Ms. Galvin has regularly participated as a Non Governmental Observer (NGO) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and the Convention on Biodversity (CBD). She represented the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation at the 1998 World Wilderness Congress Symposium on Asian Elephants in Bangalore, India and successfully lobbied for enactment of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 to direct US and private sector funds to in situ habitat conservation projects and for annual appropriations to the fund; Ms. Galvin also served as a founding Board Member of the International Elephant Foundation, a nonprofit foundation organized to provide financial support and expertise to elephant conservation efforts globally. Ms. Galvin has made presentations on elephant conservation to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) and the Elephant Managers Association (EMA) and was a featured speaker at the European Circus Association’s annual meetings in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 2003 and 2004.

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