The Governor’s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida*

Voting Members

Richard Pettigrew, Attorney, Chair
Miami, FL

Burt Aaronson, Commissioner
Palm Beach County

Luis Ajamil, Vice President
Bermello, Ajamil, and Partners, Inc.

Charles Aller, Director
Office of Agricultural Water Policy

John Anderson, President and CEO
Enterprise Florida, Inc.

Thomas F. Barry, Jr., Secretary
Florida Department of Transportation

Richard G. Bashaw, Councilman
City of Fort Myers

Mitchell Berger, Governing Board Member
South Florida Water Management District

Ernie Caldwell,
Vice President
Berry Holding Company

Michael Collins, Captain
Florida Keys Guide Association

W. Arthur Darling, Executive Director
Sunshine Milk Producers

Dr. John M. DeGrove, Director
FAU/FIA Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems

Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
Miami-Dade County Commission

Willard Dover, Attorney
Ft. Lauderdale

Robert Duane, Board Member
Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council

Loly Espino
Economatric, Inc
.
Suellen W. Fardelmann, Mayor
City of Cooper City

John F. Flanigan, Esq., Chairman
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council

Howard C. Forman, Senator
Florida Legislature

Debra S. Harrison, Board Member
South Florida Regional Planning Council

Quinton Hedgepeth,
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish

J. Noble Hendrix, M.D.
Hendrix Farms
Homestead, Florida

Maggy Hurchalla, Former Commissioner
Martin County

Dexter Lehtinen, Attorney
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Jack London, Commissioner
Monroe County

Pamela S. Mac’Kie, Commissioner,
Collier County

Margaret F. Megee,
Cape Canaveral. FL

L. Jack Moller, Vice Delegate
Florida Wildlife Federation

James F. Murley, Secretary
Florida Department of Community Affairs

Lori Nance Parrish, Commissioner
Broward County

William J. Payne, Attorney
Palm Beach County

John Rayson, Representative
Florida Legislature

Terry L. Rice, Ph.D.
Miami. FL

Carol R. Rist, Past President
Miami-Dade and Broward League of Women Voters

Herbert Robinson, Dean
Miami-Dade Community College

Roy Rogers, Senior Vice President
Government Relations and Planning
Division of Arvida

Steve Shiver, Mayor
City of Homestead

Stuart Strahl, Ph.D.
National Audubon Society

Michele Thomas
Seminole Tribe of Florida

Macolm S. Wade, Jr.
Senior Vice President
U.S. Sugar Corporation

Virginia Wetherell, Vice Chair (retiring)
Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Clara K. Williams, Mayor
City of Riviera Beach.

Bernard Yokel, Past President
Florida Audubon Society
Mt. Dora, FL

Charles J. Zwick
Retired Chairman
Southeast Banking Corporation

Non-Voting Members

Billy Causey, Superintendent\
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

John H. Hankinson, Jr.. Regional Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

COL Joe R. Miller, District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Richard G. Ring, Superintendent
Everglades National Park

Terrence (Rock) Salt, Executive Director
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

Estus Whitfield, Policy Coordinator, Executive Office of the Governor (Special Guest)


*Members as of December 1998

Index

A Word from the Task Force

Purpose of this Report

The South Florida Ecosystem

Fixing the Problem

Progress Made

The Future

The Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida

The South Florida Ecosystem Working Group

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