Program Associates
Island Resources maintains a floating list of aboout 80 Program Associates who are available for short-term assignments to support Foundation projects in small tropical islands around the world. Program Associates are required to have both outstanding technical skills and significant working experience in small tropical islands.
We are always anxious to expand our list of qualified Associates—if you think you can meet the standards set out above and would like to apply to be listed as an Island Resources Foundation Program Associate, write to Bruce Potter at the Washington DC office, or send an e-mail message to irf@irf.org.
Island Resources Foundation Program Associates now have the opportunity to post their resumes on this site. Check the resumes page if you are interested in details of someone's background, or click on the highlighted names below for Associates for whom we have resumes posted.
| Program Associate | Specialty/Location |
| Mr. Donald Anderson | watershed management/USA |
| Mr. Ove Andersson | regional planning/Sweden |
| Mr. John Barnes | fisheries/Bermuda |
| Mr. Stephen Bass | environmental policy/UK |
| Dr. James Beets | marine ecology/USA |
| Dr. Oswald Blaich | public planning/USA |
| Dr. Barry Blake | resource management/UK |
| Mr. Ralf Boulon | environmental education/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. David Brower | growth management/USA |
| Ms. Jessica Brown | international development/USA |
| Mr. Warren Brown | park planning/USA |
| Mr. Paul Butler | wildlife conservation/UK |
| Dr. Gillian Cambers | oceanography/Australia |
| Mr. Costas Christ | ecotourism development/USA |
| Ms. Alissandra Cummins | museum development/Barbados |
| Mr. Henrique Pinto da Costa | NGO development/São Tomé |
| Dr. Michael Downs | social impact assessment/USA |
| Dr. Random DuBois | development planning/Italy |
| Dr. Karen Eckert | endangered species/USA |
| Dr. Patrick Fairbairn | wildlife biology/USA |
| Mr. Thomas Fox | international development/USA |
| Dr. John Gamman | environmental policy/USA |
| Mr. Lloyd Gardner | resource planning/Jamaica & USVI |
| Mr. Jose Garnham | public administration/USA |
| Mr. John Garrison | NGO development/USA |
| Ms. Virginia Garrison | Coral Reef Ecology/USA |
| Ms. Tighe Geoghegan | NGO development/UK |
| Dr. Melvin Goodwin | marine ecology/USA |
| Mr. David Grigg Sr. | marine biology/US Virgin Islands |
| Ms. Jan Hartman | public diplomacy/São Tomé |
| Dr. Bruce Hatcher | fisheries/Canada |
| Mr. Lawrence Hill | tropical forestry/USA |
| Dr. Bruce Horwith | plant ecology/USA |
| Dr. Christopher Howell | economic planning/USA |
| Dr. Dennis Hubbard | geology/USA |
| Dr. Michael Ivie | conservation biology/USA |
| Mr. Ivor Jackson | environmental planning/Antigua |
| Dr. Lianna Jarecki | marine resources management/BVI |
| Ms. Meghan Jeans | environmental law/USA |
| Mrs. Eleanor Jones | environmental planning/Jamaica |
| Ms. Gail Karlsson | environmental law/US Virgin Islands |
| Dr. Anne LaBastille | wildlife ecology/USA |
| Dr. David Lee | environmental management/Jamaica |
| Dr. Lee MacDonald | watershed management/USA |
| Dr. Robin Mahon | fisheries/Barbados |
| Ms. Christine McCoy | environmental education/waste management/USA |
| Dr. Jerome McElroy | economic development/USA |
| Mr. Jeff Miller | marine biology/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. Louis Mills | landscape planning/USA |
| Dr. Maynard Nichols | marine geology/USA |
| Ms. Hillary Nobles | international environmental policy /US Virgin Islands |
| Dr. Leonard Nurse | coastal resources/Barbados |
| Dr. Michael O’Neal | sustainable development /British Virgin Islands |
| Ms. Julie Overing | marine biology/USA |
| Mr. Jim Owens | park planning//USA |
| Mr. Clive Petrovic | marine biology/British Virgin Islands |
| Dr. Elizabeth Pierson | zoology/USA |
| Dr. Lydia Pulsipher | historical geography/USA |
| Dr. LaVerne Ragster | science and higher education /US Virgin Islands |
| Dr. William Rainey | wildlife biology/USA |
| Dr. Anne Reilly | tropical plant ecology/USA |
| Mr. Yves Renard | community-based management/St. Lucia |
| Dr. Caroline Rogers | coral reef ecology/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. William Rohring | coastal zone management, GIS/USVI |
| Mr. Rob Sampson | watershed hydrology and ecology/USA |
| Mr. Adrian Schottroff | hydrology/USA |
| Dr. Wolfgang Sterrer | marine biology/Bermuda |
| Mr. Henry Tonnemacher | marine biology/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. George Tyson | West Indian history/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. C. Ross van Horn | policy analysis & training/Africa |
| Ms. Karen Varnham | wildlife ecology, invasives control/UK |
| Dr. Jan Vermeiren | coastal development planning/USA |
| Mr. Richard Volk | coastal planning/USA |
| Mr. Roy Watlington | oceanography & seismology/US Virgin Islands |
| Mr. Werner Wernicke | civil engineering/US Virgin Islands |
| Dr. Paul Wilkinson | tourism policy and planning/Canada |
| Ms. Julie Wright | pollution control/US Virgin Islands |
