Meet the Team
Meet our Ambassador Animals, Staff, & Board of Directors
Ambassador Animals
Ambassador animals are educational resident animals that have been deemed non-releasable for a variety of reasons. Our Ambassador Animals are given not only physical necessities and medical care at ECWR, but also a whole lot of love! They teach us the importance of keeping the wild, wild.
How do we get Animal Ambassadors?
As mentioned above, our ambassadors cannot be released into the wild due to a variety of factors. Below are some situations in which an animal may become an Ambassador Animal:
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An animal has imprinted upon humans, and therefore would not survive on their own in the wild. This includes being a prior (legal or illegal) pet.
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Past rehabilitation patients from any facility were fully recoverable, but still have an injury that would hinder their ability to hunt, seek shelter, or survive in the wild.
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An animal from another rehabilitation facility that may be unable to provide the time or financial capabilities of their own at that time.
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From collaborations with law enforcement and wildlife management agencies to provide a home for a non-native or invasive species in Florida.
Meet our Ambassador Animals
Rose
Raccoon
(Procyon lotor)
Keanu Trees
Sherman Fox Squirrel
(Sciurus niger shermani)
Loxy
Red Fox
(Vulpes vulpes)
Peggy
Virginia Opossum
(Didelphis virginiana)
Casper
Virginia Opossum
(Didelphis virginiana)
Aries
Red-Shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
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Owliver
Barred Owl
(Strix varia)
Dwight
Corn Snake
(Pantherophis guttatus)
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Butch
Corn Snake
(Pantherophis guttatus)
Tot
Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina)
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Landlord
Gopher Tortoise
(Gopherus polyphemus)
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African Spur Tortoise
(Geochelone sulcata)
Shelldon
Garfunkel
Leopard Gecko
(Eublepharis macularius)
Leopard Gecko
(Eublepharis macularius)
Simon
Meet our Staff
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Pascal
Executive Director
director@emeraldcoast
wildliferefuge.org
Michelle, CVT CWR
Director of Animal Care &
Volunteer and Intern Coordinator
michelle@emeraldcoast
wildliferefuge.org
Amelia
Wildlife Technician
Meet our 2025 Board of Directors
Shawna Thompson
President
Mrs. Thompson was elected to the Board of Directors in January 2022. She currently serves as the Board President.
Mrs. Thompson has practiced law for over 38 years and is licensed in California and Washington D.C. She retired from
the Air Force Reserve JAG Corps in 2021 and as a civilian attorney with the Department of Defense in 2020. Shawna and her husband, John, have owned their home in Navarre since 2004 and have lived here full-time since 2019. They have one daughter, Margaret Anne, who is a law student in Maryland and a rescue cat, Scrappy.
Vice President
Erin Crumbley
Mrs. Crumbley is a realtor at The American Realty of Florida, LLC and is co-owner of The Vine Wine Bar, Bistro & Shoppe in Navarre, FL. She is also the CEO of Crumbley Consulting and Marketing, Inc. which is a computer consulting business established in 2011. In 2019, she was nominated and now serves as a member of the Santa Rosa County zoning committee.
Dr. Maggie Fox (Bowles), DVM
Secretary
Dr. Fox is a 2017 graduate from Ross University. She has been in the veterinary field and volunteered with ECWR since 2008. She is now a full time veterinarian in the Navarre area.
Karen Musgrove
Treasurer
After retiring from her job as a legal secretary Ms. Musgrove moved to Northwest Florida in 2019 to be closer to her son. In the fall of 2020 she started volunteering at the refuge. In Texas she was the treasurer for her son’s PTA and the Austin Area Quilt Guild, as well as doing the bookkeeping for the law firm.
Annette Beard
Director
Mrs. Beard is a native of Northwest Florida. She retired from the Department of the Air Force in January 2019 after 36 years of federal civil service in Financial Management. She earned her B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of South Alabama and her M.S. in Management from Troy University.
Director
Tony Olmsted
Mr. Olmsted is an Information Assurance Cyber Security Professional. He has over 25 years of 25 years of experience managing IT departments, building and designing Networks, customer and VIP support.
Director
Mitch Robinson
Mr. Robbins is the National Key Account Representative, 3M Water Purification Division, where he manages the Central Region of the United States for distribution and national chain accounts with experience in contract negotiation/ administration, and fiscal and personnel management including leading 17 sales representatives.
Lynn Piech
Director
Biography coming soon!
Bill Andersen
Emeritus Director
Colonel Andersen retired in 2013 as Commander, Air Force Special Operations Training Center, where he led a force of 1050 military, civilian, and contract personnel, executing an annual budget of $84 million, responsible for the indoctrination, training, and education of over 9,800 Airmen annually flying 11 different aircraft from 4 operating locations across the United States.
