Joan Ferrell
Joan is a Florida Master Naturalist Land Steward with a deep passion for the outdoors. Originally from Pennsylvania, she has explored extensive sections of the Appalachian Trail. As both an author and co-author of outdoor guidebooks, she shares her knowledge and experience with fellow nature enthusiasts.
With a diverse professional background, Joan spent 20 years as an executive secretary, 10 years as the publisher of an employment opportunity newspaper and the first website dedicated to horticulture employment, and 5 years as a franchise trainer. These roles have equipped her with strong business acumen and leadership skills.
Her extensive volunteer work includes over a decade with a ground search and rescue organization, where she developed leadership, survival, and outdoor skills. She has also served as a Girl Scout leader and continues to contribute her time to organizations such as the Merritt Island Wildlife Association, Volusia Green, and Lyonia Environmental Center. Joan currently serves as the president of the Friends of the Volusia County Florida Master Naturalist Program chapter.
Jack Ferrell
As a youth, Jack spent his time traversing the meadows, streams and hardwood forest of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Over time outdoor freedoms morphed into the responsibilities associated with Holstein cattle and the family dairy farm. These sustained activities helped forge an indomitable work ethic, an expanding passion for our natural world and an accepting view of people with diverse backgrounds. Jack was a contributing essayist for The Audubon Society Field Guide to The Natural Places of The Mid-Atlantic States, Pantheon Books. He was staff writer for the award-winning Washington County Conservation District Newspaper, Tomorrow. A platform where he addressed agricultural, conservation and environmental topics.
He is a Florida Master Naturalist. He is the former operator of Ferrell’s Jobs in Horticulture, a twice-a-month employment newspaper and website for employment in the North American horticulture industry. He also established Tour Guide Florida, an enterprise where he took travelers from Europe, Asia and North America to the abundant places of natural and cultivated beauty of Central Florida.
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