About Us Policy Board
The Policy Board is comprised of local elected officials from counties and municipalities in the St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays watershed. These elected officials make up the voting members of the Policy Board. Additional members from various state, federal and regional resource management agencies compose the non-voting members and these members serve in an advisory role to the Policy Board.
Voting members:
11 voting seats are held by elected officials across the major counties of the Estuary boundaries
Non-voting members:
Held by members of federal, state, local organizations, and non-governmental organizations
At-large members:
Held by individuals
VOTING MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES
Bay County Commissioners (2)
Gulf County Commissioner
Callaway
Lynn Haven
Mexico Beach
Panama City
Panama City Beach
Parker
Port St. Joe
Springfield
FSU Panama City
NON-VOTING REPRESENTATIVES
Emerald Coast Regional Council
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC)
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Elected Officials (Voting)
Bill Dozier
Commissioner, Bay County
Doug Moore
Commissioner, Bay County
Sandy Quinn
Commissioner, Gulf County
Michael Rohan
Mayor, City of Panama City
Rex Buzzett
Mayor, Port St. Joe
Tim Linderman
Councilmember, Mexico Beach
Ralph Hammond
Mayor, Springfield
Kenneth Ayers
Commissioner, Callaway
Andrew Kelly
Mayor, Parker
Pat Perno
Commissioner, Lynn Haven
Mary Coburn
Councilmember, Panama City Beach
Irvin Clark
Associate Dean, FSU Panama City as host entity
Participating Agencies (Non-Voting) (Ex-Officio)
Caitlin Young
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration – Restore Science Program
Angela Bradley
Emerald Coast Regional Council
Jonathan Brucker
Division of Water Resource Management, Division of Water Resource Management Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Barbara Powell
Bureau of Community Planning and Growth Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Thomas McGill, Chief
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4
Catrina Martin
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Jeremy LaDart
Planning and Environmental Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
At-large participants
Anne Birch
The Nature Conservancy
Darryl Boudreau
NWFL Water Management District
Bryan Phillips
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission