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Board of Directors

Advisors

Jim Stevenson, retired Chief Biologist for the Florida Park Service, former chairman of the Florida Springs Task Force, former director of the Florida Springs Protection Initiative

 

Bob Palmer, Ph.D., retired Staff Director of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the U. S. House of Representatives and former Chairman of the Alachua County Environmental Protection Advisory Committee

 

Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, Policy Director and former President of Our Santa Fe River; Co-owner of Rum 138 canoe & kayak outfitters; Curator and fine artist at Rum 138 Art Gallery

 

Robert L. Knight, Ph.D., Founder and President of Florida Springs Institute

 

Loye Barnard, former Ichetucknee Ambassador

 

Jim Gross, M.S., Executive Director of Florida Defenders of the Environment and licensed professional geologist with more than 35 years of experience in water resources/water supply planning

 

Judy Sayre, Ph.D., retired faculty member, University of North Florida, with expertise in public relations, advertising, and health communications

 

Jaime Lynn Bach, Ph.D., Anthropologist; Returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer

 

Brenda Wells, Florida Springs Council

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