Why join Marjory’s Circle?

Marjory’s Circle members hail from all over, possessing different backgrounds and motivations, and are connected by a desire to see the Everglades protected and preserved. Find out the reasons and motivations of other members in our latest Featured Member Video:

What Have We Accomplished Together?

Since 1969, Friends of the Everglades has created many positive impacts, including:

Stopping a major jetport from being built north of Everglades National Park.

Setting enforceable water-quality standards for the Everglades.

Funding scientific research on the effectiveness of major Everglades restoration projects.

Funding scientific research into the harmful effects of methylmercury in the Everglades.

Opposing damaging road and development projects, including the recent State Road 836 extension in Miami-Dade.

Educating the public about the acute health threats of toxic algae blooms, and working with lawmakers and other officials to ensure such health risks are factored into Florida’s water-management decisions.

Educating thousands of students in K-12 classrooms, and now virtually, through our Friends of the Everglades curriculum.

Successfully advocating for a new Lake Okeechobee management plan that, for the first time, considers the damaging effects of toxic-algae blooms and recognizes the need to send more clean water south to the Everglades

Pushed for an end to the unjust practice of sugarcane burning, which disproportionately harms the Glades region south of Lake Okeechobee.

Founding Members

Connie Washburn Milda Vaivada Philip Kushlan Camila Quaresma-Sharp
Page Rogers Joe Traba Valerie Ricordi Blair Wickstrom
Beverly Young Carine Williams Martha Singleton Sebastian Jano
Robert Stein Shareshten Senior Rising McDowell Dave Preston
Alan Farago Vicky Linville Steven Rowe Elliott Mackle
Gary Graham Jill Preston James McDermott Don & Jeannett Slesnick
Adolphus Busch Steven Swann Spencer Bartram Cheryl Belles
Richard Trotta Marilyn Brooks Kenan Siegel Peter Upton
Marianne Ireland Susan Lloyd John Kozyak Cristina Boeri
David and Susan Welch Lucie Alessio Billy Hinners The Jane Garnett and David Booth Charitable Fund
Nicole Mader Ty Nelson Allyn Golub Thomas Cole
Vicki Conrad Marvin and Lee Cook Katrina Lavene Wade Mayberry
Sandra Thurlow Ellyn Stevenson *Scott Evaul *Mary Esala

Members

Mary Adams Heidi Allespach Sally Brodie Marilyn Brooks
Camelot (Cam) Collins David Comstock Vicki Conrad Mary Laub Cowan
Nelia Coyle Gayle Crabtree-Pergoli Mary Culhane Karla Dascal
Scott Evaul Sarah Feil Lewin Christopher Findlater Jennifer Flaugh
Patricia Forkan Teri Garcia-Marshall Elizabeth Kay Gibson Merle and Barry Ginsburg
Allyn Golub Vivian Guzman Wendy Hart Billy Hinners
Lise Hirsch Teresa Holmes Gretchen Hurchalla Marianne Ireland
Jackie Jack Sebastian Jano Richard Keeney Leila Kight
Diane Kimes Kim Kovel James Kushlan Philip Kushlan
Katrina Lavene Maureen Lerner D.M.D. Lippisch The Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings Foundation
Lisa Peterfreund Susan Lloyd Alex Lovett-Woodsum Elliott Mackle
Nicole Mader David Marshall Jerry Mashburn Julianne McGovern
Cynthia Midwinter Teresa Moore Ann Nichols Naomi Nixon
Linda and Nick Penniman Leslie Phillips Leslie Poole Annie Potts
David Preston Jill Preston Katharine Preston Camila Quaresma-Sharp
Phyllis Rappaport Jill Reiter Valerie Ricordi Kerry Higgins Ross
Steven Rowe Nina Rubio Thomas Rubio Katy and Fred Sherman
Martha Singleton Ellyn Stevenson Steve Swann The Jane Garnett and David Booth Charitable Fund
Sandra Thurlow Joseph Traba Peter Upton Milda Vaivada
Connie Washburn Carol Waxler David and Susan Welch Terrell McVay Wertz
Blair Wickstrom Sheila Wickstrom Carine Williams Anne Lovett and Steve Woodsum
Beverly Young