Executive Director - Caroline Goldman
Caroline joined HWI in 2007 after spending several years in Central America working for The Nature Conservancy’s Belize Country Program and as a Management Consultant and Freelance Writer based in Argentina. In 2001, she received her Masters of Public Administration with a focus on Nonprofit Management and Environmental Policy, as well as a Masters of International Relations, from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She graduated from Brown University in 1994 with a B.A. in American Civilization & Race Relations.
Caroline brings with her a wide range of management experience in conservation, including organization management, project management, conservation policy, and team building. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) and is an invited member of the National Association of Professional and Executive Women (NAPEW). In 2009, Caroline was awarded the Utah Nonprofits Society/Qwest Emerging Leader Award for her dedication to and creative leadership in the nonprofit sector.
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Education Director - Jennifer Hajj, MS
Jen Hajj joined HWI in the summer of 2005, coming from the Zoo Education field. She received her BS in Biology from Westminster College in 1992 and in 2009 received her Master's Degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism, with an emphasis in Natural Resources Interpretation. Jen's interest in participatory science education in the world community has taken her to faraway places, and she has worked with scientists, students and teachers in Trinidad, Costa Rica and Argentina.
In her spare time, Jen composes and performs acoustic music, both as a solo performer and with various bands.
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Phone: (801) 484-6808, x107
Research Scientist - Senior Monitoring Coordinator - Shawn Hawks, MS
 Shawn received an M.S. in Zoology from North Dakota State University in Fargo. His thesis work investigated the use of stable hydrogen isotopes for tracing origins and movement patterns of Northern Goshawks passing through Hawk Ridge in Duluth, Minnesota during fall migration. Shawn has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in both Alaska (at Alaska Penninsula/Becharof NWR) and Kansas.
In his free time, Shawn enjoys exploring, hiking, SCUBA diving, attending cultural events of most kinds but especially pertaining to live acoustic music, and having a good conversation about ecology, science, current events....you name it! Shawn truly likes an adventure and is looking forward to learning to downhill ski, exploring the mountains and deserts, learning the local flora and fauna, and meeting new people!
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Phone: 801-484-6808 ext. 110
Administrative Officer - Camille Kemp
 Camille was born and raised in the southern Utah city of St. George. Although most of her time has been spent in Utah, she has enjoyed short periods of time in North Carolina, Ohio and most recently Arizona. She has spent the last 10 years working in customer service and finance for the hospitality industry. Her prior experience with non-profit organizations has included fostering animals for the Humane Society and managing a recycling program for Habitat for Humanity. Camille ensures that the behind the scenes operations at Hawkwatch International run without a hitch. In addition to managing the finance, record keeping and administrative duties, Camille is enjoying working hands on with our Education birds. Camille has a strong love for animals of all kinds and is usually seen with her four legged friend, a Yorkshire Terrier named Cecilia.
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Research Biologist - SW Monitoring Coordinator - Mike Neal, MS
 Mike Neal first joined HWI as an official Migration Observer in 1998 at the Bridger Mountain site. Since that time he has collaborated on various projects with HWI, including five seasons of
raptor survey work in south-central Wyoming, a wind farm assessment in West Texas, and three seasons of exploratory surveys that culminated in the creation of HWI’s Commissary Ridge migration monitoring project in southwest Wyoming. Mike took a full time position as HWI’s Field Studies Coordinator in 2005 and continued in this position through 2007.
Mike currently (2008–present) serves as our Southwest (SW) Regional Monitoring Coordinator, working from his home-office in western New Mexico, which is centrally located to and allows for more direct coordination of our five long-term migration projects in NM, AZ, and TX. He also coordinates other research endeavors in the SW region as opportunity or conservation need arise.
Mike received his B.S. in Environmental Biology from Northern Arizona University in 1993, and completed his M.S. in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management (w/ an emphasis in Raptor Ecology) at the University of Wyoming in 2007. His master’s research focused on the reproductive dynamics of Ferruginous Hawks in south-central Wyoming and evaluating the potential impacts of natural gas development.
From the beginning of his professional career, Mike’s passion has been field conservation efforts focused on birds of prey. Mike has worked with nearly every species of western raptor and has even been involved with education and rehabilitation efforts. Mike is an avid outdoorsman and spent 10 seasons as a Wilderness Dogsled Guide in Alaska, Montana, and Minnesota.
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Phone: 575-539-2544
NM Office Administrator - Bobbie Posey
Bobbie Posey is the New Mexico Office Manager. She has worked for HWI in New Mexico since February of 1993 and enjoys working with the New Mexico education and field volunteers. Before HWI, she was a bookkeeper for a plumbing company, was in the printing business for seven years, and during the filming of a TV series filmed on location in Albuquerque, she worked in the production office of Columbia Television. She attended the College of William and Mary and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where she majored in physical education. Birding, of course, is high among her interests today, and she enjoys baking goodies for HWI events.
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Phone: (505) 255-7622
Membership & PR Coordinator - Nikki Price
 Nikki received a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from Utah State University. Her non-profit experience comes from her tenure at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, Ga, where she served as Curator of Science and Education. She is thrilled to be a part of HawkWatch International and the important work that they do.
In her free time, Nikki enjoys hiking, swimming, reading, and spending time with her family.
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Conservation Director - Steven Slater, Ph.D
 Steve joined HawkWatch International (HWI) in June 2006 as the organization’s Conservation Scientist. His initial responsibilities included oversight, data analyses, and report writing for two major research projects investigating the potential impacts of oil and gas development on nesting raptors in Utah and Wyoming and the ability of perch-deterrent devices to exclude raptor power line perch use in Southwestern Wyoming. Steve has also participated in HWI’s Great Basin Raptor Nest Surveys in Utah and Nevada and recently co-authored a 10-year report summarizing the relationships between nesting raptors and vegetation, landscape, and climatic conditions in Northwestern Utah. He was promoted to Conservation Director in 2009 and his current work focus is on identifying current and emerging threats to raptors, information needs, potential future research projects, and translating HWI’s science into conservation action
Steve is originally from Michigan and received his bachelor’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University in 1999. Before joining the HWI staff, he spent 6 years in Wyoming, where he obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in Zoology and Physiology from the University of Wyoming. His master’s thesis was on greater sage-grouse use of prescribed and wild burns and was completed in 2003. Steve obtained his doctoral degree in 2006 and wrote his dissertation on issues of scale and bird community responses to riparian cottonwood declines, Russian-olive invasion, and landscape alteration.
Steve has had a life-long interest in birds of all kinds and enjoys being outdoors with his wife and newborn son while engaging in such activities as hiking, backpacking, camping, bird watching, digital photography, snowshoeing, and snowboarding.
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Science Director - Jeff Smith, Ph.D
 Jeff Smith joined HWI in 1997 as a Research Scientist and became Science Director in January 1999. He received his B.A. in Zoology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1981, his M.Sc. in Biology-Ecology from Utah State University in 1988, and his Ph.D. in Forest Resources and Conservation (Wildlife Ecology) from the University of Florida in 1994. His master’s research involved documenting and assessing the adaptive significance of morphological variation in accipiter hawks. This work spun from his first exposure to HWI in the Goshute Mountains in the 1980s.
Throughout his career, Jeff has focused
on developing a broad awareness of the ecology of North American ecosystems. Hence, for his dissertation research he participated in a ecosystem-scale study of Lake Okeechobee, Florida-the largest freshwater lake in the coterminous United States. His research focused on the nesting and foraging ecology of wading birds. He then moved west again in 1994 and completed a 2½ year postdoctoral appointment at Oregon State University, working in conjunction with the USGS Biological Resources Division. During this time, Jeff coordinated development of the Pacific Northwest chapter of a comprehensive USGS report on the status of our nation’s biological resources. Also while in Oregon, Jeff chaired a committee responsible for supporting implementation of a large-scale cooperative forest ecosystem research program in the Pacific Northwest.
In all, Jeff has published more than four dozen scientific manuscripts covering a broad range of ecological disciplines. He recently served a term on the Board of Directors for the Raptor Research Foundation, having previously served as Scientific Program Chair for three years, and served as Scientific Program Chair for the 2003 Hawk Migration Association of North America conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. Most recently in 2008, he was selected to serve as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Raptor Research.
Jeff has been married since 1989 to Ruthe, who he met in 1985 in the Goshute Mountains! They have two kids, Cooper (born 1999) and Lauren (born 1996). His favorite hobbies include birdwatching, flyfishing, organic gardening, and woodworking.
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Development Director - Emilie Turner
 Emilie is a Utah native whose background is in social sciences and non-profit work, centering largely around public and community services for low-income ndividuals and families. During her four years at Weber State University, where she received a Bachelors of Integrated Studies, she spent time both volunteering and working for the Ogden Nature Center (ONC). In her time there she was able to feed the birds of prey, as well as the other education animals on site. Loving creatures of all kinds, she has had rats and mice as pets so it wasn't always easy using them as feeders, but her love of the birds was strong enough to keep her coming back week after week. While at the ONC, she also was able to work at the front desk doing injured bird intake. Although not with raptors, she came to understand the profound experience that is letting a bird fly from your hands and back into the wild. She is thrilled to be a part of HawkWatch International's passionate team of staff, board and volunteers.
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