Our Team

Member since 1995 (founding member) 
Director/officer/committee chair since 1997 
John’s professional career as an ecologist started here in Lee County in 1978 after receiving degrees in Biology and Fish and Wildlife. From 1978 to 2014 he worked as a resource manager for local government, managing waterways of Southwest Florida. He has authored both peer-reviewed scientific publications and popular media sources on resource management, history, water policy and conservation issues. John is a courtesy faculty member at FGCU in the Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences with research interests in the areas of exotic species and biodiversity. His service on advisory boards, his commitment to community and involvement with land and water conservation has led to recognition from various civic groups, Including the Florida Audubon Society, Estero Bay Agency on Bay Management, Lee County Government, the Everglades Coalition, the American Fisheries Society, and the Alberta provincial government. Due to John’s expertise as a fisheries scientist and water manager, he has been sought out as a consultant to private industry, government and academia. In December 2016, John accepted the position of Calusa Waterkeeper, a member of the international Waterkeeper Alliance.

Executive Director since 2018
Noted community organizer and international media specialist, K.C. Schulberg was appointed Calusa Waterkeeper’s Executive Director effective July 1, 2018. Schulberg’s background merges film, television, marketing and fundraising with hands on civic engagement and community organizing, allowing him to bring a new global set of administrative tools to Calusa Waterkeeper’s mission. In a sense, this appointment brings Schulberg full circle as his first exposure to the SWFL ecosystem came when, at the age of five, his father and uncle produced the first studio-financed environmental-themed feature film, Warner Brothers’ “WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES” starring Oscar-winner Christopher Plummer in 1957.

Originally from Ohio, Cindy spent most of her life in Michigan. In 2007 she left the Great Lakes for Florida’s Gulf coast. Cindy and her husband, Keith, have seven adult children and nine grandchildren. In 2019, after a 40-year hiatus, Cindy graduated from the University of South Florida. She is committed to the support and defense of our waterways and the guarantee of clean water for all.

FGCU graduate in Environmental Studies, Nonnel’s passion for environmental justice has led to her involvement in grassroots organizing and her participation in a civic design program focused on urban studies. She is an intersectional thinker interested in how art & culture can invoke greater synergy between people and the environment.