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SPEAKERS' PROFILE
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Carol Patterson,
President
Kalahari Management Inc.
Carol Patterson is well known as an ecotourism industry consultant,
lecturer, author and seminar leader.
Her company, Kalahari Management Inc., is a full service consulting firm
providing business planning, operations review and staff training for
the ecotourism industry. It publishes a quarterly newsletter EcoTourism
Management which furnishes information on the ecotourism industry and
related business items and practices. She has also published a book
entitled, The Business of Ecotourism which offers business guidance for
individuals, companies and organizations involved in the nature tourism
industry.
Carol has degrees in Business Administration, Economics and Geography,
and holds a Certified Management Accountant Designation. In 1991 she was
named Merit Winner in the Pannel Kerr Forster Research Award
competition.
Carol is an active member of various community organizations. She is a
private pilot, and created and operated the “Flying Zoo to You” program
for the Calgary Zoo from 1985 to 1987. A Senator of the Calgary
Zoological Society, Carol has contributed to the live collections,
education and business operations committees and is a Past President of
the Society.
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