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August Dinner Meeting
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Main Program Brandy Carvalho, Development & Sustainability Manager, White Oak Conservation In her current position, Brandy oversees the development and sustainability initiatives at White Oak Conservation in Yulee. She focuses on developing diverse sources of revenue for White Oak’s conservation and education programs, along with the organization’s internal sustainability (green) planning. Brandy holds a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis on Environmental Studies, and a Master of Natural Resources degree. She is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), serves as the President of the Nassau Education Foundation, and sits on the Board of Keep Nassau Beautiful and Baptist Medical Center Nassau. Brandy will share the current status of White Oak Conservation’s education and conservation initiatives, along with the progress that has been made during the last several years in growing our programs, including educational programs for local students and endangered species breeding programs like the Florida grasshopper sparrow. She will also discuss how to visit White Oak to see our 30+ rare and endangered species. |
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Spotlight Speaker Janet Herrick,
Onsite Environmental Consulting LLC Since July 2004, Janet Herrick has led Onsite Environmental Consulting LLC to be a leading environmental firm specializing in wetlands, gopher tortoises, Phase I ESAs, and dune restoration. Janet holds dual Masters Degrees in English and Environmental Policy and is a registered Gopher Tortoise Agent certified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Her field experience includes living shoreline design, gopher tortoise relocation, wetland delineation, bald eagle monitoring, Florida scrub jay surveys, and mitigation monitoring serving the energy, public, and private development sector. As an award-winning community leader and sought-out public speaker on the issues of environment, business, and leadership, Janet has been recognized as one of the Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2013 “Women of Influence,” is a 2012 Leadership Jacksonville alumn, and the JAXChamber’s 2011 Small Business Leader of the Year.
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