S. Joyce King

S. Joyce King of Melrose, Florida is the regional director of National Audubon Society’s Southeast Region. She is the founding president of Santa Fe Audubon, and former president of St. Petersburg Audubon. She served as a board member of Florida Audubon and after that organization became the state office of National Audubon Society, she served as a board member of Audubon of Florida. As chair of the state Audubon Chapters Committee, she founded the annual Audubon Academy to train and mentor chapter leaders from throughout the state. In 2002, Joyce was named National Audubon’s Bushnell Conservationist of the Year, and in 2009, she received National Audubon’s Charles H. Callison Award for outstanding chapter volunteer. She is a retired teacher and school counselor.