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President
Christie Adelsberger

My name is Christie Adelsberger. I completed a B.S. in Fish and Wildlife Science at Oregon State University in 2005. I worked for the US Geological Survey as a Biological Science Technician, then for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife as an Experimental Biological Aid. I finished my first year of temporary jobs as a Fishery Biologist researching endangered Catostomids in southern Oregon. I began school here at UAPB in spring of 2007. My thesis research is investigating natural life history characteristics of the bigmouth sleeper in Puerto Rico. In my free time I love to play guitar, mountain bike, road bike, and wrestle my roommates.

Vice President
Lael Will

My name is Lael Anita Will. I grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Rhode Island with bachelors in Marine Resource Development. I worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center in Georgia, as an SCA intern, and as a Fish Biologist in Northern California. My graduate research at UAPB is fish communities and habitat use on gravel bars in the Arkansas River.

Treasurer
Elliott Kittel

Hi, my name is Elliott Kittel. I was born in the Philippines in 1988. My mother is Filipino and my father is American. During my life, I have lived in the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Hawaii, Colorado, Guam, West Virginia, North Carolina, Texas and Arkansas. For two years, I interned for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission through the Hutton Junior Fisheries Program. I aided the states biologists with brook trout studies, trout distribution surveys, and worked on the Armstrong State Fish Hatchery. Working at the hatchery, I helped with general Facility Maintenance, feeding and stocking runs. I participated on stream surveys, electroshocking surveys, radio telemetry surveys and more. My personal interests include bass guitar, music and movies. I also play for UAPB tennis team. In addition, I have helped the UAPB Internation Student Club with presentations and by helping them set up activities.

Secretary
Jeffrey Horne

Hello, my name is Jeffrey Horne and I have been elected as Secretary of AFC club. I am originally from Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. I graduate Mansfield University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's Degree in Fisheries Biology and Environmental Science. I am currently working on my Master's Degree here at UAPB and looking at the effects of stocking on wild largemouth bass populations. I have worked as a nature conservation director for Boy Scouts and hatchery technician in Pennsylvania at both a state and federal hatchery. Some of my hobbies include fishing, kayaking, herpetology, and other outdoor types of activities.

Undergrad Representative
Leonardo Matthews

My name is Leonardo Matthews. I am from Bridgeport, Connecticut. I attend the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Majoring in fisheries biology. I am the recipient of the National Cooperative Fisheries Scholarship and I am a biological Resources Division (BRD) scholar. During the fall of 2006 and most of the spring of 2007, I assisted Dr. Lochmann in his research project on otolith shape analysis.