Our Team

Heather Fenyk, Ph.D., AICP/PP, LRWP Board President and de facto Executive Director

Jocelyn Palomino, Pathogens Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator (supported with a grant from NJ SeaGrant)

Jon Dugan, Streamkeeper Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator

Jon Dugan hails from Bound Brook, New Jersey; born and raised on the banks of the Raritan River. Jon has worked with the National Park Service as a Park Ranger, Americorps as a Watershed Ambassador, and many environmental associations within New Jersey. He has led community-based projects, presented to diverse groups, and is most proud of his Roving Naturalist spontaneous education series of programs. In his free time Jon can be found fishing, gardening, lifting, kayaking, hiking, or tying flies. Jon will be working as LRWP’s Volunteer Monitoring Manager in creating our Quality Assurance Project Plans for water monitoring within the Raritan River watershed.

Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper (supported via Riverkeeper Network)

Bill is a retired Captain & shift commander in a career fire service, hazardous materials technician and instructor in water rescue. Schultz has served with various underwater search and recovery teams. In 1991 Bill Schultz began his work as an environmentalist as a volunteer water quality monitor for the NY/NJ Baykeeper. He started the Baykeeper Boat Auxiliary in 1993 and established the Raritan Riverkeeper program in 1999.

Atanas Entchev, Web Development

Atanas is the founder and principal of EntchevDotCom, LLC — a GIS and web development consultancy based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Atanas received an MS in urban planning from Rutgers University. He built his first website in 1995, writing raw HTML by hand.

Philip George, Esquire, Counsel

Eric M. Bernstein & Associates, LLC

Volunteers Wanted!

We are looking for volunteers to work in the following areas, please contact us if you are interested in spearheading the LRWP’s work in:

Office Management

Communications

Water Quality Monitoring

Community Outreach

Watershed Restoration

Water Resources Management – Water Quality Monitoring

Water Resources Management (Stormwater) – Land Use Planning

Water Resources Management (Stormwater) – Communications

Project WADES Youth Engagement

Marketing & Strategic Development