Board of Directors and Officers
Steven M. Scherer, Director and President. Retired professional engineer and utility executive. Served in the City of West Palm Beach Water Catchment Advisory Committee and Water Board, and chaired the City Green Task Force and Mayor’s Committee for a Grassy Waters Preserve Non-profit.
Eric M. Shea, Director and Vice President. Florida Power & Light Environmental Services Manager. Prior to FPL an Environmental Manager with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and a biologist and land steward with the Nature Conservancy.
Amanda Parks Schlechter, Director and Secretary. Attorney and Shareholder with Palm Beach County law firm Nason Yeager Gerson White & Lioce, P.A. Patent holding entrepreneur and lifetime area resident.
Naomi D’Alessio, PhD., Vice President, Education and Research. Retired Biology Professor, NOVA Southeastern University.
John W. DeCarion, Treasurer. Retired accounting manager and Grassy Waters Preserve volunteer.
Richard Stone, Vice President, Photography. Adjunct Instructor Palm Beach State College, and retired U.S. Weather Service meteorologist
Advisory Members:
Scott D. Kelly, City of West Palm Beach Assistant City Administrator and Liaison to Grassy Waters Conservancy.
Sam Dorfman, City of West Palm Beach Grassy Waters Preserve Nature Center Program Coordinator.
Lisa Gaal, Digital Marketing Consultant
Phil Green, Grassy Waters Conservancy Membership Coordinator, retired Chemical Engineer.
Alan Jardeleza, Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch.
Deborah L. Nichols, West Palm Beach Architect.
Patrick E. Painter, City of West Palm Beach Environmental Resources Manager.
Barry Schein, Professional Photographer, Armory Art Center Instructor.
Virgilia Baird, City of West Palm Beach Environmental Management Systems Coordinator
Honorary Members:
Hon. Keith A. James, City Commissioner West Palm Beach