Staff

 

Josette Kaufman
Executive Director

After a 20-year career as a financial analyst with Fannie Mae, Josette joined the Marshall Foundation in June 2005. Under her leadership the Foundation has initiated new educational programs, spearheaded major fundraising endeavors and planted thousands of native, wetland trees. Josette is chairman of the Lake Worth Tree Board and is the National Panhellenic Conference delegate for Phi Sigma Sigma Fraternity and the North American Interfraternity Foundation. She also co-chaired the fundraising effort for new educational exhibits at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, serves as assistant executive director for the Northeast Greek Leadership Conference and is a Sustainer of the Junior League.

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Eric GehringEric Gehring
Director of Education

Eric began teaching environmental education in New Jersey, where he served for many years as a county park naturalist in the Great Swamp.  After relocating to Florida, Eric joined the Marshall Foundation in July 2007 and has greatly expanded the scope of our school-age education programs.  Since then, thousands of children and adults have learned about the Everglades through our Everglades To You (EG2U), Wetlands: Weird, Wild and Wonderful and Ambassadors of the Everglades programs.  Eric has led schools and community groups through hands-on wetlands exploration in our Field Experience in the Everglades and has helped educators bring the Everglades into their classroom through teacher workshops and custom programs.

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Rebecca Stanek 
Everglades Research & Education Specialist

Originally from the Buffalo, New York area, Rebecca began working in Everglades education and outreach in 2008. Her past work experiences with the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Center for Environmental Studies provided her with a unique opportunity to teach middle school, high school and college level students about Everglades ecology and restoration. During this time, she also had the opportunity to work with scientists in the field, assisting with data collection for a wide variety of Everglades restoration research projects. She has a B.S. in Environmental Studies, B.A. in Biology and graduated in 2009 with a M.S. in Biology from Florida Atlantic University.  In September 2011, Rebecca started working at the Marshall Foundation as the Everglades Research and Education Specialist where she assists with educational programs and plays a key role in the continued development of the Arthur R. Marshall Summer Intern Program.

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Sherri Gilbert
Special Events Consultant

Sheri has spent the bulk of her lengthy career in the non-profit arena, working with a variety of organizations ranging from the arts and education to health and safety. With a background in graphic design and writing, she also ran her own creative services company for several years and taught commercial art and photography. While early positions focused primarily on communications, including public and media relations, Sherri's experience soon included membership services, advocacy, development, and special event planning and management.

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Loretta Andrus
Bookkeeper
After many years in corporate accounting in New York, Loretta worked for the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airman’s Club and found that the non-profit area was where she wanted to be. When she moved to Florida in 2003, she became the part-time bookkeeper for the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation. She has enjoyed witnessing the growth of the Foundation and its programs.

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