New Jersey Audubon is committed to connecting all people with nature and stewarding the nature of today for all people of tomorrow.

New Jersey Audubon is a privately supported, not-for profit, statewide membership organization. Founded in 1897, and one of the oldest independent Audubon societies.*

In order to achieve its purpose, New Jersey Audubon, through its Board of Directors, professional staff, members, and volunteers, endeavors to:

  • Develop, encourage, and support sound conservation practices, programs, and legislation.
  • Disseminate information on the natural environment through education programs, information services, and publications.
  • Advance knowledge of New Jersey’s flora and fauna, and their relationships to the habitats on which they depend, through field research.
  • Acquire, establish, and maintain wildlife sanctuaries and educational centers.
    New Jersey Audubon maintains stewardship of 34 sanctuaries and conducts its programs through seven staffed facilities.

The objectives of the Society are implemented by its professional staff under the leadership of its President and CEO and supervision of an elected, voluntary Board of Directors.

* New Jersey Audubon is an independent Audubon and is not a chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Alex Ireland, Ph.D.
President and CEO

Kimberly Armenti
Vice President of Development and Communications

Mark Carmichael
Chief Financial Officer

Kelly Wenzel
Interim Director of Stewardship

David Mizrahi, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research and Monitoring

Brett Ewald
Director of Cape May Bird Observatory

Allison Mulch
Director of Education

New Jersey Audubon Board of Directors

New Jersey Audubon Board of Directors
Rich Kauffeld, Board Chair
Merideth S. Mueller-Bolton, DMin, 1st Vice Chair
David H. Hall, PhD, 2nd Vice Chair
Dana Pogorzelski, Treasurer
Kathy Horn, Secretary

Joseph L. Basralian, Esq.
Kathrin Bergin
Jason Bigler
Gordon L. Keen, Jr.
Ann Lawrence
Nelson Martinez
Angela Ortiz
Veda Truesdale
Michael J. Van Wagner
Paula Vuksic
Elizabeth Wendy Wilkes
Philip H. Witt, PhD, ABPP

Stephen R. Buckingham, Esq., Board Counsel