Our Team
Conserve Nassau Board
These members join our officers to form the board.
Lauree Hemke believes we can collaboratively address local issues and form community connections that develop compassion and trust. She has a lifetime of community participation driven by learning. She’s enthusiastic about Nassau County and its beautiful environment.
Lauree serves on the Amelia Island Comprehensive Plan Work Group, engaging and researching problem-solving strategies. Community groups she is a member of include the Amelia Tree Conservancy, Amelia Island Quilt Guild, Studio Arts Quilt Association, and the Newcomers Club of Amelia Island. She dances with the Ballroom on Amelia and the Island Tap Dance teams. Additionally, Lauree’s passion for our barrier island’s history and culture allows her to enjoy cultural activities and outdoor activities such as yoga, biking, and walking. Lauree has Masters Degrees in School Administration and Special Education. She is a retired school administrator, having served students of all ages with disabilities for 40 years.
Dr. Frank Hopf has degrees in Coastal Geomorphology, Civil Engineering, and an MBA. His research interests include fluvial and coastal flooding, dune and beach processes, nature-based restoration of coastal dunes, and public policy making. He is a member of the American Shore and Beach Protective Association (ASPBA) and its Science and Technology Committee; the American Society of Civil Engineers; the Association of State Flood Plain Managers and the Florida Floodplain Managers Association. Since moving to Amelia Island, Frank has been active in coastal management collaborations with the City of Fernandina Beach, the North Florida Land Trust, and the Northeast Florida Conservation Collaborative.
From restoring her first car at 15 to her most recent restoration of a 139-year-old farmhouse, Tammi Kosack is a proponent of honoring and celebrating the past while stepping lightly on our earth. Reducing embodied energy by saving, re-using or re-purposing building materials are top priorities. Through her efforts of restoring the built and natural environment, Tammi works to yoke physical preservation to cultural preservation.
After years working in multi-family development utilizing new techniques like integrated pest management and xeriscaping with native plants, Tammi opened her own business with an emphasis on historic design. Along the way she’s been a crew leader for mission trips and Habitat For Humanity, sat on several Fernandina Beach committees and is a current member of the Historic District Council.
Tammi believes that we are not owners, but stewards of our environments and that preservation projects can bring people together to strengthen and transform communities for a greater good.