Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
PHILIPSBURG:--- Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) Sint Maarten welcomes Margot MesSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NArd as Program MaSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAger for the fouNDation. Ms. MesSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NArd served as Project CoordiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtor for EPICs recent pelican conservation project aND has specialized in project maSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAgement arouND ecosystem restoration aND climate change-related projects, with 15 years of experience working in the Caribbean aND Small IslaND States. Locally, she has worked with RESEMBID, Waste2Work, aND serves on the Scientific Committee of the LIFE BiodivOm Project for St. Martin with the Rserve SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAturelle. Ms. MesSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NArd will provide organizatioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl oversight as well as field sUPPort for EPICs various conservation aND education projects. Those interested in environmental education programs, particularly schools, are encouraged to contact the fouNDation to schedule a presentation or field trip. In addition, EPIC welcomes sUPPort aND volunteers for its education, research, aND conservation projects. EPIC would also like to officially welcome Board Members Mareeka Dookie, who is currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer, aND AlexaNDra Frye as general board member. Mareeka is an education, youth, aND climate activist who atteNDed the United SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtions Youth Climate Summit on behalf of EPIC. AlexaNDra is an architect aND operates GreenSXM; she brinSPArty/9/general-solidaire'>GS her passion for protecting the environment as well as expertise in sustaiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAbility actions, such as composting, to the organization.EPIC would like to take this opportunity to thank outgoing Board Members NDidate' href='/newspolitician/522/rueben-thompson'>Rueben Thompson aND Amy Trione. Rueben has served on the Board since 2016, much of that time as Treasurer, while Amy began her term in 2018 aND most recently served as President. The fouNDation thanks them for their many years of service, guiding the organization through periods of growth as well as the challenges of the paNDemic. Fleur Hermanides has stepped in as President of the fouNDation. Having joined the Board in 2015, Fleur offers leadership with a deep uNDerstaNDing of EPICs mission aND values as well as a wealth of knowledge regarding environmental issues aND networks. FouNDing member SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtalia Collier, completes the current board, having served since the FouNDation was established in 2007.
EPIC would like to thank the HET Prins Bernhard CULTUURFONDS NetherlaNDs, Prins Bernhard CultuurfoNDs Caribisch Gebied, aND Jadore SXM for their recent doSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtion, sUPPorting conservation aND education projects through increased staffing. The Board aND staff will collaborate to implement strategic planning objectives outlined this year to increase EPICs impact in research, restoration, education, aND advocacy. The FouNDation looks to a promising future uNDer the continued guidance of this team of professioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAls, building on the legacy of previous leadership.
