Staff, Directors, Advisory Council

Staff

President Russ Marane joined the Land Trust in 2006, after serving with The Trust for Public Land as a Project Manager for Coastal Programs in Georgia and South Carolina, and as State Director for Georgia. A land planner with more than 40 years’ experience as a consultant and developer of projects in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and New Jersey, he also served in the Carter administration as Southeast Regional Administrator of HUD and as General Manager for HUD’s New Communities Development Corporation in Washington, D.C.

Director of Development & Membership Dana Pope joined the Land Trust in 2006 after serving as Director of Advancement at independent college-preparatory school, Frederica Academy. She has been a resident of St. Simons since 1996.

Susan Crowley joined the Land Trust in 2008 as Business Manager. A St. Simons resident since 2005, she was formerly an account manager for a custom furniture manufacturing company in the Baltimore-D.C. area. Before joining the Land Trust, she was employed by the Sea Island Company.

Board of Directors	Advisory Council
Lee Richards, Chairman SSLT	Frances McCrary, Chairman
Susan Shipman, Vice Chairman	Lovick P. Corn
Sherri Jones, Secretary	A.D. Pete Correll
Bob Atwood, Asst. Secretary	Nancy Coverdell
Ted Davis, Treasurer	Martha Ellis
Chuck Cansler, Asst. Treasurer	Brad Foster
Greer Brown	Bill Jones III
Ellen M. Dempsey	Rep. Jerry Keen
John Dunham	George Lane III
Tom Flickinger	Buff Leavy
Fred Freyer	Davis Love III
Jim Jones	Robin Love
Russ Marane	Jeanne Manning
Frances McCrary	Jim Manning
Don Myers	Leslie D. Mattingly
Ed Ralston	James T. Mills Jr
Col. George J. Stapleton	Colleen Nunn
Gordon T. Strother	Sen. Sam Nunn
Brooke B. Sumerford	Roy Richards
Sandy Turbidy	Ben Slade
	Dick Vieser