John Phelan is the Founder and Chairman of Rugger Management, LLC a private investment firm based in Palm Beach, Florida. Before launching Rugger, he co-founded MSD Capital, L.P. (“MSD”) in 1998, the private investment firm for Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies. John was also the co-founder of
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Kate MacGregor
Kate currently serves as the Vice President of Environmental Services for Florida Power and Light, ensuring thoughtful environmental planning and compliance from project development to operations. Before joining FPL, Kate served as the Senate-confirmed Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, overseeing 70,000 employees and an annual budget
Nick Wiley
Nick currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a national nonprofit conservation organization headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to this work on the national conservation stage, he dedicated 30 years to conservation in the state of Florida working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
Kathy Barco
Kathy Barco was appointed to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by then-Gov. Jeb Bush in September 2004 and reappointed by then-Gov. Charlie Crist in August 2007. The Jacksonville resident is no stranger to issues surrounding conservation and fish and wildlife management. She is active in many outdoor sporting
Tindl Rainey
Tindl Rainey is a native Floridian who grew up in a small town nestled just north of the beautiful shores of the Emerald Coast in the Panhandle. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Florida State University. Her interest in human behavior and her value of the