Board of Directors
Lela Porter Love
Chair
Professor of Law and Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo School of Law; Chair, International Advisory Board on Mediation, Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes. JD, Georgetown University Law Center, BA, Harvard University.
Loren Alegria
Vice Chair
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Physical and Life Sciences, Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Great-nephew of Richard Archbold and has served on the Board of Directors for 15 years.
James Kushlan
Treasurer
Coconut Grove, Florida, and Annapolis, Maryland. Ornithologist specializing in waterbirds, author, conservationist. Formerly professor of biology University of Mississippi and Texas A& -Commerce, director Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, president Waterbird Society and American Ornithological Society, founder and chair IUCN Heron Specialist Group and North American Waterbird Conservation Initiative, and author of 12 books on water birds and Florida history. more...
Robert Lloyd George
Assistant Treasurer
The Honourable Robert Lloyd George is a British subject, who has spent his fund management career mainly in Asia. He is also the author of a number of books on business, China, and history (David and Winston). He is also a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Nicole Love Doppelt
Secretary
General Counsel of Extend since May 2021. Prior to that, served as in-house counsel at AXA XL, a division of AXA, for three years, and practiced law at Milbank LLP for over seven years. Grew up in New York City and New Hampshire, and now lives in Rye, New York, with her husband and three children. Daughter of Board Chair, Lela Love.
Amy Conlee
Board Member
Former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, philanthropist, environmental enthusiast, Amy Conlee joined the Board in 2021. She splits her time between Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, MBA Vanderbilt University.
Burr O'Connor
Board Member
Managing Director of BioHaven Environmental Solutions, LLC. BA Kenyon College, MA, MS, University of Virginia. Lives in Maine with his wife and three daughters. Board member since 2021.
David Tereshchuk
Board Member
Journalist across all media. PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent concentrating on ethics. Author, ongoing critique: www.TheMediaBeat.US. Weekly public radio commentator. Previously in UK was CEO of the International Broadcasting Trust, a non-profit educating the public on global poverty. MA Oxford University.
Dylan Alegria
Board Member
Physician and nature lover in California. Grand nephew of Richard Archbold. Scrub camp alumnus!
John Fitzpatrick
Board Member
(spouse, Molly) Ithaca, New York. Ornithologist, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. Former curator at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, then Director of Archbold Biological Station. From 1995 to 2021, Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a renowned center for ornithology, conservation biology, and public engagement in science.
John "Jack" Hufty
Board Member
John “Jack” Archbold Hufty is a founding Board member, having served since 1977. His love of the outdoors, the environment, and nature, coupled with an interest in agriculture, cattle, and horses, fuel his enthusiasm for research at both Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch. Having dialogue with administrators, scientists, students, guests, and Archbold benefactors for the last 45 years as a Board member has provided continued inspiration for Jack
Kyle Ashton
Board Member
Executive Director, Medical Affairs, Travere Therapeutics. Prior academic posts: Kutztown University, Cornell University, Villanova University, University of California San Diego, SUNY-Cortland. Archbold Vertebrate Ecology Lab 2001-2003. PhD, University of Colorado. BA, University of California Berkeley.
Luanna Prevost
Board Member
Plant ecologist, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida. The Prevost Lab focuses on understanding student thinking through assessment and using these findings to drive instruction. Board member since 2021.
Mary Hufty
Board Member
(spouse Daniel Alegria MD) Physician, community leader, daughter of Frances Archbold Hufty, Biology Stanford, UCSD Medical School, director OBFS, active at Archbold since 1977, president of the board 1992, till my mother’s death in 2010, then, chair of the board until 2020. I have an intense love of Nature and a deep commitment to Archbold’s work.
Mallory Dimmitt
Board Member
CEO, Florida Wildlife Corridor Coalition, residing in St. Petersburg, Florida. MEM, Environmental Economics & Policy, Duke University's Nicholas School Environment. BS, Natural Resources, Sewanee (The University of the South).
Sam Machotka
Board Member
Retired clinical veterinarian residing in Sebring, FL, joined the Board in 2020. Sam and his wife Joyce are particularly inspired by Archbold’s technology (GIS program) and Education program. DVM Texas A&M University, PhD George Washington University Medical School
Schellie Archbold
Board Member
Artist, philanthropist, and grandniece of Richard Archbold. BA Sarah Lawrence.
Vevie Dimmitt
Board Member
Woody Larson
Board Member
Dairyman and rancher from Okeechobee County, Florida, past president of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, and member of Florida Cattle Ranchers, LLC. Board member since 2021.
Emeritus Board
Barbara Stewart
Board Member 2010-2021
Board Treasurer 2019-2021
