Vashti “Tice” Supplee has been an Arizonan since 1973. She is retired from the Arizona Game and Fish Department where she was the Game Branch Chief. Prior to that she was the Habitat Specialist in the AGFD Tucson office and an AGFD Research Assistant Biologist at the Three Bar Wildlife Area. Tice earned her B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Cornell University in 1973 and her M.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Arizona in1981. She has been recognized by The Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission and the Arizona Wildlife Federation for her contributions during her career in conservation.

Tice is now the Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Arizona, the state office for the National Audubon Society. Tice is shepherding the Audubon Important Bird Areas program and working with local chapter members and other volunteers to protect, conserve and enhance birds and their habitats here in Arizona.