On behalf of the REEF Staff and Board of Trustees, we extend a heartfelt thanks and big fishy appreciation to Janet Camp for serving as a REEF Trustee for over a decade. After becoming a REEF member in 2011, Janet joined the REEF Board in 2014. Having worked with nonprofits for over 40 years, Janet brought extensive finance, budgeting, and governance experience to the REEF Board. We are grateful for the heart and soul she gave to REEF as a Board member these past 11 years. Thankfully, this isn't goodbye! Janet will continue to stay involved with REEF as an active Volunteer Fish Survey Project surveyor and participant on REEF Trips. Thank you, Janet!
Growing up in land-locked Oklahoma, it would seem unlikely for Janet to become an ocean lover; however, with a native Floridian as her father, Janet became a certified scuba diver as a teenager, almost 50 years ago. With a BS in Chemistry and MS in Engineering Management, Janet worked as a Semiconductor Research Engineer developing processes for creating microchips at Texas Instruments for many years before she and her husband, Doug, traded their “corporate, city life” for rural entrepreneurship, owning and operating a bed & breakfast in Taos, New Mexico, for nearly a decade. After meeting Paul Humann while diving in Fiji in 2011, Janet immediately joined REEF and participated in her first REEF Field Survey Trip. She has since gone on to become a prolific surveyeor and is an Expert in six regions. She became a member of the Golden Hamlet Club when she conducted her 1000th REEF survey in March 2023. When they are not traveling, Janet and Doug split their time between Austin, Texas, and Colorado.