Meet Our AZFO Board & Committee Chairs

Tice Supplee

President

Tice has completed two careers. One with Arizona Game and Fish Department 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.

Tabitha Wasilio

Recording Secretary

Tabitha grew up in Arizona and found her love of birding in 2019. Since then, she’s spent much of her free time exploring local habitats, learning species by sight and sound, and connecting with the birding community. She serves as the Recording Secretary for the Arizona Field Ornithologists.

Diana Herron

Board Member

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.

Paul Heveran

Board Member

Paul Heveran’s love of birds started almost before he can remember, around age four. Growing up in Pennsylvania, he was surrounded by great mentors and excellent birding through his childhood years. Many of his favorite memories come from long days as a volunteer counter at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary for eight autumns. Since graduating with a B.S. in Biology and moving to Arizona, he feels completely at home in the Sonoran Desert and all of the state's varied habitats. Three seasons of summer fieldwork, from the shores of Lake Havasu to the Chihuahuan Desert east of Portal, have reinforced his desire to conserve and promote the flora and fauna of these changing ecosystems.

Doug Jenness and all of the leaders at AZFO have been an inspiration to him, and he looks forward to serving Arizona's birding community through this great organization.

Troy Corman

Board Member, Past- President

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

Julie Michaels

Vice President

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Cynthia VerDuin

Treasurer-Membership Secretar

Cynthia brings over 25 years of extensive accounting, tax, and entrepreneurial experience to her practice, serving a diverse client base ranging from start-ups and high-net-worth individuals to non-profits and multi-million dollar enterprises. After beginning her career at Arthur Andersen, she founded her own practice in 2007, specializing in tailored tax strategies, estate planning, business consulting, and audit support that consistently unlock significant tax savings and efficiencies. A Kent State University honors graduate who passed the CPA exam on her first attempt, Cynthia is also active in local board leadership and community non-profits, bringing a unique background as both a licensed Physical Therapist and commercial hot air balloon pilot.

Jennie MacFarland

Board Member

As the Director of Bird Conservation for the Tucson Bird Alliance, Jennie MacFarland coordinates the Arizona Important Bird Areas Program and the Tucson Bird Count, an urban bird count with a Reconciliation Ecology purpose. Having adopted Tucson as her home town, Jennie has lived in southern Arizona for nearly 20 years and loves the varied habitats and birds of the region.

Chrissy Kondrat

AZGFD Liaison and Website 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. In addition, she manages the webpage, and assists on other administrative tasks for the organization

Tracy McCarthey

Expeditions Committee Member

Tracy has been involved in the Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas, the SW Willow Flycatcher research project, the Pinyon Jay monitoring program, and more. Tracy now works with avian monitoring at the AZGFD.

Doug Jenness

Board Member, 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.

Bill

Board Member

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.

Christine Jenkins

Board Member

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Edwin Juarez

AZGFD Liaison

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

Vacant

Expeditions Chair

We are in search of a new lead for AZFO expeditions. Please contact Tice Supplee if you are interested!