Officers
Archie F. Carr, III, Ph.D. – Board Chairman; Senior Conservationist (Retired), Wildlife Conservation Society; son of founding scientific director Dr. Archie F. Carr, Jr., Gainesville, Florida
Laura Forte – President; Retired Managing Director and Former Director of Latin American Equity Research, Citigroup, New York, NY
Nick Shufro – Treasurer; Deputy Assistant Administrator, Risk Management, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, FEMA/Dept. of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Mark D. Shantzis – Secretary; Retired entrepreneur and conservation activist. Co-Founder of Conservation Education Foundation. Melbourne Beach, Florida
Members
Peggy M. Cavanaugh – Environmental activist, artist and author residing near the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Melbourne, FL
Sing Chan – Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Goldman Sachs, New York
Landon H. Clay – Financial Investment Manager, East Hill Management; Artist, New York, NY
Rick Cleveland – Professional screenwriter and director of TV and film based in Los Angeles, CA
David Ehrenfeld, M.D., Ph.D. – Professor of biology, Dept. Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers; received Ph.D. under Dr. Archie Carr; writer of books and articles on conservation and related subjects. New Jersey
Michael Feld – Owner of Ocean Blue Divers, a dive tour company for dive enthusiasts in New York. With a membership of nearly 5,000, Ocean Blue Divers is one of the largest diving groups in the U.S.
Alison Frey – Environmental activist and sea turtle volunteer with Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol, SC
Elise Frick – Board member, Emily T. Clay Foundation; daughter of long-time STC Board member H. Clay Frick, Jr.; helped launch the Bermuda Turtle Project. New York, NY
Anthony Knerr, Ph.D. – Managing Director, AKA/STRATEGY, strategic consultants to nonprofit institutions in the US and Europe. Previously Treasurer of Columbia University. New York, NY
Kim Ogren – Public interest professional with experience in land use and environmental planning, nonprofit effectiveness, and training and learning; Miami, FL
Jeffrey Phipps –Owner, Growth Innovations; grandson of STC co-founder John Phipps. Tallahassee
Chris Rajczi – Computer industry consultant and business networking specialist based in Texas
Shirley Sanchez, Esq. – Environmental attorney and conservationist with NGOs in Costa Rica
Helen Stamatacos – Environmental activist; philanthropist living in the Arche Carr Refuge, Melbourne Beach, FL
Jordan Urstadt, Esq. – Founder and CEO of PartnerVine, a global network of law firms. Grandson of STC co-founder Joshua Powers. Zurich, Switzerland
Emeritus Board Members
Landon T. Clay
Larry Ogren
F. Peter Rose
Karen A. Bjorndal, Ph.D. – Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida
Milani Chaloupka, Ph.D. – Ecological Modelling Services, University of Queensland, Australia
David W. Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., M.D. – Department of Natural Resources, Rutgers University (Retired)
Anne B. Meylan, Ph.D. – Florida Marine Research Institute (Retired)
Jeanne A. Mortimer, Ph.D. – Turtle and Tortoise Project, Conservation & National Parks, Division of Environment, Republic of Seychelles
Barbara Schroeder – National Sea Turtle Coordinator, National Marine Fisheries Service
Sebastian Tröeng, Ph.D. – Executive Vice President, Conservation International
