Contacts

Northeast Florida

(Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwanne, Taylor, Union)

Scott Eastman
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
9741 Ocean Shore Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32080
(904) 461-4059
Scott.Eastman@floridadep.gov

Annie Roddenberry
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
520 Barracuda Blvd.
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
(386) 428-4828
Annie.Roddenberry@myfwc.com
myfwc.com

Katie Conrad
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32256
(904) 731-3079
katie_conrad@fws.gov
www.fws.gov/northflorida

Jimmy Tomazinis
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Northeast Florida Aquatic Preserves
Jacksonville, FL
James.Tomazinis@FloridaDEP.gov

Nikki Dix
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
505 Guana River Rd.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32080
(904) 380-8613
Nikki.Dix@FloridaDEP.gov

East Central Florida

(Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia)

Jessy Wayles
Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program
New Smyrna Beach, FL
(386) 227-6343
Wayles@irlcouncil.org
www.onelagoon.org

Jody Cassell
Brevard Zoo
8225 Wickham Rd
Melbourne, FL 32940
(321) 254-9453
JCassell@brevardzoo.org
brevardzoo.org

Caity Savoia
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(813) 766-7266
caity.savoia@myfwc.com

Tess Sailor-Tynes
Marine Discovery Center
520 Barracuda Blvd.
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
(386) 428-4828
Tess@marinediscoverycenter.org
www.marinediscoverycenter.org

Jennifer White
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(772) 919-1237
jennifer.white@myfwc.com

Southeast Florida

(Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie)

Vincent Encomio
UF/IFAS Extension
2614 SE Dixie Hwy
Stuart, FL 34996-4007
(772) 419-6966
vencomio@ufl.edu
martin.ifas.ufl.edu

Melissa McIntyre
Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
1420 Seaway Drive
Fort Pierce, FL 34949
(772) 467-1600
mmcintyre@teamorca.org
www.teamorca.org

Erin McDevitt
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
FWC-South Region
8535 Northlake Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33412
(561) 625-5122
erin.mcdevitt@myfwc.com
myfwc.com

Christine Eastwick
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
South Florida Ecological Services Office
1339 20th Street
Vero Beach, Florida 32960
christine_eastwick@fws.gov

Southwest Florida

(Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk)

Savanna Barry
UF IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station
Florida Sea Grant
552 1st Street
PO Box 878
Cedar Key, FL 32625
(804) 305-6014
savanna.barry@ufl.edu
https://ncbs.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/

Tom Ries
Ecosphere Restoration Institute
5886 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33617
(813) 376-9076
tries@ecosphererestoration.org

Jamie Wolanin
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Port Charlotte, FL
(941) 740-7536

Northwest Florida

(Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, Washington)

Alison McDowell
Choctowhatchee Basin Alliance
109 South Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
(850) 200-4171
mcdowel2@nwfsc.edu
www.basinalliance.org

Jonnie Smallman
St. Andrew Bay Watch
P.O. Box 15028
Panama City, Florida 32406
(850) 763-4303
LivingShorelines@sabrma.org
www.StAndrewBayWatch.org

Chris Verlinde
UF/IFAS Fl. Sea Grant Extension
Santa Rosa County
6263 Dogwood Drive
Milton, FL 32570
850-623-3868
christinav@santarosa.fl.gov

Laura Tiu
UF/IFAS Sea Grant
732 N 9th Street
Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
(850) 612-6197
lgtiu@ufl.edu

Scott Jackson
UF/IFAS Extension Bay County
Florida Sea Grant
2728 E 14th St
Panama City, FL 32401
(850) 784-6105
lsj@ufl.edu
http://bay.ifas.ufl.edu/seagrant

Lawrence R O’Connor (Rick)
UF/IFAS Fl. Sea Grant Extension
Escambia County
3740 Stefani Rd
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-475-5230 ext. 111
roc1@ufl.edu

Timothy Rach
Division of Water Resource Management
Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 2500
Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 245-8015
Timothy.Rach@dep.state.fl.us

Anita Grove
Coastal Training Program Coordinator
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
108 Island Drive
Eastpoint, FL 32328
(850) 670-7708
Anita.Grove@dep.state.fl.us
ApalachicolaReserve.com

Katie Konchar
The Nature Conservancy
Gulf of Mexico Whole Systems
Tallahassee, FL
Katie.Konchar@tnc.org
850-296-7910
nature.org

Melody Ray-Culp
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1601 Balboa Ave.
Panama City, FL 32405
(850) 769-0552
Melody_Ray-Culp@fws.gov
www.fws.gov/PanamaCity

Kim Miller
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
108 Island Drive
Eastpoint, FL 32328
850-670-7718
kim.miller@FloridaDEP.gov

Becca Hatchell
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Panama City, Florida
850-630-2866
Becca.Hatchell@myfwc.com
Myfwc.com

Zach Schang
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Aquatic Preserves Manager
(850) 595-0683
Zachary.Schang@FloridaDEP.gov

South Florida

(Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Monroe, Sarasota)

Armando J. Ubeda
Florida Sea Grant
UF/IFAS Extension
Twin Lakes Park, Green Bldg.
6700 Clark Road
Sarasota, FL 34241
(941) 218-0199
www.scgov.net/Extension
http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasota/

Jay Leverone
Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
111 S. Orange Ave., Suite 200W
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 955-8085
jay@sarasotabay.org
www.sarasotabay.org

Loren D. Coen
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Florida Atlantic University
(293) 470-2236
Lcoen1@fau.edu
www.oyster-restoration.org
www.fau.edu/hboi/personal/lcoen.php

Keith Laakkonen
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
300 Tower Road
(239) 530-5940
Naples, FL 34113
Keith.Laakkonen@dep.state.fl.us
www.RookeryBay.org