Robert Victor, interim president, resident of Highland, IN, is research manager, Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Highland, IN, degrees from Chicago Technical College and Ray Vogue College of Design

Ken Czulno, treasurer, resident of Chicago, is the finance director of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office with experience in police work, former Accounting Supervisor at US Steel Corp., with degrees in accounting and psychology, member of AWLI’s Sunrise Singers and guitarist,

Dinah Ramirez, vice-president, of Chicago, executive director of Healthy Southeast Chicago, registered nurse, graduate of South Chicago Hospital School of Nursing, former operations director at Chicago Family Health, past president of the Illinois Hispanic Nurses Association, participated with more than 25 community organizations, boards, and committees

Michael L. Boos of Chicago, ex officio non-voting member, is executive director of AWLI, public relations consultant, Chicago; past director of the Hegewisch Chamber of Commerce and Calumet Ecological Park Association; B.A. and M.A. degrees in editorial journalism and mass communications, respectively, from the University of Iowa.

Keith Carey of Hammond, ex officio voting member, is a staff member of the Hammond Port Authority, serves on executive committee, AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

David Dabertin of Hammond, attorney, former regional director of Indiana’s Department of Environmental Management

Angela Goodson Cary of Valparaiso, environmental education specialist at Environmental Education Center, Lake County Solid Waste Management District, graduate of Manchester College with B.S.Biology/Environmental Science

Christina Figueroa, branch manager, Citizens Financial Bank

Kristin Frank of East Chicago, elementary teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, masters of education in instructional leadership, undergraduate degrees in anthropology and art history, studied at The University of Kent, Canterbury, England

Thomas Frank of East Chicago, past executive director of East Chicago’s Waterway Management District with a career in community development and advocacy, pursuing a masters degree in planning at Illinois University with a masters degree in fine arts at Indiana University

Dr. John Hobgood of Chicago, is a retired professor of anthropology and history at Chicago State University, Chicago, with Ph.D. degree from Universidad Interamericana, Saltillo, Mexico; M.A. Southern Illinois University, B.A. University of the Americas, Mexico

Rebecca Moss, ex officio voting member, staff member of the Sand Ridge Nature Center at the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, serves on AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

Patrick Owens, Advocate editor, of Munster, IN, employed by Foote Cone and Belding, Chicago; degrees from Western Illinois University and University of Illinois, president emeritus of AWLI, past president of Laren Montessori School Board, South Holland, IL

Laura Perna of Chicago, ex officio voting member; staff member of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, serves on marketing committee and AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

John A. Pope of Chicago, ex officio voting member, serves as Alderman of Chicago’s 10^th Ward since 1999 and on executive committee, AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

Bob Robertson of North Judson, IN, ex officio voting member, of Fish and Wildlife Division, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, serves as acting director of executive committee, AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

Dorothy Spencer Sureth of Chicago, community activist, organizer of the KevinFest Run and Walk, retired from International Truck & Engine Corporation, Chicago

James Taylor of Munster, employed by Ticor Title Company at its Lansing, IL, office; degree from Columbia University (NY), director of the East Side Chamber of Commerce and race director of Kevinfest and East Side 5K runs.

George Van Til, of Highland, IN., ex officio voting member, Lake County Surveyor since 1992, previusly elected to Lake County Council, serves as director of TradeWinds, Inc., serves on the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission, and serves on executive committee, AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Task Force

Dr. Zaki L. Zaki of Chicago, is pastor of East Side United Methodist Church; received his doctorate from Chicago Theological Seminary and masters degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Hyde Park. He is director of The Zone Youth and Community Center

Honorary Board

Lois Bell of Hammond is a social worker for Lake County Welfare Department, Hammond; officer of the League of Women Voters, Calumet Area; degree from University of Michigan

Bruce Caruso of Munster is a welder and an officer of the local chapter of Perch America, graduate of Ivy Tech, and director of Hammond Parks Foundation

Jeff Langbehn of Munster is director of the Lake County Solid Waste Management District with degrees from Purdue University and John Marshall Law School

Dr. Karin Nelson of Chicago, an ecologist, teaches at University of Illinois Chicago, earned PhD at the University of Illinois, studied at the Max-Plank Institute for Ornithological Research in Germany, and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago,

William J. Smith of Chesterton, IN; teaches science at BEST (Bowen Environmental Studies Team) School, Chicago and is an interpretive naturalist with Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, degrees from Purdue University and University of Illinois, president emeritus of AWLI