Staff and Board
Staff
Fred Richards
Executive Director
Kara Montgomery
Associate Director
Felicia M. Boyd, P.G.
Program and Outreach Director
Carey Bowles
Operations Administrator
elizabeth filippelli
Program Coordinator (P/T)
Dr. Paul Wharton
Director, Healthy Parks Initiative
Board of Directors
Robert “Bob” Hays, Chair
Retired – General Manager, Argos USA – North Florida Division
Paul McElroy, Vice Chair
Consultant; Retired – CEO of JEA
Todd Sack, M.D., Treasurer
Retired – Private practice (partner), The Borland-Groover Clinic, P.A
Katie Mitura, Secretary
Chief Marketing Officer at Visit Jacksonville
M. Hayden Phillips
Attorney, Rogers Towers Attorneys at Law
Kevin White
Senior Landscape Architect, England-Thims & Miller
Vanessa Trujillo, PhD
Senior Conservation Program Manager,
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) Jacksonville
Park Partners
Chris Hughes, Superintendent, Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve, National Park Service
Michelle Waterman, Manager, Talbot Islands State Parks, Florida Park Service
Daryl Joseph, Director, City of Jacksonville Department of Parks, Recreation, & Community Services
Special Advisors
John Delaney, President, Flagler College
Mayda Velez, Former TPF Executive Director
PARKS AMBASSADOR: Kathy Stark, Fine Artist
T.R. Hainline, Rogers Towers, Attorneys at Law
Richard Skinner, Retired - Richard Skinner and Associates, Architects
Dr. Richard Danford Jr., Board Member, CEO/President; Jacksonville Urban League