<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Michele Colopy" <<a href="mailto:progdirector@pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank">progdirector@pollinatordefense.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> April 11, 2013, 10:26:12 AM PDT<br><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>NPDF hires director</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Contact: Michele Colopy, Program Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 11, 2013<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%" align="center">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">National Pollinator Defense Fund Hires Program Director<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The National Pollinator Defense Fund (NPDF) has hired Michele Colopy as their Program Director. This new nonprofit, begun by members of the America Honey Producers Association, will defend managed and native pollinators vital to a sustainable and affordable food supply from the adverse impacts of pesticides. Ms. Colopy has more than seventeen years of experience in a variety of nonprofit organizations, and holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from The University of Akron. Her nonprofit experience includes work in the performing arts, housing and homelessness, foreclosure prevention, community development, and health and wellness. Michele has experience with bees as well, as her father was a beekeeper in Ohio, and she helped him during the honey harvest. For more information about the National Pollinator Defense Fund contact </span><a href="http://www.pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.pollinatordefense.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, </span><a href="mailto:progdirector@pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">progdirector@pollinatordefense.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, or call <a href="tel:832-727-9492" value="+18327279492" target="_blank">832-727-9492</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(photo courtesy of Michele Colopy)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Michele Colopy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Program Director<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Pollinator Defense Fund<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">P.O. Box 193<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Danbury, Texas 77534<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="tel:832-727-9492" value="+18327279492" target="_blank">832-727-9492</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:progdirector@pollinatordefense.org" target="_blank">progdirector@pollinatordefense.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i>The National Pollinator Defense Fund’s mission is to defend managed and native pollinators vital to a sustainable and affordable food supply from the adverse impacts of pesticides.<u></u><u></u></i></p>
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