-retired park director (35 yrs– Richland Co, Ohio)

-retired university instructor (botany, ornithology, 7 campuses)

-occasional workshop & conference speaker (botany, geology, etc)

-volunteer botanist (Zion National Park)

-interests: ferns & lycophytes, orchids, rare plants, goldenrods, birds

-projects: ferns of Ohio & southern Utah

-education: BA & MS in botany, Miami Univ (Oxford, Ohio)