Members
Co-chaired by Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Secretary Mike W. Sole and Executive Director of the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Nick Wiley, the council
is made up of fifteen voting members and three non-voting members. DEP Secretary Sole, FWC Director
Nick Wiley and the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) Commissioner Charles
Bronson each appoint five members to the council. Secretary Sole has
appointed Deputy Secretary Bob Ballard of DEP’s Land and
Recreation as
his designee. Executive Director Wiley has appointed Gil McRae,
Director of the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute as his
designee, and Commissioner Bronson has appointed Director Sherman
Wilhelm of DACS - Aquaculture as his. Deputy Secretary Ballard and
Directors McRae and Wilhelm are the non-voting members.
DEP Appointees:
- Dr. Karl Havens –
Director of Florida Sea Grant.
- Dr. John C. Ogden – USF
Emeritus Professor of Integrative Biology and Adjunct Professor
USF College of Marine Sciences.
- Dr. Lisa Robbins –
Senior Scientist, United States Geological Survey Center for
Coastal and Watershed Studies.
- Dr. Thomas D. Waite –
Dean of the College of Engineering, Florida Institute of
Technology.
- Dr. Peter Ortner –
Director, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric
Studies, University of Miami
FWC Appointees:
- Dr. James Cato – Senior
Associate Dean and Director, School of Natural Resources and
Environment, University of Florida
- Dr. Billy Causey –
Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Marine Sanctuary
Program
- Holly Greening –
Executive Director, Tampa Bay Estuary Program
- Dr. Jerome Lorenz –
Research Director, National Audubon Society’s Tavernier Science
Center.
- Dr. Shirley Pomponi –
Senior Scientist, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.
DACS Appointees:
- Mark Carter - Coastal
Conservation Association
- Jane Davis – Aquarium
Curator, The Living Seas at Walt Disney World’s Epcot®.
- Dr. Ernest Estevez –
Director, Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Coastal Ecology.
- Richard Pruitt - Director, Environmental Programs,
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
- Jerry Sansom –
Executive Director, Organized Fishermen of Florida.
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