The Hunting Wire is pleased to announce the selection of the 2021-2022 Voice of Leadership Panel.

2021-2022 Voice of Leadership Panel

Cyrus Baird – Manager of Government Relations, Safari Club International

Karen Butler - Founder, President. SLG2, Inc

Haley Fitzgerald - Development Director, Wyoming Wildlife Federation

Eric Morris – Producer & Host - N.onT.ypical Outdoorsman TV

Ken Perrotte - President of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoors Writers

Brenda Weatherby - Director of People and Culture, Weatherby, Inc.

Facilitators:

• • James “Jay” Pinsky, Editor, The Hunting Wire
  • Peter Churchbourne, Director, NRA Hunter Leadership Forum
  • Jim Curcuruto, Hunting and Firearms Industry Consultant

*** We are also pleased to announce that 2020-2021 panelist and outdoor industry consultant Jim Curcuruto has agreed to continue to serve our community by stepping into the role of co-facilitator with Jay Pinsky, editor, The Hunting Wire, and Peter Churchbourne, director, NRA Hunter Leadership Forum.

All of the selectees were nominated by their peers and were selected to serve based on their proven leadership skills and strong collaborative spirit within the hunting community. The selection process was especially difficult this year due to an overwhelming number of highly qualified and engaging applicants. Thank you to all of you who applied.

“I’m overwhelmed by the superb leadership and unselfish commitment from our inaugural VLP and look forward to building upon their success with a new team of leaders this fall,” said Jay Pinsky, editor, The Hunting Wire.

About the Voice of Leadership Panel

Facilitated by James “Jay” Pinsky, editor of The Hunting Wire, and Peter Churchbourne, a director with the NRA HLF, the Voice of Leadership Panel (VLP) is an appointed six-member group of outdoor industry leaders dedicated to sharing their voices on key hunting and outdoor recreation issues to inform, inspire and educate the hunting community. Appointed for a one-year term, VLP panelists will address key hunting topics and provide leadership-based digital content to be featured on The Hunting Wire and the NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum website, NRAHLF.org.

2020-2021 The Hunting Wire Voice of Leadership Panel

The Voice of Leadership Panel is an appointed group of outdoor industry leaders who have volunteered to contribute their voices on key hunting and outdoor recreation issues to inform, inspire, and educate participants within our community.

• Jim Curcuruto, Hunting and Firearms Industry Consultant
• Mandy Harling, National Director of Hunting Heritage Programs, National Wild Turkey Federation
• Jenifer Wisniewski, Chief, Outreach and Communication, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• Joel Brice, Vice President, Waterfowl & Hunter Recruitment Programs, Delta Waterfowl
• Cyrus Baird, Manager of Government Relations, Safari Club International

Facilitators:

• James “Jay” Pinsky, Editor, The Hunting Wire
• Peter Churchbourne, Director, NRA Hunter Leadership Forum