Alliance for a Living Ocean 528 Dock Street Beach Haven, New Jersey 08008 (609) 492-0222

Board of Trustees

Joe LaBella -President
Joe is a retired mechanical engineer with a B.M.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology. He was a senior technical specialist with ITT Space Communications for more than 40 years prior to retiring. Last job at ITT was lead mechanical engineer for the GPS satellite. Moved to Long Beach Island and lives in Barnegat Light to be near the ocean. He always liked the ocean and volunteered with ALO when he found out what the purpose of the organization was and wanted to be a part of it. He is presently selling retail in the office shop and also volunteers at ALO's table at various local community events.

Sheila Schultz – Vice President

After graduating from Duke University with a Masters in Operations Research, she joined the staff at Bell Labs as a systems engineer. Then came a 16 year hiatus while raising her children. It was during this time that she became active in the League of Women Voters. She was drawn to environmental issues by the citizen's campaign to stop the development of a large airport in the Great Swamp in the 1960's. The area was saved, and it is now a Federal Wildlife Refuge. She grew up on the south shore of Long Island with its beautiful, mostly undeveloped beach (in 1950's), thus began her lifelong love affair with the ocean. The last 20 years before retirement, she worked for Bellcore on large software systems, where she was also exposed to webpage development. She has been the webmaster for ALO’s website for a number of years. She is also responsible for entering the Barnegat Bay Water Monitoring data in to the EPA STORET system.

Tom Beaty – Treasurer

Tom is a local surfer and fisherman from Holgate, with a BS in Computer Science from Rutgers University. Tom was the Director of Applications Development, Ream Development Corporation / Sensory Computer Systems, in Morristown, NJ where he was the primary developer of the SIMS/SIMS2000 system. "I joined ALO in the late eighties, when as a lifeguard in Holgate, I saw syringes and other types of medical waste washing up on the beach. Initially, I was just a member. Then I started selling retail in the office store for ALO, and doing table sales at local events. I've been doing the format and layout of the ALO Newsletter since 1995, and I also help around the office doing the occasional computer related task." Tom recently assisted with the conversion of the Barnegat Bay Watch monitoring data into the EPA's STORET program on the Internet, and is now the design and layout editor of the newsletter as well as the current Treasurer of ALO.

Larrell Brown - Secretary
Lived on LBI since 1978, as a summer resident prior to that, her family had owned a house on LBI since 1952. Currently resides with her husband, Chris, in the Peahala Park section of Long Beach Island. Earned BA in Business from Temple. She has worked for the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission for 17 years, and currently holds the position of Senior Accountant in the Financial Division. She also owns a small business "Seabreeze Crafts" on LBI. She holds a valid NJ Real Estate License and Alternate Route Teaching Certificate. Larrell served as ALO Treasurer in 1991, as ALO Secretary from 1993 thru 1999, as ALO Vice President 1999-2001, and as ALO President 2001 - 2004. 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. She 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.

Board Members

Jay Mann
Jay completed high school and attended Mauna Olu College in Maui, HI. He holds degrees in both English and Science, and attended graduate school in California and Mexico. He is now the managing editor for The SandPaper, The Beachcomber, The Tuckerton/Little Egg Township Leader, The Stafford Leader, and The Barnegat Leader. He also served on the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Tournament Committee. Jay has always enjoyed surfing and fishing New Jersey's coastal waters.

David L. Salvestrini

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and the University of New Haven, Connecticut, David is a retired college professor with over 30 years experience. He holds many professional awards, including Chef of the Year for Westchester and Lower Connecticut. He was also inducted into the American Academy of Chefs. David has owned a “shore house” since 1986 and has watched the water both in the bay and ocean get cleaner. An avid birder, David lives in a bay front home with his wife, Maureen. He has volunteered for ALO since ALO was in its Beach Haven location by manning tables at Stafford’s Founders Days, decoy shows, St. Francis Fairs, etc. However, David most enjoys talking about birds, fish, clean water and respecting the environment, whether it be on a “Beach Walk” or on one of the three hour “Ecotours of a Barrier Island” he and Maureen have been conducting for ALO for many years.

R. Maureen Salvestrini

Maureen graduated from Western Connecticut State University with BS and MS degrees in education. She holds elementary and secondary science certification and has just retired after teaching secondary science for 32 years and receiving 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. Maureen began using flora and fauna found on and near the beaches in her classes after she and her husband, David, bought their first home here. She became involved with ALO because she fell in love with the bay and ocean and wanted to help. She covered the retail store next to the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven at night. Later she got her husband to help with the ALO tables at local events. Maureen and David conduct the north end Eco-Tours of a Barrier Island as a team and she enjoys teaching about water chemistry, grasses, reproduction, surface tension, classification, etc.

Matthew Garamone

David Breeding

Science Advisor to ALO

Marc LaBella

Marc is a semi-retired college professor who now teaches distance learning courses and is an E-learning consultant. In addition to earning graduate degrees in Psychology and Statistics, Marc also holds an M.S. (plus post graduate credits) in Environmental Microbiology. Marc has extensive experience with the microbial ecology of estuaries, and has conducted research on the biodegradation of organic pollutants in the Hackensack Meadowlands.

Marc has been a summer resident of LBI since 1982. Recently, with his wife Jane, son Luke and golden retrievers Kady, Chloe and Buddy, have become permanent residents of LBI, residing in Barnegat Light. Marc, in addition to teaching and spending time with his family, plans to focus on photography, writing, and preserving the natural beauty of the island.

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