of the great outdoors, especially the creeks and lakes where I spent much of my childhood. I took this passion with me to UNC Chapel Hill where I majored in Geography and Recreation Administration. Work at the U.S. Geological Survey focused my interests in the arena of water science and stream ecology. I received my M.S. in Marine Science at North Carolina State University. My thesis work focused on studying the impact of invasive fish and trout on native fish in S. Chile. I am continuing my studies with a multiple disciplinary focus on evaluating science, the perceptions of science by the general public, and tools that can be used to engage youth in the scientific process and outdoors