Tom Lacerda

Major Tom has an extensive knowledge of survival skills, especially those used by various military outfits, and an impressive botanical knowledge. Tom went on to work with the Great Basin Institute and Nevada Conservation Corps as a fall restoration crew member and now holds Summer Teaching and Field Instructor internships with the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 

Amber Wichtendahl

Amber has an impressive botanical knowledge and great experience with radio-tracking wild birds. After Proyecto Carpintero, Amber accepted a position with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program.

Spencer Schubert (photo courtesy H. M. Garrod)

Spencer loves psittacines and has a general interest in cavity-nesting birds, using his experience with technical tree-climbing and wild-bird monitoring to work on both. After Proyecto Carpintero, he went to work on various projects and eventually earned his Ph.D. at Old Dominion University, advised by Eric Walters. 

Holly Garrod

Holly has extensive experience and training in mist-net operation and the banding and processing of birds. Holly went on to work for and run loads of different banding operations and earned her M.S. at Villanova University (with Bob Curry) studying Hispaniola's two endemic tody species.