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Bob Winfree is the National Park Service's Alaska regional science advisor. Bob studied Wildlife and Fisheries Science at Iowa State (B.S.) and Texas A&M (M.S., Ph.D.) and completed the USDA Graduate School Executive Potential Program in 2003. He has broad interests and experience in science and resource management in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments across and outside of the U.S. Before coming to Alaska, Bob served as senior scientist at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, directed a National Biological Service laboratory in New York, managed a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service research station in Idaho, conducted fisheries research at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Florida, worked with the Walt Disney Company, and designed international development projects. Science and scholarship are critical to understanding and preserving the world's natural and cultural heritage. Bob believes that, as science and resource professionals, we have a responsibility to communicate what we learn, and reach out to the public, local and Native communities, and especially youths--the next generation of park scientists, scholars, educators, and managers. Bob is a GWS Life Member, has chaired and presented in many conference sessions, and organized two special scientific symposia with the GWS, one focused on Glacier Bay in 2004 and one on Central Alaska in 2006. Since 2002, he has also led production of Alaska Park Science, a multidisciplinary journal about science, history, and culture in Alaska's parks.