Shavaun Kidd is a wildlife conservation educator and has consulted for the Conservancy since 2014. She maintains their presence on social media and is editor of the digital newsletter. She has served as administrator of the website and was the host of the online program, Conservation Cat Chats. She handles merchandise sales and coordinates the Conservancy’s Art & Poetry Contest.

Shavaun was an instructor in the education department at the Nashville Zoo and an educator at her local zoo where she developed/coordinated the junior zookeeper program. She also created a multi-age snow leopard conservation program for the Conservancy. Shavaun was the author/editor of the book Searching for the Snow Leopard, Guardian of the High Mountains. She continues to engage with students and speak at outreach events.

Shavaun interned with the Conservancy while completing her Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences degree at Western Illinois University (WIU), centered around a post-baccalaureate certificate program in zoo & aquarium studies, with the focus on conservation education and anthrozoology. She received bachelor’s degrees in biology and music and elementary education from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, taught science classes at the intermediate/high school grade levels, and was a guest lecturer at WIU.