Tish Bogan-Ozmun is a founding director of Habitat Harmony Inc.  She has served as secretary of the board and is currently president.  After moving to Flagstaff in 1974 with her family, she got her real estate license in 1976.  She sold real estate for 31 years in the Flagstaff area.  Her degrees are in English and Philosophy.  Tish served on the Board of Directors of Friend of Flagstaff’s Future and was instrumental in the creation of the Shared Earth Network, a city-wide faith based network for environmental advocacy.  She is committed to the preservation of wildlife and open spaces and advocates for them passionately.

Sherry Golden is an attorney specializing in nonprofit corporate representation.  A member of the Arizona and Oklahoma bars, her clients have included local arts and civic organizations as well as regional nonprofits established to finance affordable housing.  She recently served on the Arizona Equal Justice Campaign, and currently serves on the board of the Flagstaff Public Library Foundation and Friends of Flagstaff's Future.  Sherry was part of the group that founded Habitat Harmony, Inc. in 2000.  She believes in the intrinsic value of the natural world and the connectedness of all creatures, and sees that the work of Habitat Harmony supports and promotes these ideas.

Bobbe Fitzgibbon holds a BS in Biology from Clarion University in Pennsylvania and an MS in Entomology from Rutgers University in New Jersey.  During her graduate work she took a class in Seashore Entomology during which she banded egrets and herons removing louse specimens from the birds in the process.  During vertebrate pest management she did some mounting of bird and mammal specimens.  She worked at the Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian Institution where she cared for and reared insects for handling and display.  For 10 years she was a beekeeper at one point managing 50 hives.  She has worked as an entomologist for the Forest Service for 17 years.  She is a catcher in prairie dog suddsing operations for Habitat Harmony.

Emily Nelson is currently the Program Director for the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, a southwest regional coalition working to return wolves to their historic range in the Grand Canyon region.  She recently completed her M.S. at Northern Arizona University in the Department of Biological Sciences with an emphasis in wildlife conservation biology.  She has worked as a field biological technician, researcher, and environmental educator with many species of mammals and birds in Northern Arizona over the past 9 years.  Her graduate research focused on the survival success of translocated Gunnison's prairie dogs in the Flagstaff area.  She started as a volunteer with Habitat Harmony, Inc. in 2003 during the Flagstaff Mall's expansion site prairie dog relocation.  Emily strongly supports Habitat Harmony's role in being an advocate and providing a voice to the "under dogs" of our wildlife neighbors.

Dr. Erika Nowak earned a B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University in 1991, a M.S. in Biology from Northern Arizona University in 1998, examining the effects and effectiveness of rattlesnake relocation, and a Ph.D. in Biology from NAU in 2009, on the ecological roles and management responses of venomous predators in national parks.

Erika currently works in Flagstaff, Arizona as a Herpetologist at the USGS Colorado Plateau Research Station and part-time lecturer at Northern Arizona University. Erika is known for her work with declining garter snakes and for her safe rattlesnake handling trainings for state, federal, and local agencies and private groups, which encourage safe and humane handling and management of venomous snakes. Erika is passionate about using the results of scientific research to teach people to live in harmony with venomous predators and other wildlife.

Nathan Renn has a BS in Natural Resources with a major focus in forestry from The Ohio State University.  Along with working on several Habitat Harmony events and relocations Nathan spent a couple years working on conservation work throughout the state of Arizona with the Coconino Rural Environment Corps. Currently he is pursuing his love of wildlife and landscape photography, and is in the GIS graduate program at Northern Arizona University. Nathan is honored to be on the board with so many dedicated and passionate individuals, who are working to preserve open spaces and gain respect for Northern Arizona' s many residents.

Marilyn Kostka has a PhD in music education, and taught at the University of Texas and Northern Arizona University before her retirement in 2004. She has been an active writer/researcher in the field of music learning and aesthetics, and has been a member of many national and international research organizations. She is a currently a board member of Hutchison Acres Homeowner's Association. Marilyn grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she learned, at an early age, to have a deep and strong appreciation of wildlife. Because of her love of all animals, Marilyn has volunteered at animal shelters, participated in local and state animal advocacy groups, and has fostered many stray dogs and cats. She believes that humans and animals are intimately connected, and that we should all adhere to the values of Habitat Harmony..to walk in harmony with wildlife.

Jean Myers grew up with an empathy for animals that no one around her shared. She was born to do animal work. She moved to Flagstaff in 1995. Shortly thereafter she joined the Pet Assistance League and served as Secretary-Treasurer for three years. She also joined a chapter of EarthSave and was a member of the core group. In 1998 she joined the newly created Animal Defense League of Arizona and stayed on through October 2010 as the Northern Arizona Representative.

Her other activities include the Shared Earth Network and Paw Placement. Jean is delighted to have the opportunity to serve on the Habitat Harmony board.