Joel offers expertise in small business ownership as well as environmental sciences and education. Joel’s passion for environmental awareness and responsibility comes from first–hand experience working on the Greenland Icecap radar station for two years during the start of ice core research studying the effects of climate change. He was also a reservist with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission working with biologists performing environmental surveys and teaching fishing programs for kids. Joel also served as a director and three-term president of the South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society and was a member of Florida Association of Environmental Professionals.