Meet Our AZFO Board & Committee Chairs

Bill

AZFO Board

Bill brings a lifetime of experience in understanding birds and their habitats, in addition to four decades of natural resources management to our organization. Recently, Bill has been working with habitat programs along the Santa Cruz River.

Chrissy Kondrat

Annual Meeting Chair, Website Co-Chair

Chrissy serves as a biologist with the Arizona Game & Fish Department and provides networking with researchers and other ornithologist professionals to benefit the mission of AZFO. She is chair of the annual meeting committee and assists other AZFO projects and tasks.

Doug Jenness

Editor, Arizona Birds Journal

Doug moved to Arizona in 2002 and helped found AZFO. He has served on the organization’s elected leadership body, the Board of Directors, since its founding and was elected treasurer at the first annual membership meeting. After nine years in that position, he became editor of Arizona Birds in 2016, the position he currently holds. For the past decade he has been conducting field research on the Crested Caracara in Arizona. In 2022, he received the AZFO’s Achievement Award.

Jennie MacFarland

Tucson Audubon Society Liaison, Past Vice President

Jennie acted as VP of AZFO until her term expired. We expect her back soon.

Steven Prager

AZFO Board, Website Co-Chair

Steve bring his long background advocating for AZ birds through the Audubon network to AZFO.

Tracy McCarthey

Expeditions Committee Member

In her role as AZGFD's avian monitoring coordinator, Tracy assists with our bird survey programs.

Carol Beardmore

Past President Advisor

As our past president, Carol brings her organizational skills and institutional memory to our organization.

Dara Vazquez

Recording Secretary, Field Expeditions, Events

Dara moved to Arizona in 1996 from the East coast. It wasn't until she found birding in 2017 that she fell in love with the state and since has been obsessive in exploring every corner of it. Her heart lies in the mountains and her favorite place to bird and is the White Mountain range. She was invited to be Secretary in 2023 and also serves on the field expeditions committee, annual meeting commitee, and helps with outreach and promotion of the organization.

Edwin Juarez

Arizona Game & Fish Department Liaison and

Edwin is a liaison with the AZGFD and coordinates networking with many AZ ornithological organizations.

Kerrie Anne Lloyd

Youth Scholarship Chair

Sue

Vice-President

Sue recently joined the AZFO Board and helps with finance and outreach.

Troy Corman

President

Troy brings his knowledge and passion for Arizona birds to all our programs.

Chris McCreedy

AZFO Board

Chris serves as the American Bird Conservancy's Southwest Riparian Bird Recovery Coordinator. He led Point Blue Conservation Science's desert program for many years, and he is a research associate at Point Blue.

Diana Herron

Treasurer and Membership Secretary

Diana began her long birding career in Southern California and has been a resident of Arizona since the early 1990s. She became the Treasurer of AZFO in 2018 and assumed the duties of Membership Secretary in 2023. Diana enjoys working with numbers and spreadsheets and keeping the organization's financial house in order.

Jelena Grbic

Expeditions Chair

Jelena has brought a new energy to our Field Expeditions programs, and she has s deep history with NGO's and Maricopa Audubon.

Scott Olmstead

AZFO Board

Scott is an avid birder. He brings clear thinking and a refreshing voice for the needs of younger birders to the AZFO table.

Tice Supplee

Audubon Southwest Liaison

Tice has completed two careers. One with Arizona Game & Fish and the second with National Audubon Society. Tice has co-managed the Arizona Important Bird Areas program with Jennie MacFarland since 2005. She remains involved with bird conservation and is an active member of Sonoran Audubon Society.