Officers
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
Lindsay Brown, Esq. – Partner at Brick & Patel LLP in New York City specializing in estate planning, trust administration and charitable planning.
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.
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
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
Katherine Powers, CPA – Associate at Stonepeak in New York City; Great-granddaughter of STC co-founder Joshua Powers.
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
President Emeritus
Peggy M. Cavanaugh – Environmental activist, artist and author residing near the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Melbourne, FL
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
Emeritus Board Members
Archie F. Carr, III (Deceased)
Landon T. Clay (Deceased)
Larry Ogren (Deceased)
F. Peter Rose (Deceased)
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
Sea Turtle Conservancy
