Contacts
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
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
Marine Resources Council
3275 Dixie Highway NE
Palm Bay, FL 32905
(321) 725-7775
caity@mrcirl.org
https://savetheirl.org
Tess Sailor-Tynes
Marine Discovery Center
520 Barracuda Blvd.
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
(386) 428-4828
Tess@marinediscoverycenter.org
www.marinediscoverycenter.org
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
Maria Merrill
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
10088 NW 53rd Street
Sunrise, FL 33351
(850) 528-1244
maria.merrill@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
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
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
Beth Fugate
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
160 W. Government St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 471-6028
Beth.L.Fugate@FloridaDEP.gov
https://floridadep.gov/rcp
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
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