Session Speakers

Catherine Appling-Pooler

National Deer Alliance

Director of Policy

Fred Bird

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Manager, Northeastern States

Kevin Bruce

Arena Offshore

Vice President, Government Affairs

David Cresson

Coastal Conservation Association - Louisiana

Executive Director / CEO

John Daniel

National Trappers Association

President

Wade Dubea

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Louisiana State Forester and Assistant Commissioner of Forestry

Gene Gilliand

B.A.S.S.

B.A.S.S. National Conservation Director

Nick Green

Nimrod Society

Director of Communications and Marketing

Kent Keene

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Senior Manager, Midwestern and Western States and Agriculture Policy

Regina Lennox

Safari Club International

Litigation and Governance Counsel

Chris Macaluso

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Director of the Center for Marine Fisheries

Robert Matthews

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Assistant Manager, Great Lakes States

Brent Miller

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Vice President, Policy

Colin Schmitt

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Madison Sheahan

State of Louisiana

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Chuck Sykes

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Director of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries

Jason Wisniewski

Fur Takers of America

President

Rusty Berry

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Assistant State Wildlife Veterinarian

Charlie Booher

Watershed Results

Consultant

Matt Cleland

USDA Wildlife Services

State Director

John Culclasure

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Director, Forest Policy

Moriah Day

National Shooting Sports Foundation

Director of Government Relations

Mark Duda

Responsive Management

Founder and Executive Director

Joe Goergen

Jamma International

Head of International Policy & Advocacy

Torrey Grimes

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

General Counsel

Darren L. LaSorte

National Shooting Sports Foundation

Director, Government Relations-State Affairs

Mike Leonard

American Sportfishing Association

Vice President, Government Affairs

J.J. Manser

National Alliance of Forest Owners

Director of Government Relations and State Outreach

Bryan McClinton

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Undersecretary

Nate Pamplin

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Director of External Affairs

Kelby Seanor

National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action

State Director for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana

Dave Smith

Louisiana State University

PhD Student

John Walther

Coastal Conservation Association

Vice President / Habitat Chairman

Representative Jerome Zeringue

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Connor Bevan

American Sportfishing Association

Inland Fisheries Policy Manager

Representative Pat Brennan

Vermont Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus

Vermont State Representative

Jeff Crane

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

President & CEO

James Cummins

Wildlife Mississippi

Executive Director

John Devney

Delta Waterfowl

Senior Vice President of Policy

Daniel Edgar

History Channel

"Creole Patriarch" / TV Personality

Representative Jeff Goley

National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses

President

Chris Horton

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Senior Director, Fisheries Policy

Mark Lance

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Southeastern States Coordinator

Shannon Lott

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Natural Resources Deputy Director

Russ Mason

University of Minnesota

Advisor to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

Sean McLelland

Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation

Executive Director

Ed Penny

Ducks Unlimited

Southern Region's Director of Public Policy

Catherine Semcer

Dallas Safari Club

Conservation Biologist

Tom Spezze

National Wild Turkey Federation

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Brandon Wear

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Deputy Director of Field Operations