Gerry Brevoort has been birding for fun for about 20 years. Now that she has launched her own kids and is an empty-nester, she wants to share her love of the great outdoors with other young people — the future stewards of this beautiful planet! Gerry is a school secretary by day and enthusiastically volunteers with Columbus Audubon and the Ohio Young Birders Club in her free time.
Darlene Sillick loves to give a hoot for nature, conservation and education with anyone who will listen. She is also called the Bluebird Lady and has done many conservation projects in the central Ohio area. She loves birding by kayak and volunteers at Ohio Wildlife Center where she has over 20 years working with raptors. She is a trustee with Columbus Audubon, an advisor with OYBC and is the CA Program and Field Trip Coordinator. In her day job, Darlene is Executive Assistant to the CIO at Cardinal Health.
Susan Setterlin’s passion for all things natural started at a young age as she enjoyed her hikes thru the woods near her home. After taking time off from college to raise a family, she entered college (at the same time as her sons!) with a degree in environmental education in her sites. Before she graduated she volunteered for the Ohio Wildlife Center, Columbus Zoo and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church where she shared her interest and passion for nature with children and adults. After graduation, work with the education department at the Columbus Zoo allowed her to further her career in environmental education for 12 years. During that time, she also became a certified facilitator for Project Wild, Project Wet, Project Learning Tree and the Leopold Education Project training educators how to turn on kids to the out of doors. Susan became active in Columbus Audubon by serving on its board and education chairperson and eventually OYBC as an advisor. “There are two things that interest me: Peoples’ relationship with each other and peoples’ relationship to land”. (Aldo Leopold). Susan’s passion to connect people with nature exemplifies Aldo Leopold’s principle of a “land ethic”.
