"...when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another Heaven and another Earth must pass before such a one can be again."
-William Beebe

ALBC Staff || Board of Directors

ALBC Board of Directors

Chair: Callene Rapp
Vice Chair: Terry Wollen
Treasurer: James McConnell
Secretary: Barbara Bowman

Carrie Balkcom (2nd term expires 2011) American Grassfed Association, 2801 E. Colfax Avenue, Suite 302, Denver, CO 80206, work (877) 774-7277, email aga@americangrassfed.org

Barbara Bowman, Secretary (2nd term expires 2009) Slow Food USA, PO Box 1494, Healdsburg, CA 95448, work (707) 433-8484, fax (707) 433-1444, email msbrix@aol.com

Deb Burns (1st term expires 2011) Storey Publishing, 210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247, work (413) 346-2120, email Deb.Burns@storey.com

Byran Childress (1st term expires 2011) Marle Hill Farm, PO Box 277, Manquin, VA 23106, home (804) 769-3721, email marle.hill@verizon.net

Debbie Hamilton (1st tem expires 2011) The Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundation, PO Box 282, Hartland, VT 05048, (802) 436-1383, email hrbfpat@aol.com

Darwin Kelsey (2nd term expires 2009) Countryside Conservancy, 2179 Everett Road, Peninsula, OH 44264, home (330) 463-3545, work (330) 657-2532, email dkelsey@cvcountryside.org

James McConnell, Treasurer (2nd term expires 2011) 22101 Constitution Highway, Rapidan, VA 22733-8800, phone (540) 854-4974, email jm22733@aol.com

Ruth McDaniel (2nd term expires in 2009) 2402 Baptist Road, Durham, NC 27703, phone (919) 423-3832, email remcdani@ncsu.edu

Arie McFarlen (1st term expires in 2009) Maveric Heritage Ranch Company, 47869 – 242nd Street, Dell Rapids, SD 57022, phone (605) 428-5994, email maveric9@hotmail.com

Callene Rapp, Chairman (2nd term expires 2009) Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Boulevard, Wichita, KS 67212, cell (316) 259-4262, work (316) 266-8219, fax (316) 942-3781, email crapp@scz.org

Silke Schneider (2nd term expires 2010) Heritage Breeds Southwest, PO Box 1628, Silver City, New Mexico, 88062, phone (575) 388-1023, email sschne1068@aol.com

Charles Taft (1st term expires 2010) Stauber Farm, PO Box 335, Bethania, NC 27010-0335, phone (336) 922-0254, email cvtaft@aol.com, charles@stauberfarm.com

Landon Thorne (1st term expires 2011) Brays Island Plantation, 2 Means Bluff Way, Sheldon, SC 29941, work (843) 846-6088, email lkthorne@midas-advisors.com, Mary: mhughes@midas-advisors.com

Karen Thornton (1st term expires 2011) Big Creek Farm, 1630 Big Creek Road, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, home (319) 365-2743, Work (319) 389-9642, email big-creek@msn.com

Terry Wollen, Vice-Chair (1st term expires 2009) Director of Animal Well-Being, Staff Veterinarian Heifer International, 1015 Louisiana Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, phone (501) 907-4942, email Terry.Wollen@heifer.org