Greenwood Wildlife Board of Directors

Benny Carreon
Linda Chameroy, President
Cindy Delozier
Sherry Ellms, Vice President
Art Gneiser
Dr. Alison Hazel, Secretary
Ed McCabe
Michelle Myers, Board Treasurer
Brian Schnall
Casey Whisenhunt

Benny Carreon

Benny is the CEO and founder of GrayBear Resources Group, a telecommunications consulting firm that serves companies throughout the US and Canada. Graybear helps clients reduce costs, streamline efficiencies and plan for future needs.

Benny's love of the outdoors and wildlife began in his youth, growing up in his native Michigan, and was a primary reason for moving with his wife and son to Colorado in March of 2007. He previously lived in Nashville, TN and Orlando, FL. Benny received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Florida.

Linda Chameroy, President

Originally from Michigan, Linda moved to Colorado from New York in 1972 because she loves the outdoors, the mountains and the wildlife. When Linda heard about Greenwood Wildlife in 1997, she quickly started volunteering, ecstatic that she could now help the injured and orphaned wildlife that she had enjoyed watching for so many years.

She has dedicated many hours to the care and feeding of wildlife and her favorite, the baby birds. It is most rewarding to her to see them released back into the wild. In addition Linda began to serve as the volunteer bookkeeper for Greenwood in 2001 and joined the Board of Directors in November, 2004.

After a brief respite, she returned to animal care in February, 2006, the volunteer bookkeeper again in May, 2007, and as Treasurer on the Board of Directors in February, 2008.

Linda operated her own bookkeeping/accounting business for 20 years before retiring in July, 2001. Golf has replaced skiing as her favorite sport. She and her husband, her high school sweetheart, live in Niwot. They spend a lot of time traveling, kayaking and camping with their two golden retrievers.

Sherry Ellms, Vice President

Sherry Ellms earned her Master's Degree in Environment Leadership from Naropa University in Boulder, CO in 2002. Also, she has her California Teaching Credential, K - 9 and adult education from the California State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California.

Since 2002, Ms. Ellms has served as the Assistant Professor at Naropa University teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in the Environmental Studies Department, the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Department and the on-line Master's in Transpersonal Psychology Program.

In addition, Ms. Ellms is the Contemplative Practice Coordinator for Naropa University. From 1990 to 2002, she served as the Dean of Students at Naropa University. She has also served as the Administrator/Teacher for the Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, Colorado; Director of the Lafayette Community Child Care Center in Washington, D.C., Director of The Children's Place in Santa Monica, California, and Co-founder and Teacher, Pluralistic School #1 in Santa Monica, California.

Art Gneiser (Walter Arthur Gneiser Jr.)

Art was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan. He attended the University of Colorado, graduating in 1959 with an Engineering Physics degree. After spending seven years working as an aerospace engineer in the mid-west, he moved his family back to Boulder in 1966.

While in the Boulder area he worked for Ball Aerospace. Art moved to Maui in 1987, to work at the observatory on top of Mount Haleakala, finishing his 37 year career as an aerospace engineer. He retired and came back to Boulder with his wife Nancy in 1996.

Art had two children, Natalie and Jeffery. In 1983, Natalie (22) was killed by a car in Boulder while rescuing an injured animal. The donations at Natalie's funeral were given to the Boulder Humane Society and used to help fund a wildlife rehabilitation center behind the Humane Society. Initially named after Natalie, it is now known as the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Art intends devoting the rest of his life to supporting Greenwood.

Alison M. Hazel, DVM

Dr. Alison Hazel has been involved in wildlife rehabilitation for over 20 years. Her first involvement began in 1987 as a volunteer at the Lifeline for Wildlife Center in White Plains, New York. She continued working in rehabilitation as the Assistant Manager of the University of California at Davis Raptor Center from 1988-1989.

Dr. Hazel then pursued a degree in Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, where she concentrated in small animal medicine including exotics and wildlife medicine. She was the co-supervisor of the Avian Clinic, which is now the Cornell Wildlife Center, and worked with local rehabilitators while she was a veterinary student. Her internship during school was at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center helping to provide veterinary care to a wide range of raptors and other large avian species.

After veterinary school, Dr. Hazel worked in upstate New York at Liverpool Animal Health Center, practicing small animal medicine and providing local rehabilitators with veterinary services including radiographs, surgery, and wildlife medicine. She purchased the practice with a partner in 1996 and grew the business to a 6 doctor, 30 employee veterinary hospital. In 1998 she was voted Wildlife Veterinary of the Year for New York State.

Dr. Hazel also served on the New York State Falconry Advisory Board from 2000-2005 and joined the board of directors for Kindred Kingdoms in 2000. Kindred Kingdoms is a well-run rehabilitation center in Pennelville, New York that sees about 800 animals a year--including bear cubs and raptors.

Currently, Dr. Hazel is a member of the Colorado and New York Wildlife Rehabilitation Councils, International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, American Veterinary Medicine Association, and the Association of Avian Veterinarians. She relocated to Colorado in 2005 and works as a relief veterinarian in practices in and around Golden.

Edward B. McCabe, M.D.

Dr. McCabe was born in Colorado Springs and received both his undergraduate and M.D. degrees from the University of Colorado. He was board certified in pediatrics and was in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin from 1970 to 2003.

Ed returned to Boulder in 2003. He was on the Board of Directors of Blue Sky Bridge for five years, the Medicine Horse Program for two years, and has been active with Greenwood since January of 2004. He has served on the Greenwood Board since 2007. He and his wife, Pixie, have six grown children.

Michelle Myers, Board Treasurer

Michelle is a CPA at Kingsbery-Baris-Vogel-Nuttall CPA's and Advisors in Boulder, CO. She moved to Colorado in October 2007, after spending 6 years in the Phoenix Metro area and growing up in Flagstaff, AZ.

Michelle has a Bachelors of Science in Accountancy from Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.

Michelle has always loved animals and being in the outdoors. Her favorite outdoor activities include camping, fishing, hiking, and four wheeling. She volunteered at Liberty Wildlife in Scottsdale, AZ while in college and participated in their orphan baby bird care program for two summers.

Brian Schnall

Brian is a lawyer with Faegre & Benson in Denver, CO. Brian concentrates his practice in general corporate and business counseling, mergers and acquisitions, and franchise and distribution law.

Brian is regularly involved in advising clients on a broad range of general corporate and business matters, including entity choice and formation, corporate governance issues, entity dissolutions, and corporate reorganizations. He has extensive experience representing buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions that have involved a wide variety of structures and circumstances. Brian advises clients on applicable laws and regulations, and helps develop successful dispute resolution strategies.

Before law school, Brian worked for American Rivers, a national conservation organization dedicated to river protection and restoration.

Casey Whisenhunt

Casey Whisenhunt has Bachelor of Science degrees in Fish and Wildlife Management and Business Marketing from Montana State University. He was born in Montana into a ranching and farming family and his exposure to wildlife as a young person resulted in a life long fascination with all animals. This passion for wildlife eventually drew him to the worthwhile efforts of Greenwood.

Casey worked for the US Forest Service during the summers and taught skiing in the winter for the years he was in college. After graduation, he went to work for a large banking firm, which brought him to Colorado in 1991. He currently works for Valley Bank and Trust in Lyons as the Branch President and a Commercial Lender.

Casey's second passion is to travel, and whenever possible, he has combined the two interests to develop friendships with people abroad who have an interest in wildlife conservation. He has been active for years in the British Deer Society and also maintains contacts in Austria and France with like-minded outdoors people.

Casey lives in Louisville with his wife, Susan, daughter Kalene, plus two cats, a dog, and numerous fish and amphibians.