Behavior Management Fund Committee

Chairperson -  Michelle Farmerie

The Behavior Management Fund Committee coordinates the development of descriptions of Scholarships and Grants including application and recipient criteria, the benefits of each Scholarship/Grant, the Scholarship/Grant review process, and the fundraising strategies necessary to support ABMA Scholarships/Grants that the BMF Committee develops.  The Behavior Management Fund Committee ensures the continued financial health of the Behavior Management Fund and the continuing development of ABMA Scholarships and Grants. 

This committee needs another volunteer member

Conference Committee

Chairperson - Cathy Schlott

The Conference Committee works closely with the 1st Vice President to organize the annual conference including arranging the schedule, speakers, workshops and events. 

Conference Content Advisory Committee

Chairperson - Emily Insalaco

The Conference Content Advisory Committee serves the important function of ensuring that the content of the annual conferences is of the highest quality and relevance to the ABMA membership. This committee assists the conference committee by suggesting speakers and maintaining a conference template so that workshops and demonstrations are rotated as needed and so that current topics of interest are explored, as well as acquiring the CEU credits for each conference. The committee also maintains an historical document that contains previous workshop presenters and keynote speakers as well as video documentation of the conference presentations.

Education Committee

NEW! Chairperson - Missy Lamar

Government Affairs

NEW! Chairperson - Otto Fad

The Government Affairs Committee monitors and reviews proposed government rulemaking, regulations, and laws regarding animal behavior management for both domestic and exotic species. The committee reviews all proposed rules, regulations and laws on the federal register and recommends action to the board of directors.

This committee is looking for new members.

Honors and Awards

Chairperson - Jennifer Hennessy

The responsibilities of the Honors and Awards Committee include all aspects of judging and awards at the annual conference. This includes selecting judges, ordering awards, selecting categories for papers, overseeing judges throughout the process, processing the “trainers choice” award, tallying votes, and presenting awards.

Membership

Chairperson - Julie Hartell-Denardo

The Membership Committee is responsible for disseminating introductory information to new members as well as brain- storming and implementing ways to increase all types of membership. This committee assists with the registration table at the annual meeting, solicits funding to cover related mailing costs, and updates applications. The committee also works on increasing member retention though membership renewals. Committee members distribute information about the AMBA at their facilities, other facilities and other conferences or related meetings. The chairperson is Julie Hartell-DeNardo.

This committee is looking for volunteers.

Merchandise

Susie Ekard

Nominations and Elections

Susan Purtell

Publications Committee

Heidi Hellmuth

The Publications Committee is responsible for putting together and publishing the quarterly member newsletter, the ABMA Wellspring. This involves solicitation of articles and other content, reviewing and editing submissions, formatting the newsletter, and working with the printing company to have it printed and mailed to members. The chairperson is Heidi Hellmuth.

This committee can always benefit from more members

Research and Evaluation Committee

Jessica Moody

Site Selection Committee

Rickey Kinley

Veterinary Advisory Committee

Vint Virga

Web Site Committee Chair

Susan Purtell