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Elected 2022-2023 Board of DirectorsSara Taliaferro PRESIDENT
The GNSI has been an enriching part of her career that began with drawing minuscule brown beetles. She has served as Education Director, on the Nominating Committee, and has been involved in the GNSI Oral History Project. She was the Chair of the 2002 and 2013 GNSI Annual Conferences and was one of the founding members and longtime officer of the GNSI Great Plains Chapter. She is the 2012 recipient of the GNSI Distinguished Service Award. Deb Shaw VICE PRESIDENT
Deb is a long-time member and has had an active hand in building the GNSI conference websites for a number of years. Robin Carlson TREASURER
Robin’s educational background is in science, with a Master’s in Organismal Biology and Anatomy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She spent sixteen years working for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, managing projects tracking and analyzing stream habitat restoration projects for salmon and steelhead. Robin has been a member of GNSI since 2015. She chaired the 2016 annual conference in Santa Cruz, California and has been actively involved in conferences since, serving as the Conference Oversight Committee Chair in 2018/2019 and as the Finance Coordinator for the 2020 and 2021 virtual annual conferences. Gloria Fuentes EDUCATION DIRECTOR![]() However, most of her scientific career she has been working at the intersection of Structural Computational Biology and Biomedicine. Her life as a researcher has taken her to different countries as diverse as the UK, The Netherlands, Spain, Singapore and Japan. These experiences have given her an eclectic way of understanding her science and life. After her maternity, she decided to make some changes as well in her professional life and dove into the illustration and animation world to combine her fascination for science with her passion for more artistic avenues. She committed herself to solving the scientific communication problem between her former peers and society. Her motto is: “Let’s unleash creativity to bridge the gap between science and society. If I can illustrate it, you can understand it.” Gloria’s work can be found here: thevisualthinker.xyz Wendy Beth Jackelow MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
While running her studio, Wendy has incorporated a fine art practice that includes printmaking (etching, monotype), painting (watercolor, oil paint), and drawing. In 2021, she was awarded a NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Premier Grant for her project, Paint the Town: Castleton Avenue Art Show and Merchant Stroll. This past year, she was the recipient of a NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Art Fund Grant for her latest project, Staten Island Printmakers—Show and Printmaking Forum. Wendy received an M.F.A. in Medical Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a Board Certified Medical Illustrator and Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Her office is in the attic of a very old house where she resides with her two sons and musician/programmer husband. Wendy’s work can be found here: www.wbjackelowstudios.com Madison Mayfield OUTREACH DIRECTOR
Madison has been a GNSI member since 2017 and served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the 2019 GNSI Annual Conference in Australia. Stephen DiCerbo RECORDING SECRETARY
Stephen is a certified Master Gyotaku printmaker and has taught this Japanese folk art printing form at several past GNSI Conferences. Residing in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York, he is a member of the Finger Lakes Chapter of the GNSI. Stephen’s work can be found here: stormtreestudio.com Kalliopi Monoyios PAST PRESIDENT
Kapi joined the GNSI in 2002. She served on the Education Fund Committee for 9 years, contributed to many annual conferences in various roles, and was the Guild’s first Social Media Coordinator. In 2018 she was honored with GNSI’s Special Projects Award for these contributions. PAST BOARD OF DIRECTORS |