SR 40 Collaborative Task Force

The Task Force is comprised of 27 representatives of state and federal planning and permitting agencies, elected officials and representatives of local and regional government, and representatives of environmental groups, local businesses, and residents. Task Force members will meet about once a month.

Organization Representatives
Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts Marilyn Breeze, Director

Office of Greenways & Trails, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands

Jena B. Brooks, Director
Designee: Mickey Thomason, Regional Manager
Alternate: Adele Mills, Environmental Specialist II
Alternate: Dave Bowman, OMC II

Volusia County Council
District 2

The Honorable Frank Bruno, Jr, Chairman
Alternate: : Jon E. Cheney, P.E. Traffic Engineer

Lake County Board of County Commissioners, District 5, North

The Honorable Welton G. Cadwell, Chairman

US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

Col. Robert M. Carpenter, District Engineer

Designee: Andrew Phillips, Project Manager

Florida Department of Community Affairs

Charles Gauthier, Chief, Bureau of Local Planning

Alternates:
Kenneth Metcalf
, Regional Planning Administrator
Scott Rogers, Planning Manager

St. Johns River Water Management District

Kirby B. Green, III, Executive Director

Alternate: Lisa Grant, Technical Program Manager

Office of Park Planning, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation & Parks

Albert G. Gregory, Bureau Chief

Designee: Robert C. Lamont, Park Manager
Alternate: Rosemarie Mulholland, District Biologist
Alternate: S. Lance Logan, Assistant Park Manager

Forest Trading Post

Patricia Griffiths, Business Owner

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Kenneth D. Haddad, Executive Director

Designee: Dennis David, Regional Director, NE Region
Alternate:Terry Gilbert, Consultant Biologist

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry

Dennis Hardin, Forest Ecologist
Alternate: Cathy Lowenstein, Forestry Resource Administrator

Silver Springs, Florida Terry Hopkins, Resident
Marion County Board of County Commissioners, District 1 and Chair of the Ocala/Marion MPO Commissioner Andy Kesselring, Vice-Chairman

Audubon of Florida

Charles Lee, Senior Vice-President

Alternate: Margy Bieling, Conservation Chair
Astor Resident Maggie Privette

Silver River Museum

Guy Marwick, Curator
Alternate: Jim Buckner

Defenders of Wildlife

Laurie Mc Donald, Transportation and Wildlife Coordinator

US Fish and Wildlife Service, North Florida Field Office

Don Palmer, Wildlife Biologist
Alternate: Annie Dziergowski, Fish & Wildlife Biologist
Designee: CalLee Davenport, Fish
& Wildlife Biologist

1000 Friends of Florida

Charles Pattison, Executive Director

Designee: C. Allen Watts, Esq., Immediate Past President

The Nature Conservancy

Keith Schue, Wekiva Issue Chair

Ocala/Marion Metropolitan Planning Organization

Greg Slay, AICP Executive Director
Alternate: Jeff Shrum, AICP Transportation Planner

Florida Department of Transportation, District 5

George Gilhooley, District Secretary

Alternate: Lennon Moore, Government and Community Liaison
Alternate: Noranne Downs, Director of Transportation Development

Lake County Public Works Department

Jim Stivender, Jr., P.E., P.L.S., Executive Director

National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office

Frederick C. Sutter, III, Deputy Regional Administrator

Marion County Board of County Commissioners, District 3

The Honorable Parnell Townley, Chairman

The Nature Conservancy, Florida Chapter

Victoria Tschinkel, Director

Designee: Doria Gordon, Senior Ecologist
Alternate: Walt Thompson, Ecologist

US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forests in Florida

Mark Warren, Staff Officer for Minerals, Engineering, Recreation, and Lands (MERL)

Alternate: James Thorsen, District Ranger, Ocala National Forest (ONF), Seminole Ranger District

Volusia County Metropolitan Planning Organization

Karl D. Welzenbach, Executive Director

Alternate: Michael Neidhart, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner
Astor Community Association John Bustle, President
Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization TJ Fish, Executive Director
Federal Highway Administration, Florida Division Derek Fusco, District Transportation Engineer
Marion County Board of County Commissioners, District 4 Randy Harris, Commissioner
Marion County Board of County Commissioners, District 3 Stan Mc Clain, Commissioner
Defender of Wildlife Laurie Mac Donald, Florida Director
Volusia County Council Joie Alexander, Councilwoman at Large
URS Corporation Terry Gilbert, Consultant Biologist
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southest Region Dawn Zattau, Endangered Species Biologist
Sierra Club, Florida chapter Kathleen Cantwell, Co-Chair Public Lands Issues