The people who dedicate their time, effort, and energy to a cause greater than themselves - conserving one of our most vital resources: Our Florida Coral Reefs.

Faces of Friends of Our Florida Reefs

Meet the Board of Directors

  • Melissa Sathe, M.Sc. - Senior Marine Scientist at Coastal Eco-Group

    President & Treasurer

  • Baret Barry - Environmental Consultant & Principal at H2Overboard

    Vice President

  • Maurice Pierre - Research Biologist at Miami-Dade County

    Secretary

  • Angela Delaney-Roles - Broward County Marine Resources Environmental Program Manager

    Board Member

  • Xavier DeRoos - Environmental Entrepreneur, Founder of Renüable Composting

    Board Member

  • Leo Grachow, M.S. Ed - Professional Mediator & Arbitrator

    Board Member

  • Scott Sheckman - NPO Consultant

    Visioning Founder, Past President & Treasurer, and current Board Member

  • David Vance - Pharmaceutical Regulatory Attorney, Retired

    Board Member

Recognizing Past Board Directors and Officers

  • Penny Cutt (November 2016 - March 2022)

  • Kirk Dotson, PhD (January 2019 - March 2022, also served as Board Secretary)

  • Caiti Waks, Esquire (April 2020 - December 2021​)

  • Marilu Christina Flores (January 2019 - December 2021)

  • Lureen Ferretti (June 2015 - January 2017, also served as Board Secretary)

  • Jena McNeal (April 2015 - June 2017, also served as Board Secretary)

In Memory of Kevin Senecal

  • FOFR Co-Founder, First Vice President, and CEO & President of Divers Direct (May 1969 - March 2021, FOFR Board: April 2015 - DOD)

    Kevin Senecal was a Co-Founder of Friends of Our Florida Reefs (FOFR) in early 2015, and served as the Board's first Vice President from 2015-2020, remaining on the FOFR board until his sudden passing in early March 2021 at 51 years young. Kevin was widely known as the friendly and caring CEO and President of Divers Direct since 1994, a world-renowned company serving the dive community since the 1980s. Kevin generously helped to launch FOFR in early 2015, and kindly provided his Ft. Lauderdale Divers Direct headquarters as FOFR’s address and a convenient location for the Board to routinely meet.