Board Members

Welcome to all new members and old members alike! I am so excited about being your President this year. I hope we will have a fun and educationally filled year. I would like to tell you a little bit about myself so when I meet you guys along the road, we can get more acquainted! I am originally from Huntington, Long Island but have spent most of my life in North Carolina. I am an accountant by trade and am currently working to get my CPA. As those who know me know, I am a “schoolaholic”. I currently have a two year degree, a four year degree, and working another degree and multiple minors. My hobby definitely is birds and higher education. I bring my love for learning into the avicultural realm also.

I have owned birds for around ten years now and have been breeding for a little over five years. In 2000, I went to a cockatiel exhibition and roomed with a friend, Julia Allen. She had the sweetest green birds in show boxes. I thought they were absolutely stunning in color and very animated in personality. I immediately started looking for education on these birds: green rumped parrotlets. I purchased an initial two pairs and have never looked back. Although I concentrate on Green Rumps, I do also breed Spectacles and Pacifics. I currently have around twenty-two parrotlets.

We already have lots of committees started and ready to work this year. I do not plan to be a dictator, rather a facilitator. I know this club is made up of intelligent and creative folks who can do the job better than I when they work together. This is your organization! If you want to donate your time, just email me. I will give you some options and put you to work. The work can be hard and require some time and energy, but your rewards will be given back threefold. I have experienced that on my past Board work with IPS and I think the formation of so many committees can lift the work of the Board and put it back to the membership. Again, I look forward to being your President and my door is always open!

I have been breeding birds for over 15 years. In addition to breeding parrotlets, I also breed exhibition Fischer's lovebirds and pet cockatiels.

I look forward to serving IPS as Second Vice President. I am also a proud member of the African Love Bird Society where I serve as Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, and the Raleigh Caged Bird Society serving as Vice President and Editor. In addition, I am a member of the National Cage Bird Society, National Cockatiel Society, and Bird Clubs of America as Director of their Fischer's Lovebird Breeding Partnership and Lovebird Genus Coordinator overseeing 5 Partnerships.

Robert and Sandee are two of the co-founders of IPS and have been breeding parrotlets for more than 20 years and specializing in breeding rare species. Owners of The Parrotlet Ranch in the Central Coast of California, Sandee is a commercial breeder that is also a professional author and lecturer. Robert and Sandee are the publishers of two books on parrotlets with a third due out in 2005 and have been published in numerous avicultural magazines and journals around the world. Sandee and Robert also exhibit parrotlets and have several champions and grand champions.

I am Julia Allen of Fruitland Park, Florida. Myself and my husband have been busy in birds for 23 years; 12 years with Green Rump parrotlets! I obtained the little jewels after being on a waiting list for several years. These little birds are still as fascinating today as then. I have been breeding them, when they feel up to it, for exhibition and breeding, occasionally selling one or two as a pet. I have been a member of International Parrotlet Society for approximately six years and have met other enthusiastic owners and exhibitors during that time.

I travel to exhibition shows several times during the year and show deliciosus Green Rumps, often times getting one on the Top Bench. I enjoy meeting more new faces in the upcoming months and offer my assistance to anyone wishing help. I feel here in IPS, we want to better the knowledge and quality of life for parrotlets. I look forward to being a member of the IPS group of Directors.

International Parrotlet Society Board of Members & Directors

International Parrotlet Society
Board of Members & Directors