In House
Sullie Saves the Seas
Roy Richards Becomes Chair of Conservation League Board Thanks to Retiring Board Chair Laura Gates and to Retiring Board Member Cartter Lupton
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oy Richards, a native of Carrollton, Georgia and Chairman of Southwire, has become the sixth chair to lead the Board of Directors of the Coastal Conservation League. Roy moved to Charleston with his family in 2004. He and his wife, Ginna, who is an environmental attorney and trustee of the Southern Environmental Law Center, are dedicated conservationists. While in Georgia, Roy chaired the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and served as Chairman of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. For the last several years, Richards has been a trustee of the Trust for Public Lands and a leading advocate for land conservation nationwide. Roy has served on the League’s Board of Directors since 2004. Meanwhile, the Conservation League extends its heartfelt thanks to retiring board chair Laura Gates, who became a trustee of the League in the fall of 2002 and has been a forceful, strategic and dedicated advocate for the environment throughout her tenure. A graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard Business School, Laura has recently been appointed to chair the Board of Trustees of Wellesley College. Laura is also immediate Past President Of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, Chair of the Alumnae Trustee Nominating Committee, and Vice President of the Gibbes Museum of Art. The League also thanks retiring trustee Cartter Lupton, who has been a member of the League’s board since 2005. For the last 20 years, Cartter has also served on the board of the Lyndhurst Foundation, which has been a key supporter of the Coastal Conservation League and other environmental groups working in the Lowcountry and the Southeast. In addition to his work with conservation, Cartter also serves on the board of the Charleston Junior Golf Foundation and their “First Tee” program, which brings the game of golf to children who would not have access otherwise. Our thanks to all three of these environmental champions!
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eague board member Goffinet McLaren has authored a new children’s book due to come out this winter entitled, Sullie Saves the Seas. Children will laugh with, learn from, and love a savvy seagull’s schemes to save his ocean pals from pollution. Sullie the seagull is in despair at the damage caused by thoughtless humans. Dog poop on the beach, cigarettes in the sand, and fireworks and plastic toys are causing havoc with marine life. So, Sullie forms a “Secret Society” of birds to show humans why they must change their ways. Sullie Saves the Seas (ISBN # 978-0-9833073-4-1) is available at Amazon.com.
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