Dr. Andy Jones is a lifelong naturalist, with a passion for the biodiversity of the southeastern United States. Andy originally hails from Kingsport, TN, and Raleigh, NC. He studied biological sciences at the University of Tennessee and completed his PhD on the evolutionary history of Philippine birds at the University of Minnesota. In May 2022, he joined the Spring Island Trust and Lowcountry Institute as Executive Director.

Tony Mills has been working in the field of environmental education, with emphasis on southeastern animals and plants, for three decades. After finishing his undergraduate at Georgia Southern University, he worked as a naturalist at a variety of state and national parks. He then spent 20 years as the Outreach Program Coordinator for the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He joined the Trust in 2006 as the Education Director and hosts the Emmy-award-winning program, Coastal Kingdom.

Sloane Wiggers is a Beaufort County native who grew up playing the salt marsh and helping to locate sea turtle nests on Harbor Island. After receiving her degree in Biological Sciences at Clemson University, she worked as a researcher at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, tagging nesting sea turtles and tracking Eastern Kingsnakes. Prior to joining the Trust in 2024, she was an Educator with Rock Eagle 4-H.