LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT APPOINTS BOARD
Little River Wetlands Project, a nature organization that restores and protects wetlands in the Little River watershed southwest of Fort Wayne, has appointed a group of business and community leaders to serve as its General Advisory Board. A regular twelve-person board oversees LRWP’s day-to-day operations, while the General Advisory Board members will be available for advice in such areas as financial management, strategic planning, landowner relations, history of the Little River valley, and broader community outreach for LRWP’s free nature recreation and education programs. A Science Advisory Board will be appointed this spring to advise the organization on issues related to the management of its three preserves and the plants and wildlife found there.
“We think it’s smart to get the help of these very knowledgeable people in areas where they have special expertise, and we appreciate that they’re willing to be available to us,” says Thom Maher, board president of LRWP. “The response when we approached prospective Advisory Board members was very encouraging–almost everyone we asked said yes. We look forward to benefiting from their expertise as the organization continues to grow.” LRWP just added another 22.4 acres of forested wetland to its Eagle Marsh preserve on Engle Road and, with a conservation easement it holds, now protects well over 1,000 acres in the Little River valley stretching from Fort Wayne to Huntington.
General Advisory Board members include:
Mr. James Barrett, Senior Partner (Retired), Barrett and McNagny, Huntertown
Mr. John Brooks, Executive Vice President, Brooks Construction Company, Fort Wayne
Mr. Tom Castaldi, Allen County Historian and Vice President of Communications (Retired), Essex Group, Fort Wayne
Ms. Michelle Gray, Vice President, Director of Marketing, Tower Bank, Fort Wayne
Mr. Ron James, Executive Director, Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission, Lafayette
Mr. Jay O. Jorgensen, President, J & J Properties, Fort Wayne
Dr. Mark A. King, Physician, Brooklyn Medical Associates, Fort Wayne
Mr. Kevin Knight, President, Knight Mechanical Testing, Fort Wayne
Mr. David B. Lupke, President, Lupke Rice Insurance and Financial Services, Fort Wayne
Ms. Pamela Martin-Diaz, Member-at-Large, FW Community Schools and Branch Manager, Allen County Public Library-Shawnee Branch, Fort Wayne
Mr. Rick Oliphant, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Pizza Hut, Fort Wayne
Ms. Maria Parra, Board Member, Wayne Township, and Parra Company, Fort Wayne
Mr. Ian Rolland, Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Lincoln National Corporation, Fort Wayne
Pastor Angela Shannon, Associate Pastor, Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne
Mr. John Shoaff, City Councilman, At-Large, and Architect, Fort Wayne
Mr. Chris Stauffer, Owner, Chris Stauffer Homes, Fort Wayne
Mr. Robert Ternet, Owner, Ternet Farms, New Haven
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