Board of Directors | Advisors

President

John Jopling, Esq., Lawyer (retired), Dell Graham; Member, Florida Springs Council Executive Committee

Vice President

Tefa /tee-fah/ Hallock, MA, Green MBA, Watershed Educator; Sustainable Building & Design Consultant

Treasurer

Paul Donsky, PhD Candidate researching Springs Ecology at University of Florida

Members

Marcia Davis, Lawyer and Mediator at the Bice Cole Law Firm, P.L.

Robert E. Ulanowicz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Courtesy Professor, UF Department of Biology

Steve Walsh, USGS Fisheries (retired)

Claire Belkot, Assistant Director of Events & Engagement, UF Advancement

Pam Kalich

Advisory Board 

Jim Stevenson, retired Chief Biologist for the Florida Park Service, former chairman of the Florida Springs Task Force, former director of the Florida Springs Protection Initiative

Bob Palmer, Ph.D., retired Staff Director of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the U. S. House of Representatives and former Chairman of the Alachua County Environmental Protection Advisory Committee

Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, Policy Director and former President of Our Santa Fe River; Co-owner of Rum 138 canoe & kayak outfitters; Curator and fine artist at Rum 138 Art Gallery

Robert L. Knight, Ph.D., Founder and President of Florida Springs Institute

Loye Barnard, former Ichetucknee Ambassador

Jim Gross, M.S., Executive Director of Florida Defenders of the Environment and licensed professional geologist with more than 35 years of experience in water resources/water supply planning

Judy Sayre, Ph.D., retired faculty member, University of North Florida, with expertise in public relations, advertising, and health communications

Jaime Lynn Bach, Ph.D., Anthropologist; Returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer

Brenda Wells, Florida Springs Council