Board of Directors: Bios
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Treasurer – Christine Shelton (Formerly Christine Rowe):
Christine’s love of the reef began in 2000 on a snorkeling expedition to Key West, Florida. Today, she has a 180 gallon and a 120 gallon mixed reef while her son maintains his own 29 gallon nanotank. Meanwhile, Christine recently celebrated her 22nd year as the Office Manager of a small specialty accounting firm in the beautiful foothills of Central Virginia giving her the chance to pass on her accounting knowledge to the Board of Directors as Treasurer of MASNA. |
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Director of Membership – Larry Blighton
Growing up on the coast of Florida has always fueled Larry’s desire to learn as much as possible about the ocean and all things in it. While serving 20 years in the military (Navy), he has kept both freshwater Tropical’s and Reef tanks and had the opportunity to have traveled the world visiting some great aquariums, which even furthered his desire to become more involved in all aspects of the hobby. He has attended the last 5 MACNA’s and has served three years on the Marine Aquarium Society of North America’s (MASNA) MACNA Planning committee. Aquarium Societies (Past / Present) |
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Public Relations – Joanne Vega:
Joanne Vega is a long time marine aquarium hobbyist, club leader, and fish friend for all. Originally from the Spokane, WA area, they now reside in Seattle and enjoy attending various hobby events both locally and nationally and making new fish friends along the way. As a business owner and marketer by trade, they lend their PR and Customer Service skills in various ways. An attendee and volunteer at multiple MACNA conferences, as well as a reefkeeper since 2006, Joanne is known to be both generous and understanding to those of all levels of aquarium experience. Aquarium Societies (Past / Present) |
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Director at Large – Ed Wiser
Ed Wiser has been a life long aquarium hobbyist. He started keeping marine aquariums in the early 1980s. As a moderator on Fishnet on CompuServe, he ran the speakers program and has attended each annual MACNA since MACNA 3. Ed was on the founding board of directors of MASNA and helped form the base that our current MACNA’s are built upon. His club has also individually hosted 3 MACNAs over the years. Ed believes that learning from other hobbyists and marine scientists will help the hobby and the world’s oceans. Aquarium Societies (Past / Present) |
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Director at Large – Travis Knorr
Travis Knorr, a former aquarium fish collector in the Florida Keys, worked as the aquaculture lab technician at the College of the Florida Keys where he also co-founded the CFK Aquaculture Club. In 2020, he became the Curator and Operations Manager of the Key West Aquarium, and then began work at MOTE’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Restoration and Research as the Life Support Systems Manager. In his free time, he runs a home marine aquaculture company with his amazing wife, Mick Walsh. The duo also maintains mixed reef, FOWLR, and freshwater aquaria including an aquaponic system. Educational Experience Aquarium Societies (Past / Present) |
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Director at Large – Dennis Diaz
Dennis is a fun-loving, happily married aquarist with two of the most incredible kids ever. He has been in the hobby for over 25 years. It has always fascinated him, and it led him to be an aquarium store owner for six years. He loves learning, hobbies, friends, family, and especially loves helping people learn. He also enjoys spending time outdoors, biking, hiking, water sports, scuba diving, camping, photography … anything that lets them relax and get away from the busy life. He loves spending time with my kids, and loves attending MACNA! He has helped start various aquarium clubs and was the Volunteer Coordinator for the 30th MACNA in Las Vegas (which was also the first MACNA to be held in Las Vegas). Aquarium Societies (Past / Present) |
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