John Lesman is currently the President of the Central Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (CFAEP) and previously served as President from 1999 to 2001. He also served as President of CFAEP’s parent chapter, the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (FAEP), from 2000 to 2001. He has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Auburn University and a M.S. in Biological Science from the University of Central Florida. John is a partner at Bio-Tech Consulting, Inc., an environmental consulting firm based in Orlando, Florida. He has over 19 years of professional experience in project management, environmental consulting and permitting. He originally entered the development community as an environmental consultant in the early 1990’s. In the mid-90’s, John joined the South Florida Water Management District where he was employed for nearly 10 years and gained extensive experience in the review and permitting of projects through multiple criteria, including Environmental Resource (ERP), Management and Storage of Surface Waters (MSSW), and Wetland Resource Management (Dredge & Fill) permitting. John was appointed to the East Central Florida Planning Council by Governor Charlie Crist in early 2010.

Jennifer Cummings is the Environmental Program Supervisor with the Orange County Public Works Department.  At Public Works she oversees all of the environmental aspects associated with various projects, such as managing consultants, working with project engineers, permitting projects and performing listed species surveys.  Jennifer recently spearheaded a recycling program at Public Works. Prior to her current position, Jennifer worked with the Orange County Environmental Protection Division where her duties included supervision of the Environmental Permitting and Compliance Section.  Overall she has been with Orange County Government for nine years.  Before coming to Orange County she worked for Creech Engineering, Weidner Surveying and Mapping, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Berryman and Henniger.  Jennifer graduated from Rollins College with degrees in Environmental Science and Growth Management. She is a supporter of the Defenders for Wildlife, and the Audubon Society organizations. Jennifer has volunteered at Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge.

Alex Preisser, Manager of Environmental Services at Bowyer-Singleton, has seven years of environmental consulting experience.  Offering a wide-ranging background in biological sciences, she is trained and experienced in biology, botany, conservation biology, ecology and land management practices.  She is particularly adept at wetland jurisdictional determinations, environmental resource permitting for land development and transportation projects, listed species surveys and ecological site assessments.  Currently serving as CFAEP Secretary, Alex has served on the Board since 2007.   As well, she is a member of the Florida Native Plant Society, the Society of Wetland Scientists, and a board member of the Tackling Autism Foundation.  Alex received a B.S. in Conservation Biology from Brigham Young University.  She and her husband, Garrett, and their two children, Coleman, 3 and McKinley, 1, reside in Orange County.

Victoria Colangelo is the Vice President of Mitigation Marketing where she administers the statewide effort for the marketing and sales of wetland mitigation and habitat conservation banks; these lands comprise of 30,000 acres of protected and restored wetlands throughout the state of Florida.  She focuses her skills towards wetland mitigation projects, governmental regulatory politics, developer/environmental engineer relationships, and environmental interest groups.

Frank Gidus is President of Gidus Ecological & Environmental Group, LLC.  He has over 17 years experience in environmental consulting, site planning, permitting and project management. His experience includes environmental/ecological assessments, Phase I Environmental Assessments, wetland jurisdictional determinations, wetland impact permitting, mitigation planning, threatened and endangered species surveys, impact assessments, preparation of environmental permits, technical reports and aerial photo-interpretation. He has also been extensively involved in projects including water use permitting, manual and remote data logger installation and maintenance, aquifer performance testing, data collection, soil and water sample collection and analysis, well installation, contamination assessments and contamination remediation. He has conducted over 600 Phase I and Phase II ESAs and Transaction Screen Process Reports and has been involved in numerous other hydrogeological assessments. Frank has a degree in Environmental Studies and Growth Management from Rollins College.

Carolyn Malphurs is an Environmental Scientist working for The LPA Group, Inc. in Lake Mary, Florida.  Carolyn received her B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from The University of Florida and her M.S. in Environmental Resource Management from The Florida Institute of Technology.  She is an Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent and certified by The Wildlife Society as an Associate Wildlife Biologist. Carolyn has experience with UMAM Analysis, wetland delineation, ecological assessments, mitigation design, listed species surveys, Gopher Tortoise permitting and relocation, local, state and federal wetland permitting, and the preparation of documentation following the PD&E Manual.  Prior to consulting, she worked as a Field Technician for the U.S. Geological Survey assisting in the research of the Diamondback Terrapin in the Chesapeake Bay. 

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JENNIFER THOMSON, PAST PRESIDENT