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These alumni leaders were chosen to help motivate, engage, and lead learning for current Project Dragonfly ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in the 2024-25 academic year. Dragonfly Alumni Leaders volunteer their time to support ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in multiple Dragonfly classes.

Row 1: Carille and Goldstrohm. Row 2: Hirtle, Levinson, Lindsay, and May. Row 3: Miller, Nguyen, Niblett, and Norris. Row 4: Perkins and Shair.

Chris Carille '11 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Zoology through the Global Field Program. Carille helped build Newburgh Free Academy West, a Big Picture Learning High School in New York, and currently works there as a science teacher.

Jessica Goldstrohm '24 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Goldstrohm's experiential learning took place at Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance. Goldstrohm works as a civic ecologist and conservation biologist and is the founder/owner of the non-profit organization, Colibri Creative Conservation Solutions, LLC.

Hilary Hirtle '20 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Hirtle's experiential learning took place at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Hirtle works as a wildlife health communications specialist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in Frankfort, Kentucky. 

Ginger Levinson '23 earned a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in the Biological Sciences through the Global Field Program. Levinson works as a Program Specialist Coordinator at Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lori Lindsay '20 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Lindsay’s experiential learning took place at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Lindsay works as a bear response contractor for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Bonnie May '23 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. May's experiential learning took place at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. May works as a strategist and grant writer for a clean energy consulting firm in Oceanside, California.

Ezekiel Miller '24 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Miller's experiential learning took place at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Miller works as a counselor for people with disabilities.

Chau Nguyen '23 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Global Field Program. Nguyen serves as a board member for an environmental justice non-profit Clean&Green Pomona advocating for a kid-friendly park system in Pomona, California.   

Selina Niblett '24 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Global Field Program. Niblett works as an animal caretaker at Solace Animal Sanctuary in Marshall, Virginia.

Samy Norris '23 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Global Field Program. Norris works as a programming director at the Archaeological Research Institute.

Sue Perkins '22 earned a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in the Biological Sciences through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Perkins's experiential learning took​​ place at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Perkins works as a high school science teacher in Brunswick, Maine.

Beth Shair '24 earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through the Advanced Inquiry Program. Shair's experiential learning took place at Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo. Shair works as a writer and consultant in New York City.