Candidates for SHC Secretary

Please consider our candidates for SHC Secretary. Details/deadlines for voting will be coming soon. Our candidates (in alphabetical order) are:

Mary Ann Feist – Curator of the Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (since 2013); B.A., Cultural Area Studies: East Asia, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio (1986); M.S., Biology, University of Cincinnati (1995); Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (2011).

Research interests: systematic biology of Apiaceae, regional floristics (especially the Midwest and the Appalachians), conservation biology of rare plants, and herbarium collections management; 20 research publications.  Professional societies: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Club of Wisconsin, Botanical Society of America, International Society of Plant Taxonomists, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Society of Herbarium Curators.

Internet resources: http://herbarium.wisc.edu/, http://herbarium.wisc.edu/feist.htm

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Brett Jestrow – Herbarium Curator, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida (since 2011); Adjunct Professor, Florida International University, Miami, Florida (since 2011); B.S., Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2002); Ph.D., Biology, Florida International University (2010).

Research interests: Caribbean region (floristics and systematics); 18 research publications.

Internet resources: http://www.fairchildgarden.org/about-fairchild/staff/brett-jestrow

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brett_Jestrow

http://www.virtualherbarium.org/

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