Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success!

 

Host: Michael Nachman (director) and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

 

Concept: Anna Hiller and Carla Cicero

 

Planning Committee: Michael Nachman, Jim Patton, Jim McGuire, Rauri Bowie, Carla Cicero, Leleña Avila, Noëlle Bittner, Alissa Evans

 

Event Manager: Leleña Avila

 

Event Coordinators: Natasha Stepanova and Alissa Evans

 

Student Assistants: Mariah Baldeo, Kaisle Hill, Brittany Ho

 

Invited Speakers: David Hillis, Hanna Shohfi, Anand Varma, Greg McLaughlin, Sarah Allen, Hopi Hoekstra, Rachel Freiberg, Ray Huey, Harry Greene

 

Contributed Talks: Rauri Bowie, Christopher Clark, Anna Hiller, Sacha Vignieri, David Ribble, Laura Cunningham, Claudia Luke, Tanya Anne Dewey, Donald Miles

 

Symposium Monitors: Michael Nachman, Eileen Lacey, Rauri Bowie, Jim McGuire

 

Field Trip Leaders: Jim McGuire and Sarah Werning (Sunol), Rauri Bowie and Carla Cicero (Sunol), Alan Shabel and Phil Georgakakos (Pt. Reyes), Andrew Rush (Marin Headlands), Sean Reilly and Rachel Walsh (Tilden), Noëlle Bittner, Luke Bloch, and Kevin Wiseman (Briones).

 

Contributed Stories and Photos: Monica Albe, Bryan Bach, Erika Brock, Steve Carr, Jackie Childers, Michael Chinn, Carla Cicero, Chase Garcia, Steve Herman, Anna Hiller, Sabrina Hörrack, Christian Irian, David Kammerer, Jim McGuire, Abhas Misraraj, Katie (McLain) Noonan, Edwin Pister, Ilka Schulz, Zohe Slack, Natasha Stepanova, Paula White

 

Displays: Christina Fidler, Natasha Stepanova, Alissa Evans, planning committee

 

Oral History Project: Michelle Koo and Billy Dunaway

 

Volunteers: Bryan Bach, Mallory Ballinger, Sarah Banker, Noëlle Bittner, Sukhmony Brar, Erika Brock, Ann Chang, Kristin Charles, Jackie Childers, Carla Cicero, Chris Conroy, Heather Constable, Sabrina Hörrack, Ben Karin, Dana Lin, Doug Long, Ali Malik, Jesyka Melendez, Michael Nachman, Kei-Lin Ooi, Florine Pascal, Katie Sanko, Alan Shabel, Carol Spencer, Tom Studley, Mauricio Vasquez, Cynthia Wang-Claypool, Kwasi Wrensford

 

Videographer: Stephen Long (symposium), Leleña Avila (dinner)

 

Website: Michelle Koo, Joyce Gross, Carla Cicero, Alissa Evans, Leleña Avila

 

Website Photos: Jackie Childers, Christian Irian, Natasha Stepanova, Anand Varma

 

Postcard: Alissa Evans, photo by Callan Cohen

 

Program: Alissa Evans and Natasha Stepanova, photos by Jackie Childers, Abhas Misraraj, Natasha Stepanova

 

Reunion T-shirt: Kevin Wiseman (front artwork) and Michelle Koo

 

MVZ Hat: Michelle Koo

 

MVZ Mugs: Michelle Baca and Leleña Avila

 

Catering: Bancroft Catering (reception), Yali’s Cafe (symposium), Mixing Bowl (dinner)

 

Also: UC Office of the Registrar, University Development and Alumni Relations, Vice Chancellor of Research Office, Valley Life Sciences Building, Alumni House, UC Museum of Paleontology, MVZ Prep-Lab, Dept. of Integrative Biology