About ACE

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President - David Bumann, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming
President Elect –Kieth Parker, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife
Secretary – Kathy Dillmon, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming
Treasurer – Champak Patel, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana
At-Large Member – Terra McParland, HDR Engineering, Inc., Illinois
At-Large Member – Howard Thomas, Montana Department of Conservation
Past President – Randy Knott, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc., Georgia & David Freeman, Freedman Engineering Group, Georgia

Mission Statement

We are the Association of Conservation Engineers, an international organization founded March 6, 1961in Washington, D.C.

As conservation engineers and technicians we are part of the team working to conserve and improve our natural heritage.

Our objective in organizing was to bring together engineers and allied personnel employed by conservation and recreation agencies and consultants who have a community of specialized interests in the area of fish, wildlife, parks, forests and related conservation - recreation fields.

We are proud of our founders who were pioneers in the field with sound solutions to many of the problems of our environment and the ecology before these problems became the widely admitted and popular concern of today.

Our members freely share their expierence and information pertaining to conservation engineering to make our natural resources more accessible and enjoyable to everyone.

Contrary to popular belief about engineers, the conservation engineer doesn't subscribe to the concept of the world as "a pefect sphere covered with concrete".

Committee Members

Past Presidents Committee
Randy Knott, GA– Chair
Norval Olson, CO
Jim Price, AR
David Freedman, GA
Tom Hohman, IN
Dwight Hanson, NE

Operations Committee
Norval Olson, CO – Chair
Joe Barron, SC
Eugene Comoss, PA
Les Haun, TN
Tom Hohman, IN

Bylaws Committee
Bob Roads, IL – Chair
Kathy Dillmon, WY
Gerald Dorscheid, WI
George Kulick, GA
Deb Ohlinger, CO

Scholarship Committee
Breagan Eicher, KY – Chair
Randy Knott, GA
John Leszczynski, IN
Deb Ohlinger, CO

History Committee
Terry Boyd, AL – Chair
Linc Cochran, IL
Ed Donahue, WA
Gerald Dorscheid, WI
Dom Mangardi, WI
Frank Temple, AL

Awards Committee
Norval Olson, CO – Chair
Alice Anderson, TX
Drew Bender, IN
Champak Patel, IN
Kim Gibson, IL
Breagan Eicher, IN
George Kulick, CA

Publications Committee
Joe Barron, SC – Chair
Eugene Comoss, PA
Kathy Dillmon, WY
Sue Peterson, IN
Linda Cliburn, IL
Paul Schweiger, PA

Special Spouse (Program) Advisory Committee
Alice Anderson, TX – Chair
Jackie Mangardi, WI
Anita O’Keefe, WI
Jean Olson, CO

Special Action Committee
Terry Boyd, AL – Chair
Dave Bumann, PA
Dwight Hanson, NE
Greg Mihalevich, MO

Program Committee
Tom Hohman, IN, Chair
Champak Patel, IN
Sue Peterson, IN
Breagan Eicher, IN
John Leszcynski, IN

Special Committee
(Education/Scholarship)
Dwight Hanson, NE – Chair
Drew Bender, IN
Randy Knott, GA
Deb Ohlinger, CO
Sanjay Olson, WI

Membership Committee
Tom Hohman, IN – Chair
Terry Boyd, AL
Don Fontana, MO
Celeste Simmons, WY
Joel Krause, MT
George Kulick, GA
John Leszczynski, IN
Roger Manninen, MN
Howard Thomas, MO
Brian Vinci, WV

Newsletter Committee
Gary Wilken, IL – Chair
Lynda Cliburn, IL – Editor
Matt Hobbs, IN – Group I
Ron O’Keefe, WI – Group II
Carter Damp, AL – Group III
Joe Baron, SC – Group IV
Tom Hohman, IN
Sue Peterson, IN
Brian Vinci, WV

Time and Place Committee
Gary Wilken, IL – Chair
Bob Roads, IL
Daniel Coen
Terry Boyd, AL
Gary Wilken, IL