Friends Update

FRIENDS UPDATE

New Faces . . . New Places

After 14 years of service, 1000 Friends Chairman and founder Nathaniel P. Reed is stepping [ Jack Wilson ] down from the South Florida Water Management District Board. While on the Board, Mr. Reed was a strong and dedicated advocate for protecting Florida’s fragile jewel-the Everglades.

1000 Friends of Florida extends a warm welcome to its newest board member, Nancy H. Roen. Director of Environmental Relations for Florida Power and Light Company, Ms. Roen is a member of the Florida Bar and has served on the South Florida Water Management District, Broward County Water Supply Advisory Board, and State of Florida Environmental Regulation Commission. Currently she serves on the Board of the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and on The Wilderness Society Governing Council. She received her BA and MA from the University of Denver, and her JD from the University of Miami.

Congratulations to 1000 Friends board member Jack Wilson on receiving the sixth Timer Powers Dispute Resolution Leadership Award from the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium this January. He is president of The Wilson Company, a Tampa-based commercial development company.

1000 Friends’ Community Planner Doug Coward has been appointed to serve on the St. Lucie County Planning and Zoning Commission for a four-year term.

Julia "Alex" Magee, who formerly headed 1000 Friends' Transportation Reform Initiative, now is coordinating the Waterfronts Florida Jeannette Hallock Partnership on behalf of 1000 Friends.

Stacy Hopkins, previously an intern with 1000 Friends, is now Assistant Coordinator for the Partnership. She recently completed her Master's studio project at FSU, an economic development plan for a rural village in Belize.

Jeannette Hallock joins 1000 Friends as its newest intern. After graduating from Mary Washington College in her home state of Virginia, she then worked at the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico and for the Piedmont Environmental Council on building support for the federal American Farm and Ranch Protection Act. Currently she is pursuing a Master's degree in planning at Florida State University, specializing in environmental and international development.