Executive Committee
Glenn Wiltshire, President
(Deputy Port Director, Port Everglades)
Jeff Eble, Ph.D., Treasurer
(Florida Program Director, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute)
Lenore Alpert, Ph.D., Executive Director
(Executive Director, Florida Ocean Alliance)
Spencer Crowley, Vice President
(Real Estate Co-chair, Land Use and Development Practice, Akerman LLP)
Jackie Larson, Secretary
(Executive Director, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association)
Kumar Mahadevan, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus, Founding Member
Board of Directors
Paul Anderson
President & CEO, Port Tampa Bay
Michael P. Crosby, Ph. D.
President and CEO
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Duane E.
De Freese, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Indian River Lagoon Council
Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus
Alexandra DySard
Florida Program Manager, Environmental Defense Fund
John Englander
Founding Director
The Rising Seas Institute at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and The Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, NSU
John Hutton
Restructuring Advisor & Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Sherry Larkin, Ph.D.
Director, Florida Sea Grant College Program
Associate Dean of Research, University of Florida
David L. McDonald
Director Emeritus
President, McDonald, Miller & Coleman LLC
Alexis Meschelle
Executive Director
Organized Fishermen of Florida
James F. Murley, Esq., Founder
Resilience Consultant, Retired Chief Resilience Officer, Miami-Dade County
Jon Peterson
President, SeaWorld Orlando
Becky Prado
Coastal Resilience Lead
Moffatt & Nichol
Phil Purcell
CEO & President, Marine Industries Association of South Florida
Nicole Raineault, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research & Technology, Florida Institute of Oceanography
Kellie Ralston
Vice President of Conservation and Public Policy, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.
Executive Director
FAU-Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Matthew Upton
President
Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting
Bradley Watson, Esq.
Vice President of Policy & Engagement, The Everglades Foundation
Jeff Watters
Director, Government Relations
The Ocean Conservancy
Gretchen Winters
Executive Director
Florida Harbor Pilots Association
Julie Wraithmell
Executive Director
Audubon Florida
Susan Zellers
Program Director
Ocean Exchange