Members of the Steering Committee for SCB's 2006 annual meeting represent an array of geographic regions, professional affiliations, and disciplines. Collectively, the Steering Committee has expertise in areas including but not limited to terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecology; journalism; and social sciences.

Erica Fleishman (Chair)	Stanford University, California, USA
Jon Christensen	Palo Alto, California, USA
Philippe Cohen	Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University, California, USA
Don Croll	University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Kurt Eckerstrom	Society for Conservation GIS
Elise Granek	Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Lynn Huntsinger	University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Paula Kahumbu	Mombassa, Kenya
Thomas McCarthy	International Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, USA
Susan Miller	Society for Conservation GIS
Reed Noss	University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Sarah Reichard	University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Jon Paul Rodriguez	Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela
Mark Schwartz	University of California, Davis, California, USA
Mike Scott	University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
Javier Simonetti	Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Alan Thornhill	Society for Conservation Biology, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Jim Tolisano	New York, New York, USA
Steve Trombulak	Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Brian Williams	San Jose, California, USA
David Zippin	Jones & Stokes, San Jose, California, USA

We also thank the following individuals for contributing substantially to the diversity, success, and fun of the meeting program and logistics.

Karim Al-Khafaji	Volunteer Coordinator
Cynthia Barakatt	Communications
Nancy Baron	Communications
Jessica Brown	Communications
Nora Bynum	Meeting Program
Kelly Cash	Communications
John Cigliano	Marine Advisor
Charles Convis	Society for Conservation GIS and ESRI
Gwenaele Coat	Logistics
Debbie Drake Dunne	Communications
Barry Gold	Meeting Program
Autumn-Lynn Harrison	Communications
John Du Vall Hay	Travel Awards
Salina Heppell	Marine Advisor
Mac Hunter	Meeting Program
Dave Johnston	Meeting Logo
Graham Kerley	Travel Awards
Rick Knight	Meeting Program and Social Events
Martin Main	Meeting Program and Social Events
Michael Mantell	Meeting Program
Mike Mascia	Social Science Advisor
Gary Meffe	Meeting Program and Social Events
Curt Meine	Meeting Program and Social Events
John Ogden	Marine Advisor
Lisa Pierce	Society for Conservation GIS
Phil Pister	Meeting Program and Social Events
Kent Redford	Meeting Program and Social Events
Scott Rehmus	Meeting Program
Nick Salafsky	Meeting Program
Rich Wallace	Social Science Advisor
Ken Wilson	Meeting Program
Erika Zavaleta	Meeting Program