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Officers & Board
Leadership
Officers and Board of Directors National Bird Show
National Bird show Board consisits of 16 elected Board members. One Corporate representive and currently 2 Honorary Board members. Each year 4 incumbent Board members are up for election and run against the members that are nominated from the floor at the annual General meeting.
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FRANK HORAN, NY
Security/Youth and Scholarship coordinator/Awards/Set up & Tear down/Registration Table
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ROBERT WILD, IL
1st Vice-President
Historian/Commercial Vendors/Signage/Special Recognition/Future Show Sites
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DANIEL MALDONADO, CT
Membership/Venue/Song Canaries/Facebook/Social Media/Event Photos
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JACOB FIPPS, NC
Youth Division/Security-Checking IN/Check OUT/Storage
jacobfipps@gmail.com
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​DEBBIE EATON, TX
Treasurer/Advanced
Registration/Website/Special
Recognition
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WENDY
EDWARDS, NC
2nd Vice-President
Catalog/Catalog Advertising/Publicity/Show Advertising/Facebook/Scannell Award Judging
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JOSH MAPLE, NC
Banquet/Hospitality Auction Coordinator/Judges Coordinator
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NANCY WILSON, TX
Secretary/Commercial Sponsor Exhibits/Sale Bird Area
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ALAN DEAN,
Sponsorships of Division, Section
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Security-Checking IN/Check
OUT/Scannell Award Judging
3 year term
LISA HOLMES, TX
Website/NBS Store/Judges Coordinator
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JASON GUTIEREZ,
NJ
Security-Checking IN/Check OUT/Manager/
Setup/Clean Up Team/Event Photos
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LAURA BEWLEY, OK
President/Newsletter/Facebook/
Commercial Sponsor Exhibits
Awards/Bird Sales Room Liaison
Banquet hall and hospitality/Storage/Incentives/Gifts/Memorabilia
lbewley@yahoo.com
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DEAN REYES, FL
Higgins Corporate Sponsor Representative/Corporate Exhibits
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dreyes@higginspremium.com
VICKI MEYER, NC
Publicity/Show Advertising
fflightmedic@yahoo.com
JIM PICKEL, KS
Sponsorships of Division,Section/Special Recognition/Security-Checking IN/Check OUT
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VICKI PICKEL, KS
Show Secretary/Scannell Coordinator/Show Statistics/Event Photos
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HENRY VELA, TX
Security-Checking IN/Check OUT
Fund Raising (Support Committee)/Hospitality (for Staff)
hvela30@hotmail.com
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NBS Election Rotation
2026 Robert Wild
Alan Dean
Wendy Edwards
Jason Gutierrez
2027 Henry Vela
Josh Maple
Laura Bewley
Jacob Fipps
2028 Frank Horan
Jim Pickel
Debbie Eaton
Lisa Holmes
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2029 Danny Maldonado
Vicki Meyer
Vicki Pickel
Nancy Wilson
Departed Honorary
Board Members
BONNIE CAIN
HAROLD SODAMAN
CHARLIE ANCHOR
IGNACIO PEREA