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Soundings Regional Reporters:
Who can I contact?

Membership feedback has shown that the regional reports section of Soundings is one of the most anticipated and most read areas of the magazine. We would like to encourage facilities to participate by sending in their facility updates and photos. For those of you who wish to have updates about your facilities included, please take a look at the following list of regions and note who the reporter for your region is. It is up to each facility to submit its report to the reporter before each deadline. If you have trouble contacting your reporter, please contact Beth Ament at baament@earthlink.net.

Deadlines are as follows:

15 November - 1st Quarter
15 February - 2nd Quarter
15 May - 3rd Quarter
15 August - 4th Quarter

Asia

Man Tik (Gary) Chu - mtchu@dal.ca

• Hong Kong
• Singapore
• Taiwan

 

Australia/New Zealand

Darryl Pearce - darryl.pearce@wvtp.com.au

  

Canada

Brian Sheehan - sheehab@vanaqua.org

 

Caribbean Islands

Adrian Penny - adrian.penny@kerzner.com
 

Europe Northeast

Sunna Edberg - sunna.edberg@kolmarden.com

• Denmark
• Finland
• Norway
• Sweden

 

Europe Northwest

John-Rex Mitchell - JRMitchell@sheddaquarium.org

• England
• Ireland

 

Europe North Central

Christiane Thiere - Chriddel2@aol.com

• Belgium
• Germany
• Netherlands

 

Europe Southwest

Monika Lechermeier - monika.lechermeier@marine-mammal-cognition.de

• Portugal
• Spain

 

Europe South Central

Pablo Joury - pablowebs@yahoo.fr

• France
• Italy
• Monoco
• Switzerland

 

Middle East Region

Oz Goffman - goffman@research.haifa.ac.il

 

Japan

Haruhiko Kato - dolphin@marinepia.or.jp

 

Mexico

Alex Mata - amata@mail.dolphindiscovery.com

 

Pacific Islands

Stephanie Vlachos - acacia@aloha.net

• Hawaiii
• French Polynesia

 

Russia/Ukraine

Monika Lechermeier - monika.lechermeier@marine-mammal-cognition.de

 

South Africa

Gabby Harris - gabby@seaworld.org.za

 

South America

Miguel Marques - mg_marques@yahoo.com

US Midwest

Stacy Lonski - lonski28@hotmail.com

• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Ohio
• Wisconsin

 

US Northeast

Beth Manning - fintrainer@yahoo.com

• Connecticut
• DC
• Delaware
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia

 

US Northwest

Cinthia Alia-Mitchell - Dogonfun@teleport.com

• Arkansas
• Idaho
• Oregon
• Washington

 

US North Central

John-Rex Mitchell - JRMitchell@sheddaquarium.org

• Montana
• Nebraska
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wyoming

 

US Southeast

Sarah Graff - sgraff@msq.cc

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee

 

US Southwest

Brittany Harris - Brittany.Harris@seaworld.com

• California
• Nevada
• Arizona
• Utah

 

US South Central

Cheryl Pappas - pappas8@yahoo.com

• Colorado
• Kansas
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• Texas

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