Trustees

Since its founding in 1972, the Foundation’s governing board comprised individuals whose background and skills included experience not only in conservation but also in international development, education, and business management. IRF recognized the need to address environmental concerns within a larger framework of insular economic development and improved livelihoods.

These concerns were reflected in the composition of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees for more than four decades, and were perhaps best illustrated in the 1970s when George A. Spater, then president of American Airlines, and Dr. Harold J. Coolidge, a founding member of the IUCN and the WWF-US, both served on the IRF board at the same time.

For an historical review of the composition of IRF’s Board of Trustees from its inception to its sunsetting, please click here.

 

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OUTGOING OFFICERS OF IRF:

Bruce Potter, President
Barbara J. Lausche, J.D.,Vice President
Judith A. Towle Secretary/Treasurer

OUTGOING TRUSTEES OF IRF:

Nicolas DRAYTON
Program Coordinator
Virgin Islands Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
University of the Virgin Islands
#2 John Brewer’s Bay
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00802

Lianna JARECKI, Ph.D.
101 Derby Lane
Chapel Hill NC  27514

Barbara J. LAUSCHE, J.D.
International Environmental Lawyer
4371 Oak View Drive
Sarasota, FL 34232

Bruce G. POTTER
President
Island Resources Foundation
1818 Woods Road
Annapolis, MD 21401

LaVerne E. RAGSTER, Ph.D.
former President, University of the Virgin Islands
#2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00802

Judith A. TOWLE
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Island Resources Foundation
1718 P Street NW, #L8
Washington, DC 20036