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Ernest D. Prentice, Ph.D.
Dr. Prentice is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He is also Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Professor of Preventive and Societal Medicine. Dr. Prentice has served as co-chair of the UNMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) for over 23 years, and served as cochair of the UNMC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for 12 years.

Molly Greene
Ms. Greene retired from her position of Director of the Department of Academic support at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2003. A major area of responsibility was the University's continued compliance and accreditation for the use of animals in biomedical research and education. In this capacity, Ms. Greene served as coordinator of the Health Science Center's institutional animal care program from 1986-2003. Ms. Greene is an advisor on IACUC issues and provides IACUC training since leaving the Health Science Center.

Kurt Hammel, D.V.M.
Dr. Hammel is a Veterinary Medical Officer with USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and Animal Care. He inspects animal dealers, exhibitors, and research facilities in Michigan for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act.

Peter R. Kirsten, D.V.M., B.S., B.A.
Dr. Kirsten was a field Veterinary Medical Officer for Indiana prior to becoming the Supervisory Animal Care Specialist for several states in the Midwest. He has supervisory responsibility for ten inspectors, six Veterinary Medical Officers, and four Animal Care Inspectors in Michigan, Ohio and part of West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

Paul G. Schofield, M.Ed., B.A.
Detective Schofield is a 33 year veteran of the Michigan State University Police Department. His professional duties have included uniformed patrol, Community Police Officer, D.A.R.E. officer, fraud investigator, defensive tactics instructor, firearms instructor, emergency and pursuit driving consultant, Highway Traffic Safety adjunct professor, and physical security and alarm specialist. Detective Schofield received several Life Saving awards, a Meritorious Service Award, the Lansing Community College's Community Leadership and Service Award, and the Michigan State University's Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award.

Joseph D. Thulin, D.V.M., M.S., DACLAM
Dr. Thulin is attending Veterinarian and Manager, Veterinary Services Department, 3M Health Care Business, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously directed animal resource units at the University of Connecticut Health Center, University of Wisconsin Medical School, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Thulin is board certified in laboratory animal medicine and currently serves on the AAALAC International Council on Accreditation.

Kathryn Wiklanski, M.P.A., B.A.
Ms. Wiklanski is Coordinator of Research Animal Standards and Staff Development in the Office of the University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals (UCUCA) at the University of Michigan. Her career includes research experience in pharmacology/toxicology at a biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Axel Wolff, D.V.M., M.S.
Dr. Wolff currently serves as a Senior Assurance Officer in the Division of Assurances, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is a Commissioned Officer in the US Public Health Service and has attained the rank of Captain. Prior to joining OLAW, he was the director of the Veterinary Resources Program, NIH's intramural biomedical research support program. Dr. Wolff serves on the editorial board of Lab Animal.