The Catesby Commemorative Trust Inc.

We are an IRS-approved non-profit corporation that exists to provide education about the achievements & knowledge of 17^th, 18^th & 19^th century naturalists, explorers, scientists and artists, such as Mark Catesby. Our aims are to encourage conservation and appreciation, not only of their works, but also of the plants, animals and habitats that were their subjects. Elected Officers and Directors of the Trust include

President: Dylan Jones, La Jolla, CA

Dylan Jones was previously a Director of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort. He serves as advisor to and on the Boards of environmental and recreational organizations, and is a past Director of the American Recreation Association and the Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy.

Vice President: Albert U. Tieche, Nashville, TN

Tieche is associated with the University of Tennessee’s Center for Industrial Services after serving as the Center’s Manager of Strategic Initiatives. Tieche is active in environmental groups in Tennessee and the southeast U.S. as well as residential and agricultural real estate development and management.

Secretary: Charles H. P. Duell, Charleston, SC

President, Middleton Place Foundation, one of the most beautiful and historic sites in the country.  Prior to inheriting the Plantation, Mr. Duell enjoyed a successful career on Wall Street.

Treasurer: Kurt Vitolo, Nashville, TN

Vitolo is a Certified Public Accountant and a partner in the  Nashville office of KV Financial Group.

Christopher Hammond

Hammond is a resident of Charleston and was a student of American Colonial History under Samuel Eliot Morrison at Harvard.  He is a retired marketing executive and served worldwide posts at PepsiCo and PepsiCo International.  He and his wife LouRena are active in civic affairs including Spoleto USA and the Historic Charleston Foundation.

John M. Rivers Jr.

Rivers has had a remarkable career in broadcasting, business, and philanthropic endeavors in South Carolina.  He has served on over 50 different local, regional and national boards.  He is currently the President of Rivers Enterprises, a real estate, property management, and asset management company.

J.G. Richards Roddey, Kiawah Island, SC

Roddey, prior to retirement, managed the Bank of America’s Eastern Hemisphere operations in London. Using his investment banking experience he is now a management consultant with his own firm in Europe. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy he became a fighter pilot in the Air Force rising to the level of Colonel. He has served on a number of corporate, and university boards, as well as the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation and the Kiawah Island Conservancy.

Retired journalist, presently serving on the board of The Palmetto Conservation Foundation; former commissioner of The Legacy Trust of S.C.; past president of the board of trustees of The Charleston Museum, the Preservation Society of Charleston, and the Junior League of Charleston, Inc.

Webmaster: Alan Howell, Guernsey, Channel Islands (GB)

Alan is the Senior Curator at Guernsey Museums & Galleries, becoming interested in Catesby when he curated an exhibition of the Alecto facsimile prints there in 2001.