Below is a list of our directors that help us conserve land and water for people and wildlife:

Willy The Losen, CEO & Conservation Director, is using his education in environmental engineering to find new and innovative ways to conserve land.

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Timothy Keyser, President, moved to Putnam County in 1974 soon after graduating from the University of Miami School of Law. He now runs Timothy Keyser, P.A., a general practice firm in Interlachen that has represented many neighborhood protection and conservation groups. He is a past president of the Florida Wildlife Federation and the Historical Society of Interlachen and has served on the boards of several other state and local environmental and civic organizations.

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Alan Wade Hodges is an agricultural economist who worked for 34 years at the University of Florida, where he conducted a broad research and public outreach program on regional economic impact assessment. He received Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Florida, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. He is a native of Iowa and lives on a small farm in Alachua County, Florida. Since his retirement in 2019 he has served as a board member for PLC and volunteered for other environmental organizations to assist with making the case for economic benefits of land conservation.

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Claude Brown, Historian, is a retired Chemist for IFAS/UF Florida LAKEWATCH at the University of Florida. He has a BS in Biology/Chemistry from the University of Miami and a Master of Science degree specializing in Limnology from the University of Florida in 1997. His primary research work has included effects of crude oils, jet fuels, and dispersants on mangrove physiology, empirical modeling of the physical/chemical processes in aquatic systems, and long-term trend analyses of water chemistry data.

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Lisa Modola, Director, is a teacher. She is a Putnam County resident and Florida Lakewatch volunteer. She completed a BS in biological illustration and a masters degree in education at the University of Florida. She has worked at nature centers in Gainesville and Miami-Dade County and has worked on research studies of Sandhill Cranes and mud dauber wasps. She is concerned about educational initiatives touching environmental and conservation issues.

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Lorrain (Laurie) Douglass, Director, recently retired from the University of Florida. Environmentally active as a member of Sierra Club, East Putnam Environmental Council, and the West Putnam Lake Region Association, she works to preserve wildlife corridors, wetlands, water bodies, and large tracts of Florida land.

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Bob Virnstein, former President of PLC.

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Palmer Kinser, Secretary.

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David Wiles, Director.

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