Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Burke Museum Executive Director Gabriela Chavarria.
The program will be presented in person and on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7:00 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The in-person meeting will be at the Wedgwood Community Church at 8201 30th Ave NE, Seattle. Doors open at 7:00 a.m. and the program begins at 7:30 a.m.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Dr. Gabriela Chavarria is the executive director at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington. Prior to joining the Museum, she was the vice president and chief curator of the Science Division at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Previously, Dr. Chavarria served as senior science advisor to the Director and forensic science branch chief at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon. She spent many years bringing science and advocacy expertise to positions at Defenders of Wildlife, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, and the Natural Resource Defense Council. Dr. Chavarria sits on numerous boards including the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Nature Conservancy in Colorado, and Defenders of Wildlife. She recently became an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Dr. Chavarria earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the National University of Mexico and her master’s and doctorate in organismic and evolutionary biology from Harvard University.
