I am excited to return for a second term as an at-large representative for the Western Bat Working Group. I currently serve as the Chair of the Colorado Bat Working Group, assisted with the creation of the Colorado Bat Matrix, and served as an editor and author of the 2018 revision of the Colorado Bat Conservation Plan. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University, followed by several years of working on field studies throughout the western United States and Australia with bats, toads, beaver, and Tasmanian devils. I returned to Colorado to earn a Master’s of Science at CSU where my graduate work focused on the roost ecology of big brown bats using summer maternity roosts in anthropogenic structures and winter hibernacula in rock crevices. I spent eight years as a Research Associate working on bats, beaver, and greater sage-grouse with the U. S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center. In 2008, I moved to Grand Junction, CO where I now work with Colorado Parks and Wildlife as a Wildlife Conservation Biologist, focusing on bats, Gunnison sage-grouse, river otters and other species of conservation concern. I have worked with bats for over 20 years covering a number of aspects including roosting ecology, disease transmission, species inventory and monitoring, education, and conservation. I am married to a bat biologist and have two boys that have seen a spotted bat up close. My family loves its bats! In our spare time, we keep busy floating desert rivers and camping our way across the country in our 85’ VW Vanagon Westfalia. I look forward to seeing you all in person at the next Western Bat Working Group Meeting so we can strategize on the next great bat conservation effort.