(9/15/23)

By Scott Ball, TBW Editor

It was great to see the roughly 120 smiling faces who attended the 2023 ACI Conference in Stateline, Nev. A big thank you to Aaron Meier and the staff of the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife for the hospitality and programming.

New ACI officers: Blake Podhajsky, President, Joanne Martonik, Secretary; Aaron Meier, Vice President. (Not pictured: Judy Stokes Weber, Treasurer.)

At the Business Meeting, the membership elected a new slate of officers and four new members.

Congratulations to ACI’s new officers:

President – Blake Podhajsky (Oklahoma)
Vice President – Aaron Meier (Nevada)
Secretary – Joanne Martonik (RBFF)
Treasurer – Judy Stokes Weber

And to new members of the Board of Directors:

Brent Drinkut (Indiana)
Bobby Jones (Nevada)
Beth Quillian (Oregon)
Paige Pearson (Virginia)

The directors will serve three-year terms. Paige Pearson will serve the final year of Joanne Martonik’s vacated position.

New Board members: Brent Drinkut, Beth Quillian, Bobby Jones, Paige Pearson.

Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Kay Ellerhoff Spirit of ACI Award – Aaron Meier.

If you haven’t seen them yet, check out the Photo Gallery from this year’s conference. Thank you to the following for sharing your photos: Scott Ball, Don Brown, Dan Dennison, Faith Jolley, Heather Lose, Carol Lyn Parrish, Billy Pope.

Also, if you returned home, looked at your session notes a week later, and couldn’t make sense of what you wrote, we can help! Several presenters have made their PowerPoint presentations available for your reference and use. Just go to the Conferences page to see which presentations have been posted.

Aaron Meier, winner of the Kay Ellerhoff Spirit of ACI Award