George E. Wallace
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Dr. George E. Wallace, American Bird Conservancy Vice President for Oceans and Islands, has been active in bird research and conservation for 20 years. Most recently, George served as Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, a close and long-standing ABC partner. Prior to that, he worked for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission first as a Nongame Wildlife Biologist and then as Florida's state Bird Conservation Coordinator. George has also worked for Bird Studies Canada, The Nature Conservancy, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. George received his M.S. in zoology from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada for his research on plumage maturation and breeding behavior of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. He received his Ph.D. in biology at the University of Missouri where his dissertation research focused on the wintering ecology of Neotropical migrant and Cuban resident birds overwintering on Cayo Coco, Cuba. George has also worked on migration monitoring in Canada and California, research on seabird breeding ecology in California and Antarctica, and is an experienced bird bander.