Executive Director Lynn Culver
   Lynn Culver has previously served as FCF president, legal affairs director,  secretary/treasurer and life director. 
    Ms. Culver is a nationally recognized feline husbandry consultant, with over two decades of feline breeding, hand rearing, behavior study and species management experience.
    The Culver's USDA licensed facility specializes in small cat species. They manage a significant population of Geoffroy's cats, as well as other North American and African small cat species. 
    Under the recent leadership of President Lynn Culver, the FCF improved membership services, Journal content and quality, and built a solid reputation with legislators and the feline community as an organization dedicated to conservation and managed captive husbandry. Membership in the FCF grew by 40% and international activities and participation in global conservation efforts is at an all time high.
    The newly created Executive Director position is responsible for implementation of policies set by the Board of Directors, as well as annual goals and objectives, and financial, program, and administrative management of the corporation.
    The executive director serves as an ex-officio member on the Board of Directors and facilitates the work of the Board and its committees by developing resource materials, providing appropriate information, reports, and assistance to committee chairpersons as necessary.

President Kevin Chambers
    Kevin 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.

Vice President Patty Perry
     Patty Perry was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has a broad spectrum, entrepreneurial business background. Ms. Perry has successfully devoted significant time to a wide variety of fundraising efforts during her lifetime. She has worked and traveled internationally on many of her projects.
     Ms. Perry established an Arabian horse breeding business in 1981 that concentrated on breeding superior individuals from stock she imported from all over the world. This experience led her into the world of wildlife.
     For the past decade Ms. Perry has been devoted to rehabilitation of wildlife and educating the public. Ms. Perry has extensive experience with raptors as well as mammals, including felines. Ms. Perry established a non-profit organization that focuses on conservation education using animals as varied as eagles to tigers. 

 Treasurer Marilin Antle
     Marilin Antle holds a degree in Neuropsychology from Antioch University in Seattle. As a young woman, she owned and operated a commercial cow/calf operation, and later, a quarter horse breeding facility, where she managed the husbandry, breeding and record keeping of large herds of cattle and then, quarter horses. Ms. Antle founded and ran Creative Beginnings, a private school for talented and gifted children and created the curriculum for the school, based on hands on experience and interconnected learning, the end result being advanced and accelerated education.

    For the past 28 years Ms. Antle has also been involved with T.I.G.E.R.S., the organization started by her son, Bhagavan Antle. Ms. Antle has cared for and maintained a variety of wildlife species at T.I.G.E.R.S. and spent endless time, over nearly three decades, talking to and educating the public about the importance of exotic felines. Ms. Antle has experiences with politicians and lobbyists discussing the importance of private ownership.    

    Ms. Antle joins the FCF board of directors as treasurer with decades of accounting experience from her long business career.  

 Conservation Director Patrick Callahan
    Patrick Callahan, an Ohio native, joined the Cincinnati Zoo in 1981, and today is the head keeper of Cats. During his career at the zoo he has gained valuable experience with husbandry and breeding of over a dozen species of small cats, as well as the big cats.
    Mr. Callahan’s employment in an AZA institution zoo gains him knowledge of the challenges of long term genetic management of captive gene pools. His advice and guidance will help the FCF organization lead its members to better manage their feline collections to insure long-term sustainability and maximum genetic diversity.
    Previously Mr. Callahan was employed with the Ohio Division of Wildlife Forest Game Research Project as a Conservation Aide, and he also worked for Lion Country Safari.
    Mr. Callahan has traveled to Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa for the Zoo and on his own for the cats. He is especially interested in working with FCF Conservation Advisor Jim Sanderson on support of in-situ Conservation for felines.

Legislation Director Robert Johnson
   Robert Johnson has been employed at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species for the past fourteen years. He is also in the doctoral program at California Coast University, currently working on a dissertation in animal behavior.
   Mr. Johnson is an accomplished animal trainer, working big cats on set for National Geographic, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and Disney. He is also a professional wildlife educator who has presented over 5,000 live educational wildlife shows at numerous venues around the world.
   Mr. Johnson has traveled to other continents to observe and study felids in their natural environments. He has tracked mating pairs of leopards in African bush veldt and followed jaguarundi through rainforests of Central America.
   Mr. Johnson has also traveled to Thailand to assist in Southeast Asian tiger conservation.
   Mr. Johnson is a state and federally licensed falconer. His licenses for raptors and involvement with endangered felines have afforded him direct interaction with lawmakers, government officials, lobbyists and ruling governmental bodies at both the state and federal level.   

Director Teresa Shaffer
    Teresa Shaffer is married to Scott and they have two grown children. For the past eight years Ms. Shaffer has been employed as a nurse for a naturopathic physician, before that, she worked as a nurse at a cancer center.
    Ms. Shaffer's husband Scott left his job at General Motors to build their animal education and outreach company, giving educational programs and events.
    The Shaffers also breed serval, caracal and jungle cats. Ms. Shaffer is dedicated to conservation and protecting the rights of Americans to own exotics responsibly.