CHEC Team

Staff

Diane Peterson

Admin & Financial Assistant
Alligator Creek
diane@checflorida.org

Daphne Kline​

Environmental Educator
Alligator Creek
daphne@checflorida.org

Michael L. Bednar

Chief Executive Officer
michael@checflorida.org

Ashley Cook

Program & Volunteer Coordinator
Alligator Creek
ashley@checflorida.org

Tome Shaaltiel

Education Coordinator
Cedar Point 
tome@checflorida.org

Our Founding Members

 Executive

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• Board President: Michael Haymans

• Vice President: Frank Allen May

• Treasurer: John Miller

• Secretary: Dave Abderhalden

• John Aspiolea

• David Evans

• Tony Dunbar

• Joseph Tiseo (Charlotte County Commissioner Representative)

• Tom Parker

• Judi Beaumont

• Melissa Lockhart (City of Punta Gorda Representative)

• Cara Reynolds (Charlotte County School Board Representative)

• Kerry Bowers (Peace River Audubon Society Representative)