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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kevin Cox, Chairman
Richard Ames, Vice Chairman
Richard Warner, Treasurer
Roland Hoffman,
Assistant Treasurer
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Kiawah Island’s
Marsh Sparrow Project
By Aaron Given
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The Marsh: Signature
of the Lowcountry
By Frances Boyd
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Creatures of the Marsh
By Frances Boyd
A Lifetime’s Work:
Interview with
Dr. Lou Guillette
Story and photos
by Jack Kotz
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The American Alligator:
Our Kiawah Neighbor
By Jack Kotz
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Kiawah Poetry
By Grisham and
Dylan Tholan
Chuck Davis, Secretary
Jack Braden, Assistant Secretary
Sue Corcoran, Immediate
Past Chairman
Jim Boyd
Bernadette Brogan
Frank Cassidy
Judy Clark
Bob Dolson
David Elliott, Honorary Trustee
Bob Fetch
Dick Fishburn
Leo Fishman, Honorary Trustee
Bill Hindman
Shauneen Hutchinson
Durk Jager
Jack Kotz
Cindy Perry
Helen Pharr
Jim Sullivan
Elliot Surkin
Kurt Wassen, Honorary Trustee
Vickey Wile
Jimmy Bailey, KICA Liaison
Mary Johnson, TOKI Liaison
Amanda Mole, ARB Liaison
Jamie Rood, KIGR Liaison
STAFF
Donna Windham
Executive Director
Justin Core
Land Preservation Coordinator
Beverly Kline
Office Systems Administrator
Jennifer Wilson Woody
Communications &
Education Coordinator
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CONTRIBUTING
PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHHERS
Richard Bernabe
Denise Ippolito
Patrick O’Brien
Margo Taussig Pinkerton
Tony Sweet
NATURALLY KIAWAH
Shauneen Hutchinson, Editor
Tina Schell, Associate Editor
John Cruise, Designer
Pamela Buongiorno, Asst. Editor
Jennifer Woody, Asst. Editor
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Frances Boyd
Pamela Cohen
Sue Corcoran
Kevin Cox
Amy Dabbs
Jane Ellis
Aaron Given
Jane Iwan
Jack Kotz
Kim Counts Morganello
David William Owens
Paul Roberts
Tina Schell
Chris Sudell
Carol Surkin
Dylan Tholan
Grisham Tholan
Donna Windham
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Linda Albus
Ken Ball
Mickey Ball
Pamela Cohen
Sue Corcoran
Chris Counts
Eileen D’Agostino
Bill Davis
David Elliott
Ann Gridley
Gretchen Gross
Louis J. Guillette, Jr.
Kathy Keane
Jack Kotz
Renee Levow
Russ Lowes
Jane Lurie
Nima Marsh
Kim Counts Morganello
Cindy Perry
Paul Roberts
John Sanders
Tina Schell
Dave Wechsler
Erin White
Kimberly Wissel
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