Officers
Glenn Wiltshire, President
(Deputy Port Director, Port Everglades)
Jeff Eble, Ph.D., Treasurer
(Florida Program Director, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)
Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., Vice President
(Executive Director, FAU-Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute)
Jackie Larson, Secretary
(Executive Director, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association)
Paul Anderson, Past President
(President & CEO, Port Tampa Bay)
Executive Committee
Michael P. Crosby, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Spencer Crowley
Real Estate Co-chair, Land Use and Development Practice
Akerman LLP
Duane E. De Freese, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Indian River Lagoon Council
Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and The Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, NSU
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.
Captain Michael Kahle
Director
Florida Institute of Oceanography
Sherry Larkin, Ph.D.
Director, Florida Sea Grant College Program
Associate Dean of Research, University of Florida
Kumar Mahadevan, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus, Founding Member
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
Kellie Ralston
Vice President of Conservation and Public Policy
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
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
Lenore Alpert, Ph.D., Executive Director
(Executive Director, Florida Ocean Alliance)