TGF's
Board of Directors is the primary governing body
Julie Weiss Murad (President)
Julie Weiss Murad is the President and Founder
of the Foundation. She has been involved with companion parrots for
nearly thirty years. She is a national avian behaviorist based in
Colorado. Ms. Murad has worked with a number of retailers, breeders,
students, aviculturists, manufacturers, companion parrot "owners"
and veterinarians to promote an educated awareness of the many needs
of companion parrots. Ms. Murad is a long-time member of the
American Federation of Aviculture, International Aviculture Society,
Avicultural Society of America, Rocky Mountain Society of
Aviculture, Colorado Avian Resource, Inc., the Association of Avian
Veterinarians, The World Parrot Trust, The American Bird
Conservancy, The Cockatoo Society, Australian Parrot Society, and
The Animal Behavior Society. She is a also a member and delegate of
The Amazona Society, as well as associate editor of the Amazona
Quarterly. She is also co-chair of Standards and Education/Liaison
committees of the World Parrot Welfare Alliance and serves as a
member of the Rescue and Sanctuary committee of the Association of
Avian Veterinarians.
Sharon Sidell (Secretary)
Ms. Sharon Sidell is the Secretary of the
Foundation and has been on the Board of Directors for five years.
Sharon received her doctorate in the field of organizational
psychology and for many years was involved in corporate hospital
management. In 1996 she began her own partnership consulting firm
specializing in psychiatric managed care medical practices, running
hospital and nursing home units in the Chicago area. Ms. Sidell also
is a co-owner of several restaurant ventures in Chicago, and is
active in social and animal welfare issues. She shares her home with
3 parrots.
Shauna Roberts (Director)
Allen Roberts(Director)
Kathleen Szabo (Director)
Jerry LaBonde, MS, DVM (Director)
Gabrielle Stodd (Director)
Rita Sambruna (Director)
Maryellen Tison (Director)
Virginia Smerlinski
(Director)
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