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

Carolyn Kovacs
Florida Sea Grant Agent
UF/IFAS Extension – Flagler and Volusia Counties
Flagler office: 386-437-7464
150 Sawgrass Rd. Bunnell, FL 32110
c.kovacs@ufl.edu

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

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

Dr. Melinda Donnelly
Department of Biology
University of Central Florida
Melinda.Donnelly@ucf.edu

Dr. Linda Walters
Department of Biology
University of Central Florida
Linda.Walters@ucf.edu

Irene Arpayoglou
Regional Aquatic Preserves Manager
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
3300 Lewis Street
Ft. Pierce, FL 34981
772-429-2995
Irene.Arpayoglou@FloridaDEP.gov

Missy Weiss
Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA)
1235 16th St, Vero Beach, FL 32960
772-562-9052
mweiss@teamorca.org

Matthew R. Anderson
Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves Manager
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
3300 Lewis Street
Ft. Pierce, FL 34981
772-429-2995
Matthew.R.Anderson@FloridaDEP.gov

Holly Abeels
University of Florida IFAS Extension
Florida Sea Grant
Cocoa, FL
321-633-1702 Ext. 52333
habeels@ufl.edu
flseagrant.org

Olivia Escandell
Restore Our Shores Program
Brevard Zoo
8225 North Wickham Road
Melbourne, FL  32940
321-254-9453 Ext. 431
www.RestoreOurShores.org
OEscandell@brevardzoo.org

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

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

David Holmberg
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
South Region
863-697-6323
David.Holmberg@myfwc.com
MyFWC.com/AquaticHabitats

Melissa McIntyre-Meisenburg
Senior Lagoon Environmental Specialist
Indian River County
1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, FL, 32960
772-226-1651
mmeisenburg@indianriver.gov
www.indianriver.gov/services/natural_resources

Amanda Montgomery​​​​, PWS, WEDG
Environmental Scientist
3230 W. Commercial Blvd, Suite 300
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
954-660-1660

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

Chris Verlinde
Santa Rosa County
Environmental Resources Coordinator
6051 Old Bagdad Hwy, Suite 301
Milton, FL 32583
850-777-7884
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

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
352-448-9151
Melody_Ray-Culp@fws.gov
https://www.fws.gov/office/florida-ecological-services

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

Zach Schang
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Aquatic Preserves Manager
850-471-6027
Zachary.Schang@FloridaDEP.gov

Christina Cantrell
St. Andrew Bay Watch
850-763-4303
Sabw@standrewbaywatch.org

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

Jeffrey Carter
jeffrey.a.carter@dep.state.fl.us
239-530-5942

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
Jamie.Wolanin@myfwc.com

Anna Laws
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Big Bend Region
352-460-7332
Anna.Laws@myfwc.com
MyFWC.com/AquaticHabitats

Tiffany Lane
Coastal Program Coordinator
Tampa Bay and Big Bend
St. Petersburg, FL
904-450-5946
tiffany_lane@fws.gov

Mike Sipos
Florida Sea Grant Agent
UF/IFAS Extension Collier County
14700 Immokalee Road
Naples, FL 34120
239-252-4825
https://www.flseagrant.org/