Our Team
Heather Fenyk, Ph.D., AICP/PP, LRWP Board President and de facto Executive Director
Jocelyn Palomino, Pathogens Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator (supported via NJ SeaGrant)
Jocelyn Palomino joined the LRWP in January 2020, first as a Raritan Scholar Intern researching public health consequences of land use decisions. In Summer 2020 she eased into the role of Pathogens Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator, leading volunteers in our weekly community monitoring and sampling at non-swimming public access beach sites and coordinating data communication (in English and Spanish) to the larger watershed community. Jocelyn will graduate from Rutgers in Spring 2024.
Clare Levourne, Clean Communities “Litter Trap” Coordinator (supported through funding from the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Superfund Site Natural Resource Trustees)
Borough of Middlesex Resident Clare Levourne joined the LRWP in January 2024 to help coordinate the “Green Brook Litter Trap Project,” part of a suite of projects designed to restore the riparian and instream habitats and natural resource services of the Raritan River Watershed injured due to hazardous substance releases from the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Superfund Site, a former electronic component manufacturing facility in South Plainfield, NJ. Clare is a Rutgers Environmental Steward, Green Infrastructure Champion, Master Gardener, and Chair of the Middlesex Borough’s new Environmental Commission.
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.
Jeff Key, Business Manager
Jeff Key has an extensive background in law and leadership. A former Americorps Teaching Fellow, Assistant Professor at Seton Hall Law, and now Founder/Principal Consultant with NFinityEnterprises, Jeff’s focus is on supporting New Jersey based nonprofits in their aims to provide equitable access to services and programming. Jeff currently serves on the board of the Center for NonProfits and the National Board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. Read more about Jeff and his work with the LRWP.
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:
