Dr. Lynn Bahr
Dr. Lynn Bahr graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Georgia in 1991. Between 1991 and 2006, she worked as a DVM at Cheshire Animal Hospital, Ft. McPherson Army, East Cobb Veterinary Clinic and Sandy Springs Animal Hospital as part of an exotic animal practice.
Darlene Markovich
Darlene Markovich is a Strategic Human Resources/Corporate Communications leader with progressive and diverse experience in providing broad solutions to complex organizational challenges and non-profit focus on Tibetan issues, Bird Conservation, International conflicts and non-violent remedies, healthcare in Kalmykia, Russia. Expertise in using art as a vehicle for celebrating and exploring the many paths to peace.
Dr. Tom Merigan
Thomas C. Merigan, MD is the George E. and Lucy Becher Professor Emeritus of Medicine and the Director Emeritus of the Center for AIDS Research at Stanford University. Dr. Merigan is a distinguished teacher and physician; his research focused on human host defence responses to viruses and on developing human antivirals. He introduced Interferon (native and recombinent) to treat human viral infections such as hepatitis, herpes, cancers and multiple sclerosis. In his long and distinguished career, he has published 575 papers, edited 23 books, was awarded 11 US patents and was selected as one of the 250 most highly cited scientists in Clinical Medicine (1981-2001). Dr. Merigan has been a governmental advisor to several governments, including the US government (8 Congressional appearances). He is a consultant to a wide variety of profit and non-profit organizations. Dr. Merigan graduated from UC Berkeley (BA) and UCSF (MD). His clinical and research training was at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Health (Bethesda, Maryland).
Michele Raffin
Michele Raffin was a high tech executive, venture capital consultant and writer before deciding to devote her time to saving animals. Her publications include articles in the Aviculture Society of American Bulletin, Australian Aviculture, American Dove Association Dove Line and other avian related journals. Her books include Love that Lasts and The Good Nanny Book. Pandemonium: Life, Love and Birds on the Edge of Extinction, a book about Pandemonioum Aviaries and its birds, will be published by Algonquin Books.
Ms. Raffin has been a life long animal lover. She was the Co-chair, Board of Directors of a large humane society for five years and served on the board of a companion bird rescue organization. Her passion for conservation and protection of the natural world is focused on saving bird species from extinction.
Ms. Raffin graduated from Tufts University (BA, Political Science) and Stanford University School of Business (Masters in Managment Science). She studied incubation with Susan Kaiseke (California Condor Project) and is a certified Aviculturist through the American Federation of Aviculture. Ms. Raffin won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Olympic Weight Lifting Championship and holds the Pan American Masters record.
Dr. Thomas Raffin
Dr. Raffin has spent 30 years on the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine where he remains the Colleen and Robert Haas Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, former Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Raffin has been an active clinician, teacher and investigator, and has written over 200 articles, chapters and books. Over the past two decades he has worked extensively in the healthcare and medical device business sectors and was an advisor to: Cell Therapeutics Inc. (1993-1997), Broncus Technologies (1997-2004), iMedica (1998-2002), and Inhale Technologies (1998-2001). He co-founded Rigel Pharmaceuticals in 1996. In 2001 he co-founded as a General Partner the San Francisco life sciences private equity firm Telegraph Hill Partners. Dr. Raffin has been a member of the Board of Directors of AngioScore, Confirma, Freedom Innovations, LDR, NewLink Genetics and PneumRx. Dr. Raffin served on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society Silicon Valley. Dr. Raffin received a BA from Stanford University and an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and medical residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.
