Megan Baker
Annual Conference
Jeff Kolodzinski
Communications
Education and Outreach
Position is vacant
Rachael Wickliffe
Membership
Rachael Wickliffe is currently the Wildlife Management Specialist for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) at MCO. She graduated from Auburn University in 2017, with a degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management. After graduation, Rachael found herself moving to Orlando and working for Walt Disney World as a Pest Management Technician and then later a Pest Management K9 Handler. After two years with Disney, she was eager to get back into the wildlife world and secured her current position at MCO.
Selena Creed
Operations/Policies
Selena is the Senior Wildlife Biologist for Wayne County Airport Authority where she oversees the wildlife hazard management programs at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Willow Run Airport. She has a degree in Wildlife Management from Lake Superior State University and is an FAA-Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist. Selena is dedicated to leveraging GIS to further build a data-driven program that makes wildlife management decisions based on documented observations and observable trends. She is passionate about aviation safety and wildlife conservation and is, especially, interested in the intersection of the two. She lives in southeast Michigan with her wife, their dog, and her red-tailed hawk. In her free time, Selena enjoys hunting fair chase game, foraging, weightlifting, and falconry.
Troy Levanen
Research and Development
Troy has worked at Alaska for 32.5 years, including 24 in Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering and 8.5 in Maintenance and Engineering Safety. He is a licensed Airframe and Powerplant Aircraft Technician. He is currently the Director of Maintenance Operations Safety for Alaska Air Group, overseeing the maintenance and engineering safety aspects of all flights operated for Alaska, including flights operated by Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, SkyWest Airlines, and others.
Troy has worked with Bird Strike USA for 5 years, serving as an Airlines Representative on the Steering Committee for 4 years and also serving on the R&D and Ops Policy Sub-Committees. He has currently been the Vice-Chair of the R&D Sub-Committee for almost 1 year.
He is also a Certified Aircraft Accident Investigator who has performed hundreds of investigations of all sizes, including some major wildlife strikes. In a former role as the leader of an AOG Team at the airline for many years, Troy was responsible for the safe repair and return to service for those same type of accidents, including some wildlife strikes that took longer than a month to repair.
