Refuge Advisor

Media Chair Person

Vice Chair
I have been a volunteer at Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge since May of 2004. At this time I have a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies but future plans include a Masters degree from Christopher Newport University.

From 2004 through 2005 I collected data on the Wood Duck nesting boxes located at Mackay Island. Hopefully, sometime in 2008 I plan on publishing this paper in a peer-reviewed journal so that other biologist can review my findings.

As for future ideas for the Friends, I would like to see a wetland restoration project started in the some of the effected areas of Mackay Island. Also for Currituck N.W.R., I would like to see the Friends re-introduce Seabeach amaranth (an endangered plant) into it’s native habitat, as it has gone extinct on Currituck.

Volunteering: Currently, I am a member of Wildlife Response Inc, and on the Board of Directors of Hunt Club Forest Civic League. Also with the Friends Group, I am serving on the finance committee, retail committee, media committee, and the education committee. Volunteering and giving to my community is a very rewarding experience. I would like to encourage anyone reading my bio to sign up and volunteer with either the Refuge or The Friends of Mackay Island. You can make a difference.

Parent-Teacher Advisor

Volunteer

Project volunteer. U.S. Navy active duty. Stationed at Oceana, VA.

New Member

Member

Volunteer

Chairman

A hunter’s perspective.

Secretary

Education Advisory 7-12 grades

Membership Chair Person

Presently, I am an active member of BGEA, N.C. Center for Non-Profits. I am also a Stephen Minister. My active duty is to Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge as their Coordinator representing the interest of the refuge, and their outreach to surrounding communities thus developing a network of the volunteers who make all things work and work well. My past experience has been extensive as a Board Member of Youth Challenge, and as a volunteer and contributor to Internatonal Cooperating Ministries which has built over 2000 churches worldwide. I continue my education with the N.C. Bar Association (CLE), and the N.C. Center for Non-Profits.

Member

Education Committee Chair Person

Tourism

John Smith is retired from after forty years with Norfolk Housing Authority primarily over construction and cabinet works. He has extensive knowledge of game guiding on Knotts Island with over twenty years experience. He is a professional angler fly tier and cast man. He has been a major contribution to the Mackay Island National Refuge with his knowledge of hunting, fishing, scouting and he remains active on Wood Box Building, and is Program Chair person for our Anglers Fly Tying Program.

Committee Leader

New Member

Treasurer

Webmaster

John Winsor (B.Mus., Heidelberg College; M.A., Kent State University) has taught music theory at the Armed Forces School of Music and the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts. He is clarinetist and composer-in-residence of the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors and Webmaster for the National Association of Composers/USA and Webmaster for the Virginia Music Teachers Association and the MusicLink Foundation. John has won several state, national, and international music composition prizes. He is the author of Breaking the Sound Barrier: An Argument for Mainstream Literary Music (iUniverse Writer’s Showcase), which is listed as an iUniverse Editor’s Choice book and received a Bronze Medal in ForeWord Magazine’s 2003 Book of the Year Awards. John is a computer programmer for Unisys Corporation and the sole proprietor of Benchmark Web Sites.