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ALO Board Board of Trustees
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Executive Committee
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Amy M Williams
President
Amy has been an avid NJ beach tourist and surfer since she was little. While attaining her B.S. in natural resource management through Rutgers University, she studied abroad in Australia where she learned to scuba dive and her love of the coastal eco systemwas solidified. As a Research in Ocean Sciences intern, she completed a G.H. Cook Honors Thesis on beach raking impacts in Brigantine at the Rutgers Marine Science Field Station in Tuckerton. She then received her M.S. and Ph.D at Texas A&M University with a focus on coastal ecology and management. After five years in Texas, she moved back home to N.J. and now lives on Long Beach Island. She is currently enjoying teaching earth science courses at local county colleges. Amy’s main goals are coastal outreach and education about intricacies of the Jersey coast.
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Lisa Braunwell
Vice President
Lisa is a lifelong resident of the New Jersey coastline, enjoying all watersports and has lived on Long Beach Island for the past twelve years. Lisa studied to become a registered nurse at Atlantic Cape Community College, and earned her M.S.N at Seton Hall University. As a health care provider, she is commited to the maintenance of a healthy environment and excited to join ALO in their pursuit of clean water and safe beaches. Lisa is a professor of nursing at Ocean County College and Rutgers University. She also volunteers with the American Red Cross as the state lead of Disaster Health Services, and cares for patients as a pediatric nurse practitioner with Coastal Volunteers in Medicine.
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Genevieve "Gene" DiModica
Secretary
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Gene moved to New York and worked in various aspects of quality assurance in the garment industry. She first learned to love the ocean and its creatures as a kid, spending summers on the Connecticut beaches of Long Island Sound. She always wished to live in "a house by the sea" but rarely got back to the shore until she bought her weekend home on LBI in 1989. Once the Atlantic Ocean became her back yard, she developed an interest in birding. In 2004 she made Beach Haven her home and started a new career as a sales associate at Stevens Real Estate in Brant Beach. In order to share theLBI experience, Gene has launched a web site, www.BeachHavenCenter.com as a neighborhood networking site for the people who live (at least part of the year) or work on Long Beach Island. Gene joined ALO in 2008 and became secretary in 2009. |
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Michael P. Gross, CPA
Treasurer
Michael works hard to keep the gears of ALO running smoothly and is a constant and steadfast supporter of all ALO activities.
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Board of Trustees
Jay Mann
Jay Mann is a lifelong waterman and naturalist who has called Long Beach Island home since the mid-1960s. He has been a lifelong waverider, angler and naturalist. Having worked as a professional bayman, salvage diver and chef, Jay is currently the managing editor of The SandPaper, Surf City. He has been a columnist (entertainment, surfing, fishing, environment) for over 30 years. Jay attended colleges in Hawaii, California and Mexico, obtaining degrees in English and Science. He has also studied Meteorology, Herpetology and Geology. A fierce proponent of environmental health, Jay has fought for a healthy ocean in venues including Hawaii, Florida, California and New Jersey. |
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Tom Beaty
Tom joined ALO in the late eighties, when as a lifeguard in Holgate, he saw syringes and other types of medical waste washing up on the beach. Initially, just a member, Tom started volunteering in the office and doing table sales at local events, and even produced the ALO Newsletter from 1995-2008. A former President of ALO, Tom is currently the Treasurer, and lives with his wife Elizabeth and their son Tommy on the south end of LBI. |
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Larrell Brown
Larrell has lived or spent time on LBI since 1952. Currently she resides with her husband, Chris, in Peahala Park. She earned B.A. in Business from Temple and worked for the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission for 17 years. She also owns a small business "Seabreeze Crafts" on LBI. She holds a valid N.J. Real Estate License and Alternate Route Teaching Certificate. Larrell has previously served in every position of the ALO Executive Committee. She is a volunteer with Monmouth County Check Out Hunger Campaign and Board Member of Beach Wheels Inc. In addition to being a volunteer with the St. Francis Sunday School Program, she is the Chairperson of the Environmental Ministry at St. Francis. Larrell is planning to live at the shore all of her life and is committed to keeping our New Jersey beaches and waters clean and safe for our generation and the ones to follow.
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David L. Salvestrini
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and the University of New Haven, Connecticut, David is a retired college professor. He holds many professional awards, including Chef of the Year for Westchester and Lower Connecticut and was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs. An avid birder, David lives in a bay front home with his wife, Maureen. David enjoys talking about birds, fish, cleanwater, respecting the environment, and leading the ecotour that he and Maureenhave been conducting for ALO for many years.
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R. Maureen Salvestrini
Maureen graduated from Western Connecticut State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in education. She holds elementary and secondary science certification and retired after teaching secondary science for 32 years. She received many awards, including having her name read into the Congressional Record of the Congress of the United States for “outstanding efforts in the field of education” and being listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. She became involved with ALO because she fell in love withthe bay and ocean and wanted to help. Maureen and David are ALO's top educators and she enjoys teaching about water chemistry, grasses, reproduction, surface tension, and more.
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Walters “Bud” Coleman Stewart Stahler IV
Bud grew up spending summers on Long Beach Island and moved here in 2006. Professionally, he is a full-time carpenter for Sprague and Rudman Construction. Bud became a volunteer for ALO in 2008 and has helped at countless events since. He joined the board to become more involved and affect greater change. Bud was married to former Executive Director Kristin Neal at the Branch Beach Yacht Club on the beach Oct. 9, 2010.
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Linda Bonvie
Linda Bonvie has long been an advocate for clean water and healthy beaches, having lived on or near the shore since childhood in Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey. She currently runs Sundew Creative, a graphic and web design shop in Little Egg Harbor, which works with clients both around the country and locally. She also writes a twice-weekly blog at FoodIdentityTheft.com, and is a volunteer for the Friends of the Ocean County Animal Shelter, where she creates and maintains the Petfinder listings for the shelter animals. |
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Kimberly Belfer
Kimberly Belfer has had a lifelong love for the ocean and has centered her career around it for many years. After receiving a B.S. degree from the Richard Stockton College in Marine Biology, she had the opportunity to become a volunteer and intern with ALO, assisting with summer education programs and school-based programs throughout the year. After returning from Australia, where she received her M.S. degree in Conservation Biology, ALO once again asked for her assistance and hired her on as the Summer Program Coordinator, then as the Program Coordinator in the fall of that year. She has recently published a K-8 teacher resource guide in conjunction with the school-based outreach program that was developed under her leadership as Program Coordinator. As a board member, she hopes to keep inspiring young people to love and care for the ocean and the bay. |
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Staff
Christopher D. Huch Jr.
Executive Director
Chris has lived on the New Jersey coastline for his entire life and enjoys all the area has to offer, be it surfing, fishing, or boating. Chris graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.S. in Marine Science and a Professional Science Masters in Environmental Science and now works as an assistant track and field coach there. Prior to working for ALO, Chris worked for six years for the Rutgers University Marine Field Station and the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve. Chris is excited to work with the board and continue to establish ALO as a leader in education and activism as strides continue to be made towards the goal of a clean coastal environment.
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