Marc was educated in Europe where he lived for 12 years from 1968 to 1980. After earning his teaching credentials from the University of London, Marc opened a pottery studio in Battersea, London, where he learned the traditional craft of studio pottery.

Upon his return to the US, Marc spent five years in the Phoenix area and in 1985 moved to the Boston area where he resumed his teaching career at a small art school until 1987 when he opened his studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After eight years in southern California, Karen returned to the east coast. Soon thereafter she learned about the work being done by Marc Johnson and the Foster Parrots sanctuary. Beginning as a volunteer at the start of 2000, she began to assume responsibility for a great deal of the organization's operations and soon took her place as Co-Director beside Marc Johnson. The two have been the driving force behind the efforts of Foster Parrots ever since.

Ginni Bly - Volunteer

Kim Woolwine and Sue Kelly - Volunteers

José Pedraza - Volunteer

Ann Walsh - Volunteer

Michelle Hedin - Volunteer

Wembi Lai and Emiliano Loconsolo - Volunteers

Brenda Bates - Volunteer

Sherri Sacchetine - Volunteer