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Mr. Gary Aurora
Gary is currently employed by the New Haven Board of Education as a teacher at the Hyde Leadership School. He is certified to teach Social Studies (grades 7-12) and has done so for 7 years. He has served as Dean of Students for 3 years. In addition, Mr. Aurora has coached 4 varsity level sport teams over the last 10 years. He received a BA from Colgate in Political Science and his JD from Quinnipiac School of Law. Gary also has obtained a 6th Year Certificate in Educational Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), and is certified in school administration. He has conducted diversity workshops for the Anti-Defamation League and been a guest speaker in an Anti-Bias course held at SCSU the last 6 semesters. Gary also is licensed by the State of Connecticut as a foster and adoptive parent.
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Mr. Eric Grant, Esq.
Eric received his BA in Economics from Trinity College, and graduated from New York University, School of Law, cum laude in 1993. He represents publicly and privately held companies in various industries, including manufacturing of industrial and consumer products, insurance, reinsurance, construction, commercial real estate, aerospace, tobacco, trash to energy, automobile dealerships, healthcare, banking and investment banking. Eric has served on the board since the company’s founding and assisted in the process of obtaining its tax-exempt status as a public charity.
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Robert Swihart, Ph.D.
Rob conducted undergraduate work at Butler University and Purdue University, obtaining a B.S. in Wildlife Science from Purdue in 1979. He graduated from Minnesota with a M.S. in Wildlife in 1981 and then moved to the University of Kansas to work on a Ph.D. as an Honors Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology in 1985. In 1986 Rob accepted a position as a research ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, where he investigated nonlethal methods for managing crop damage by wildlife in commercial nurseries and orchards. Since joining the faculty at Purdue in 1991, Rob and his students have conducted numerous studies examining the impact of agriculture and habitat loss/fragmentation on vertebrates. Rob has published over 100 manuscripts in scientific journals. He is presently the Head of the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue.
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Anthony DeNicola, Ph.D.
Dr. DeNicola is co-founder and President of White Buffalo, Incorporated. In 1988, Tony received a B.S. in Biology from Trinity College of Hartford,
CT, and an M.S. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies in 1990. He completed his Doctorate work at Purdue University
in wildlife ecology in 1996. His dissertation was entitled "Control of
reproduction in overabundant white-tailed deer populations". He is a
member of the National Animal Damage Control Association, the Society
for Conservation Biology and The Wildlife Society. In addition to being
certified as a wildlife biologist by the Wildlife Society, he held/holds
research affiliate positions with Yale University, University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Trinity College
of Hartford, and the Denver Zoological Society. Dr. DeNicola has 30+ publications in reputable scientific journals and has presented at numerous professional conferences. Tony’s professional interests are behavioral/ecological approaches to wildlife damage control, wildlife reproductive control, and control of introduced vertebrate species. Most recently he has been involved with international research efforts assisting colleagues with capturing endangered Argali Sheep in Mongolia and working with the Royal Government of Bhutan to establish a wild pig management program.
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