| Tim
Merriman
 Tim
Merriman, Ph.D., has been the executive director of
the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) since
1995. His career started as environmental programs
director at Southern Illinois University’s Outdoor
Labs near Carbondale, Illinois, from 1969 to 1972.
Following that he was a ranger/interpreter at Giant
City State Park from 1972 to 1980. From 1980 to 1993
he was executive director of The Greenway and Nature
Center of Pueblo, Colorado. He has also worked as director
of conservation for Bat Conservation International
(BCI) in Austin, Texas, and served as manager of research
and Innovations at Tennessee Valley Authority’s
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in
Kentucky. His educational background includes a B.S.
in zoology with a secondary teaching certificate, an
MA in botany (aquatic ecology), and a Ph.D. in speech/communications.
He taught for 23 years as an adjunct professor with
University of Southern Colorado, Regis University,
and Colorado State University (CSU). Merriman has published
more than 100 articles and papers in the areas of interpretation,
environmental education, fund-raising, nonprofit organizational
management, and natural history. Tim co-authored Personal
Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience to Heritage
Resources and Management of Interpretive Sites with
NAI Associate Director Lisa Brochu. His many professional
awards include being named Fellow of Association of
Interpretive Naturalists in 1987 after serving as the
organization’s president from 1985 to 1987.
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