IATCB - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Secretary & Treasurer, Social Media Coordinator

Kelly graduated with from the University of Georgia with a double major of Animal and Dairy Science. She began working at the Birmingham Zoo in 2005. Her career started as a part time keeper working in the Children's Zoo Barn. Six months later she was hired into a full time roll. Working and training animals for the wild life shows and educating the public quickly became her passion. In 2010 the Animal Programs and Interpretation Department was formed at the zoo and it was an easy decision on where her heart fell. She managed this department for 5 years and worked hard to have a mixed species shows including free flight birds. She chaired the Animal Training Committee and Interpretive Committees for the zoo. In 2018 she moved to Athens, Georgia where she is the Zoo Coordinator for Bear Hollow Zoo. Kelly is a Certified Interpretive Guide and uses her skills as an interpreter to educate and inform the public on the importance of conservation.

Job Titles:

• Chairman
• Consultant
• President

Kimm Hunt is a pet behavior consultant who works with shelters, rescues, and owners in the Atlanta area. She started working in companion animal welfare and behavior in 1989. She's taught teens in substance abuse treatment to train shelter dogs, training and behavior workshops for animal welfare professionals, and companion animal sciences to homeschooled students. She has a B.S. in Animal Sciences from the University of Illinois, studied Public Services Management at DePaul University, and is currently working on a Master's degree in Clinical Animal Behavior at the University of Edinburgh.

Job Titles:

• General Board Member
• Robin Ryan, CPBT - KA, CPAT - KA, CIG - T

Robin has been working with ambassador animals since 2008. She is currently the Manager of Ambassador Animal Experiences at the Dallas Zoo. During her time at the Dallas Zoo, she helped develop their ambassador cheetah program, starred in themed animal shows, and opened the Wild Encounters stage experience. At the start of her career Robin was nervous around birds, but through training and time she has found them to be some of her favorite animals to train, educate guests about, and observe. Robin took the CPBT-KA exam in 2019 after a guiding push from her director and has been encouraging team members along the same path. The reading materials and study guides really help develop great training thought processes! Robin has an irrational (to some) love for vultures and sharks and and irrational (to all) fear of dinosaurs. In her free times she loves traveling, paddle boarding, biking, SCUBA, and general adventures.

Job Titles:

• Owner and Founder of Avian

Sid Price is the owner and founder of Avian Ambassadors based in Tijeras, New Mexico and is a past-president of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE). He served on the board of directors of IAATE from 2003 to 2013.