David Gorsline (Atlantic Flyway)

David Gorsline has volunteered since 1993 in the nest box program at Huntley Meadows Park to support Fairfax County, Virginia’s cavity-nesting ducks. A veteran software developer, he has been building applications for the web for more than 20 years. He has wrangled HTML for community theater web sites; co-wrote a blogging tool for radio journalists; edits scientists’ biographies for Wikipedia; and is an online transcriber of historical bird migration data and herbarium specimen labels. David holds a degree in mathematics and economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bill Hartwig (Atlantic Flyway)

Bill served over 30 years with the Federal government including 3 years military service (1 year in Viet Nam), the remaining years in the Department of the Interior with positions within the US Fish and Wildlife Service, including Chief of Realty and Secretary to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, Regional Director Midwest Region, Assistant Director, and Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Rebekah Knight (Mississippi Flyway)

Rebekah Knight has been drawing animals for fun as long as she can remember, but she knew that it was to be her profession when “Morning Swim,” featuring a Redhead drake, was chosen as the winner of the 2006-2007 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest when she was 15 years old (as Rebekah Nastav). She still likes to enter the Federal Duck Stamp Contest each year. The program has greatly expanded her knowledge and appreciation of waterfowl and wildlife conservation. Rebekah’s work has had the honor of being featured on the 2006-07 Federal Junior Duck Stamp, the 2011 Nevada State Duck Stamp, the 2013 and 2018 National Duck Stamp Collectors Society Stamp; and she placed second in the 2016 Federal Duck Stamp contest.

Rebekah also had the privilege of being a featured artist in The Million Dollar Duck (2016), a suspenseful feature length documentary about the unique world behind the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, directed and produced by Brian Golden Davis.

Barbara Volkle – President (Atlantic Flyway)

Barbara has been active in National Wildlife Refuge Friends groups since 1989, serving for 10 years as president of the Friends of Assabet River NWR. She has also been an active board member of watershed organizations, with a focus on invasive species. After a career in the IT industry, she started MASSBIRD, an email list for Massachusetts birders and is former president and current board member of the Brookline Bird Club.