Meet the Leaders Behind the Mission

Since 2002, our organization has supported Big Cypress National Preserve and Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Parks. In 2020, we embraced a broader vision, emerging as The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks. We moved beyond traditional grantmaking to championing private philanthropy that fuels education, exploration, and conservation.

Lulu Vilas

Chief Executive Officer

The Alliance for Florida's National Parks

lvilas@floridanationalparks.org

Board of Directors

Carlos Jimenez

Chair of the Board

Jimenez Mazzitelli Mordes

Partner

Billy Krauss

Vice Chair of the Board

Morgan Stanley

Executive Director

Arthur (AJ) Meyer

Director

Florida Lemark Corporation

Vice President

Carlos (Charlie) Arazoza

Director

Arazoza & Company

Partner

Colton Chase

Secretary of the Board

Herbert W. Hoover Foundation

Vice-Chairman

Jorge L. Gómez-Möller

Communications Chair

Driftwood Capital

Partner & Chief Legal Officer

Kristine Vazquez-Caldas

Director

JP Morgan Chase

Executive Director and Area Manager

Marcos Garcia-Allen

Nominations Chair

Two Nights Under the Stars Chair

Garcia Allen Law

Founding Partner

Omar Barrera

Finance Chair

Ace Financial Group

Principal

Peter E. Wasmer

Big Cypress Celebration Chair

Pure Coastal Development, LLC

Founder & CEO

Rafeh Masood

Director

Royal Caribbean Group

Chief Growth & Digital Officer

Roxanne Elizabeth Whiddon

Wine & Wildlife Chair

PartyRox Events

Retired

Sheryl Soukup

Development Advisor

Soukup Strategic Solutions and Mountain & Sea Vacation Properties

President

Board Emeritus

Chuck Mlakar

Board Emeritus 2024

The Millcraft Group

CEO, Retired

Corinne Guerra

Board Emeritus 2022

Summit Group Properties

Director of Marketing and Communications

Fran P. Mainella

Board Emeritus 2024

National Park Service

16th Director & First Woman to Serve as Director, Retired

Gavin McKenzie

Board Emeritus 2025

McKenzie

Owner & CEO

Howard Isaacson

Board Emeritus 2024

Success Facilitators, Inc.

CEO & President

Olin McKenzie

Board Emeritus 2024

McKenzie Dental Design Studio

DDS, Retired

Patrick White

Board Emeritus 2021

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP

Esquire, Retired

Rainer W. Schael

Board Emeritus 2021

President at RS Environmental Consulting, Inc.

President