Save Coastal Wildlife Board of Directors
Jenna Reynolds
President/Executive Director
Jenna Reynolds is the first LGBTQ+ and trans-women in New Jersey to be directing an environmental nonprofit. Jenna chose in 2018 to take a pro-active approach at protecting wildlife along the Jersey Shore and together with several other people started Save Coastal Wildlife. She is an award-winning environmental educator with over 25 years of experience in conducting research, education and community outreach programs on protecting biodiversity.
STAFF
Sara Genke
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION & OUTREACH (part-time)
Save Coastal Wildlife’s Board of Directors
comprises sustainability and conservation leaders with diverse backgrounds in education, government, research, volunteerism and advocacy. Board members are selected based on their active engagement in the critical work of Save Coastal Wildlife to:
1) educate the public about our biotic coastal environment along the Jersey Shore and to provide educational resources that promote stewardship and encourage a better appreciation of marine-estuarine biodiversity and ecosystems;
2) to conduct citizen-science research that will improve our understanding of the systems, patterns and interactions between coastal habitats and imperiled, but important species that help define local coastal ecosystems; and
3) to conduct community based habitat restoration projects with an aim to restore and improve particular coastal habitat that has been degraded over time from poor water quality, habitat fragmentation or erosion, and at which time creates unproductive conditions for a variety of coastal plants and animals to thrive.
Save Coastal Wildlife is a small, mostly volunteer organization. We rely upon volunteers as board members to manage the organization and conduct the organization’s activities. We exemplify the term “working board” for our leadership. Our board of directors are responsible for both the management and governance duties within the organization, including making sure activities are carried out efficiently towards the organization's priorities. Save Coastal Wildlife volunteer board members are the fiduciaries who steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, as well as making sure the nonprofit has adequate resources to advance its mission.
