ESTUS D. WHITFIELD

ESTUS WHITFIELD is an Senior Advisor with some thirty years of experience with the State of Florida in natural resources and environmental matters, retiring as the principal environmental advisor to four governors over a period of twenty years.  In that capacity, his responsibilities also included program development and implementation, including participation in special programs such as Save Our everglades, Save Our Rivers, and Florida Coastal Zone Management and its exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  He was also involved in state and federal legislation.  In the 1990’s, Mr. Whitfield was a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board.  He presently is proprietor of an environmental consulting group in Florida.

Mr. Whitfield holds a number of awards, including from the Wildlife Federation and the Florida Audubon Society.  He has a BS degree in Biology from Troy State College in Alabama and an MS degree in Wildlife Ecology and Forestry from the University of Florida.