The American Ornithologists' Union has announced its first executive director: Melinda Pruett-Jones. Not only is this good news of its first executive director, but the fact that a woman is in this position marks a great step forward in having a female in a powerful position in the ornithologist community.

http://ornithologyexchange.org/articles/_/community/american-ornithologists%E2%80%99-union-hires-first-executive-director-r147

good birding,
isadora wong
seattle, wa
chupaflor at igc.org