
Emily Bell
UF/IFAS Invasive Species Extension/FISP Coordinator
The UF/IFAS Invasive Species Council provides the leadership to build the capacity of all stakeholders to proactively address the management and prevention of invasive species through partnerships and science-based teaching and extension programs.
ecbell*ufl.edu
(352) 846-2374

Jonathan Dain
Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute– Director
NRLI is a professional development program for those working with, or making decisions about, natural resources. Participants come from public and private sectors, academia, agriculture, tribal entities, Extension and community/non-profit organizations. Alumni also include elected officials. Over the course of 9 months, NRLI “Fellows” travel to 8 distinct parts of Florida for intensive three-day sessions, each of which focuses on a different natural resource issue of current importance. At these sessions, participants experience the resource in question first-hand, meet with diverse sets of stakeholders who offer differing and often competing viewpoints, and get experiential, highly practical training in conflict management, communication and leadership skills. For more information please visit: http://nrli.ifas.ufl.edu/
jdain@latam.ufl.edu
(352) 294-7652

Chris Demers, CF
Florida Forest Stewardship Program– Extension Program Manager
SFRC affiliations: Austin Cary Forest Advisory Committee, Florida Division SAF Continuing Education Coordinator
The mission of the Florida Forest Stewardship Program is to help, and encourage, private landowners to manage their lands for long-term environmental, economic, and social benefits.
cdemers*ufl.edu
(352) 846-2375

Tony Fedler
Conserved Forests Ecosystems: Outreach and Research Cooperative (CFEOR)– Research Coordinator
tfedler*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0465

Mark Hoyer
LAKEWATCH Director
LAKEWATCH seeks to solve water-quality problems and by regularly collecting and reporting water-related data. Long-term, water-chemistry data and water-depth maps are available for more than 1,100 lakes, 175 coastal sites, 120 rivers and five springs in Florida, many of which had never been monitored before this program. Volunteer-collected data have contributed to 37 research articles and helped establish critically important baseline measurements to help guide the evaluation of water-quality changes in relation to land-use and climate fluctuations in critical Florida waterways.

Jessica Ireland
Florida Project Learning Tree Coordinator
jjtireland*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0848

Jocelyn Peskin
Natural Resources Leadership Institute Program Coordinator
jpeskin*ufl.edu
(352) 294-7643

Andrew Sims
Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program Manager
adsims*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0896

Sarah Tobing
ProForest Coordinator
tobing*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0904