Board of Directors of CTRC:

Jennie Gilbert

Jennie is the Co-Founder of CTRC and has been leading it since 2000. Her and her husband owns Marlin Coast Vet Hospital.   Jennie is also at James Cook University for important research on Sea Turtles and she has been caring for all kinds of animals in countries all the around the world for her entire life, from dolphins to wild cats.

Christian Miller

Christian is our photographer and Filmmaker, graphic designer, he builds the website and does the social media, designs & prints all the signs and T-shirts, gets all the images and films to the media and is hands on wherever needed. Christian is working with environmental projects all over our planet and he is also a dive instructor.

Barb Bartlett

Barb is taking care for our accounts, she is a certified Ecoguide doing educational tours on Fitzroy Island.
She is also  is involved in Fundraising and training of new volunteers and of course the care of our Turtles.
Barb has been with CTRC since 2011, and her love for Turtles is endless. 

Cassie Smith

Cassie has personally ‪‎volunteered in Australia, ‎Africa, ‎Asia, ‪South ‪‎America and America. Memorable experiences in ‎Kenya and Thailand have further developed Cassie’s interest in the illegal ‪pet trade and human-‪‎wildlife conflict. Cassie’s work with marine turtles began in Ecuador, researching fishing by-catch implications and green and hawksbill nest monitoring

Fiona Sleight

Fiona delivers certification assessment and audit for Ecotourism Australia and is Director of EcoPro Consultancy. Fiona guides CTRC’s policy and sustainability development and tourism industry engagement.

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