ELIZABETH PYNCHON MALLORY

Born: Greenwich, Connecticut, 18 February 1951. Elected: 2002. (Councilor, 2013–16). Education: Ohio Wesleyan University, Dept. of Zoology, BA (ornithology), 1975. Dartmouth College, Dept. of Biology (ecological, behavioral and evolutionary adaptations of migratory birds), PhD, 1981. Vocation: Scientist and teacher. Visiting Assistant Professor (biology), Boston University, 2007; Visiting Assistant

Professor (biology), Wheaton College (Norton, Massachusetts), 2005–06; Visiting Instructor (biology), Bridgewater State College, fall 2004; Senior Scientist, Regional Conservation Planning Program, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (MCCS), 2001–05; Landscape Ecologist and GIS Specialist, MCCS, 1999–2001; Part-time Consultant, MCCS, 1997–98; Principal Ecologist, Programme for Belize (pro bono), 1990–92; Senior Scientist, Manomet Bird Observatory (MBO, subsequently MCCS), 1983–96; Director, Field Biology Training Program, MBO, 1985–87; Visiting Assistant Professor (biology), Kenyon College, 1980–83; Interim Associate Provost, Kenyon College, 1981–82. Memberships: Association of Field Ornithologists (Councilor, 1987–1990). Awards: American Ornithologists’ Union Student Membership Award for outstanding students in ornithology, 1976. Publications: Approximately forty journal articles, scientific papers, chapters and invited presentations primarly concerning shorebirds and birds of Belize. Activities: Field research in Churchill, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Panama, and Belize. Research topics include Whimbrel and Semipalmated Plover; shorebird migration; Scarlet Macaws in Belize; forest dynamics, bird communities and bird species distributions in northwest Belize; impacts of forestry on tropical forest bird communities; spatial interpretation of colonial waterbird nesting sites; regional conservation planning in southeast Massachusetts.