Cheryl McCormick, Executive Director, American Cetacean Society (ACS)

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Executive Director
Location Carmel, California, United States
Introduction SUNY Plattsburgh; UGA Geography; UGA Institute of Ecology Alumna; ACS Executive Director...wildland runner.
Interests Distance running, hiking in the Big Sur and Santa Lucia region of Central CA, chess tactics and strategy, endurance cycling, reading, writing, non-profit conservation management, environmental policy and justice, traveling, geneaology, politics, citizen science/research interface, Sudden Oak Death, international conservation policy.
Favorite Movies Whale Rider, Jaws, The Godfather, Downfall, Waking Ned Devine
Favorite Music Benny More, Segio Mendez, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Clara Nunez, Edith Piaf, Peter Gabriel, Neko Case, Cowboy Junkies, Jack Johnson, Pearl Jam, Yo Yo Ma, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, N.E.R.D., Henry Mancini, Al Green, Badfinger, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Debussy, Art of Noise, Tori Amos, Sting, Buena Vista Social Club, Afro-Celt Sound System, The Cheiftans, Capercallie, Sting, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Paul Simon, The Who... too many to list!
Favorite Books The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (David Quamman), Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (Romeo Dallaire), Moby Dick (Herman Melville), We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (Phillip Gourevitch), Gorillas in the Mist (Diane Fossey), Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins (Joan MacIntyre) -- whew!... too many to list.