Dr. Guy Baldassarre is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the wildlife science program at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.  He teaches courses in waterfowl ecology and management, wetland ecology, and wetland wildlife ecology and management.He received his B.S. at the University of Maine, M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and PhD (1982) from Texas Tech University.  Guy is a past Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Wildlife Management, author of Waterfowl Ecology and Management, and editor of Conservation Biology of Flamingos, a special publication of the Waterbirds Society

Dr. Richard Malecki has recently retired from 30 years of service with the U.S. Department of
Interior as the Assistant Leader in Wildlife with the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit located at Cornell University.  He received his B.S. from Cornell University, and his M.S. and PhD from the University of Missouri.  Rich is a leading authority in the use of satellite technology to monitor waterfowl species, in addition to his expertise in the development of breeding ground surveys for waterfowl and the use of mark-recapture methodologies for population assessment.  Rich is experienced in evaluating and managing wetland habitat for waterfowl and marsh birds, wetland plant ecology, and biological control methods for invasive plant species.