President Lynn Culver

  Ms. Culver has served as Legal Affairs Director of the LIOC, and headed the committee to develop the LIOC Model for State Regulations.  She has appeared before numerous county and state agencies to testify on behalf of responsible captive husbandry and the conservation role it fills.  In 2005 she began serving as Life Director of the Feline Conservation Federation.
   Ms. Culver has been a nationally recognized husbandry consultant for over a decade. She and her husband work full time at the NOAH Feline Conservation Center, focusing upon exotic feline breeding and developing improvements in husbandry and habitat design.
   The Culver's USDA licensed facility specializes in several small cat species, managing one of the largest collections of Geoffroy's cats in the US. She helped to develop the Geoffroy's cat Species Enhancement Strategy. The Culvers also house retired felines and provides refuge for some felines in need of new homes.
   Ms. Culver has been an office manager for an optometrist and office manager of a mail order daycare supply company prior to starting her own exotic feline business. She brings strong organizational skills and ability to react to the many challenges facing a growing non-profit international organization.

Vice President Brian Werner

   Brian Werner founded and manages Tiger Missing Link Foundation and its wildlife park, Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge. Werner's foundation initiated the first DNA study of tigers in 1996-1997 and was the first to perform open-heart surgery to save a tiger cub from a heart ailment.One of the Refuge's most recent accomplishments is Animal Planet's (Discovery Network) "Growing Up Tiger". Mr. Werner also serves on a national board formed to give equal access to donors to non-profit organizations.   
   As a strong conservationist, Mr. Werner works tirelessly to promote captive management of tigers and wildlife habitat protection to help insure that wild felines can remain in their natural range.

Treasurer Kevin Chambers

    Mr. Chambers has worked with animals all his life on the family farm. Mr. Chambers attended Purdue University studying Agricultural Engineering.  His experience with exotics began in 1974 and has experience with over 130 different species.  He bred his first exotic feline in 1982 and is the first person to successfully breed Irkutsk lynx in North America. 
   Mr. Chambers founded the Zoological Animal Reproduction Center, which breeds various species of wildlife in addition to the exotic cats. This USDA and USF&W licensed operation specializes in breeding, brokering, importing, and exporting. Chambers has transported animals all over the USA and to and from over 20 different foreign countries, dealing with facilities from all venues: research facilities, domestic and international zoos, private breeders, pet owners, entertainers, and exhibitors.  He has worked with over 130 different species of wildlife.
    Mr. Chambers is very active in the 4-H youth organization where he has served on boards and various positions for over 20 years.

Secretary Elizabeth Whitlock

    Elizabeth (Betsy) Whitlock became a member of the FCF in 2005 after acquiring the family's first serval. She completed the FCF husbandry course at the 2005 FCF convention in Miami. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in April of 2007 and is chairperson of the Member Service Committee for the 2007 FCF convention. She, her husband Stan, son Bart and daughter Amanda (a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine) operate Belle Hollow Farms and Exotics in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
    Ms. Whitlock grew up in South Florida and was an avid horsewoman and general animal enthusiast as a child and young adult. After moving to the mountains in 1993 and becoming a Real Estate Broker, Ms. Whitlock and family became active supporters of the local 4-H by breeding lambs and providing assistance to the Macon County 4-H Market Lamb Program, for which they where honored in 2005. The family additionally, breeds mini donkeys and pigmy goats and has become a haven for quite a few abused, neglected or abandoned animals.
    The Whitlock's recently completed a new facility at the farm to house and begin breeding Geoffroy's Cats. They also breed Serval hybrids, Savannah Cats. The farm has secured USDA Class B Dealer licensing and hopes to assist in the education of the public in the need for responsible exotic cat ownership and breeding.

Membership Services Director Carolyne Clendinen

    Mrs. Clendinen has been a member of FCF since 2000.  She has completed the FCF husbandry course, has served on the convention committee since 2004 and was appointed to the position of member services in 2005 and was re-elected in 2006.
    From 1997 to 2005 Mrs. Clendinen volunteered with a Florida wildlife sanctuary where she served in both zoo keeping and administrative roles.  She helped develop and taught the "New Volunteer Orientation" for the sanctuary.  She also served on that organization's animal enrichment and education committees.
    Mrs. Clendinen has a master's degree in Speech Language Pathology and has worked in the school, nursing home, hospital and rehabilitation settings.  Carolyne, a Florida native, married Craig and together they have two daughters, Anissa and Ariana.  Their family is currently working with Wycliffe Bible Translators while living in Virginia.

 Conservation Director Mindy Stinner

    Mindy Stinner has been working with wild animals since 1993.  She volunteered and worked at several facilities in NC before co-founding her own non-profit organization with partner Douglas Evans in 1999. She now serves as Executive Director of the Conservators' Center, Inc., which houses more than 80 animals, including eight species of wild cats. The Center houses some sanctuary animals and a few species of breeding animals, as well. They work with local colleges and universities to provide internships and training for people seeking animal-oriented careers, provide off-site educational programs, consult with other facilities in development and provide husbandry expertise to conservationists working in the field.
    Ms. Stinner has an NC Wildlife Rehabilitator's License, holds NC licenses to keep non-releasable native wildlife, and has completed several courses in the NC State Animal Response Team training program.  CCI manages the studbook for New Guinea Singing Dogs, and works internationally with other organizations to preserve these and other small carnivore species.
    Ms. Stinner and a group of other dedicated animal owners founded the NC Association of Exotic Animal Keepers and the NC Association of Zoos and Sanctuaries in response to proposed legislation to ban ownership of wild cats in NC.  These two groups are helping to pull together owners from across the state, allowing them to work toward the common goal of continuing ownership in spite of their individual differences.
    Ms. Stinner has served FCF previously as newsletter editor from 2001-2004. Thanks to the efforts of several active Board members, the newsletter grew during that time from and average 18 pages to more than 40 pages in each issue. She is also an assistant instructor for the Wild Feline Husbandry Course, written by FCF Directors to promote responsible private captive husbandry of wild cats.

Public Relations Director Dan Stockdale

      Dan Stockdale is a conservationist and exotic animal trainer who works with various endangered species.  When stories break involving exotic animals, he is the first call made by numerous national media outlets including Fox News, CNN Headline News, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and many others. 
   Dan’s credits include multiple appearances on Hannity & Colmes, Nancy Grace, Fox News Live, The Big Story with John Gibson and many, many more.  He has also served as an expert source for National Geographic, Good Morning America, and others. 
   In addition to his work with animals he has served as a corporate leader with over 1,000 employees and over $50 million in revenue.  Most recently, Dan is appearing during the summer of 2008 at Dollywood doing 20 shows per week with the American Eagle Foundation. 
   He is a graduate of Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and he completing a masters in communication at Austin Peay State University in 2008.  He is also the author of the book, “Taming Tigers”, now in its third printing, as well as numerous articles.  Dan is a uniter whose personal mission is to bring together divergent animal interests for the betterment and survival of endangered species.

Legislation Director Evelyn Shaw

    Evelyn Shaw is the current Director of Legislation for the Feline Conservation Federation. She owns a number of exotic animals including servals and a cougar. She has served on a number of political committees and works on a number of campaigns each year.
    Ms. Shaw is involved with Hunter and Lea's Project, which is a program to educate law enforcement and other first responders as to what they may encounter when dealing with exotic animals. She also assists with recapture and disaster plans.
   Ms. Shaw is a patient advocate for the department of pharmacy at a large Medical Center. She helps patients who cannot afford the care they need to treat cancer and other medical conditions. She is an advocate for teens with diabetes and assists teens with the education they need for dealing with diabetes. She is involved in "The Mission to Find a Cure" for juvenile diabetes and cancer, and volunteers at a local free clinic.
   She is married to Jim and has two children, Jeremy and Jamie. She is from a large family and is very devoted to them. Evelyn resides in Ohio to stay close to her parents, Verlin and Joyce.

Director of Development Deborah Rabinsky

    Ms. Rabinsky is no stranger to exotic cats, having been a member of the original Long Island Ocelot Club in the early 70s.  At that time Ms. was working with a zoo veterinarian part time. She assisted in bottle-feeding and the care of young leopard, cougar, lion and many small cats such as leopard cats and ocelots.
    Ms. Rabinsky accepted offer to design art glass for a gallery and her life took another turn. Today she works in the arts. Ms. Rabinsky has owned a gallery, worked for Lafayette College as an art curator and done cultural and city development. She has been on two city's mayor art councils, and worked in the Pennsylvania state Elm Street program as design chair.

Director of Marketing Robert Bean

    Robert Bean has been dealing working wild animals for 46 years and non-domestic felids 22 years.  He operates the Tennessee Nature Center, which has housed as many as 55 non-domestic cats comprised of over 13 different species. The TNC specializes in non-invasive research, documenting findings about these magnificent creatures to help them reproduce and live long and healthy lives.    
    Mr. Bean has served as Director of Advertising & Publicity, Chairman of the Convention Committee, and as a Life Director. He is a strong advocate of conservation of non-domestic felids through private possession.
    Mr. Bean served on the original facility accreditation committee that laid the foundation for an accreditation program for FCF.  Presently Mr. Bean serves on the Conservation Committee, reviewing research grant requests and helping FCF support conservation of non-domestic felids in captivity (ex-situ) and in the wild (in-situ).