Meet the Office

 Jennifer Loder, General Manager

Jenn is our General Manager, based in Brisbane. Whilst managing the regional survey monitoring in both the GBR and SEQ, she also works on partnership development, implementation of strategic marketing plans, data reporting and development of educational programs.

Jenn holds a GDipSci in Marine Biology from James Cook University and a MSc in Environmental Science from Florida International University. Her Master's research analysed the effectiveness of different communications techniques to increase public awareness about local marine conservation issues in South Florida and prompt participation in simple, concrete actions to limit personal impacts. Inspired by her first Indo-Pacific experience in Palau, Jenn moved to Australia to expand her marine biology knowledge and to pursue a career that blends science and education to protect reefs & oceans.

Corinna Byrne, SEQ Project Officer

Corinna joined Reef Check Australia as a volunteer in 2009, and wanted to continue her involvement by taking on a part-time Project Officer position. Corinna holds a BEnvSc with honours in Marine Botany from the University of Queensland, and currently works as an environmental planner within local government. Corinna is looking forward to the upcoming 2012 survey season and working with the Reef Check Australia team to help monitor and protect SEQ's reef communities.

Alex Lea, Survey Coordinator

Alex graduated from the University of St Andrews, Scotland with a BSc Hons in Marine Biology, where her thesis was a literature review of coral reefs and the impact of climate change. She then moved to Australia to complete a Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Queensland. Alex has also been involved in several marine conservation projects in Fiji and is an active member of the University of Queensland Dive Club.

Alex started with Reef Check Australia as a volunteer Project Officer and now assists with survey planning, volunteer training and scientific reports.

Jody Kreuger, Dive Officer

Jody is a PADI, DAN & SSI Dive Instructor with Commercial Scientific Diving experience.  He holds a degree in Ecology and Environmental Science from the Queensland University of Technology, and presently works as an Environmental Consultant in Brisbane.   Jody's work experience has included a wide range of marine research and conservation activities including whale, dolphin, dugong & shark monitoring projects in Qld and NT, reef fish surveys on the GBR, coral and seagrass monitoring projects within the GBR and sea water and marine sediment monitoring in the Arabian Gulf.

Jody spent over a decade supervising diving & boating activities and was the diving officer for the School of Marine Biology whilst employed at James Cook University, Townsville.  It was here the Jody first became involved in ReefCheck Australia as a volunteer diver, carrying out surveys along the GBR.  Jody moved to Brisbane in 2010 and became involved in the training of Scientific Divers at the University of Queensland and continued his involvement with RCA, carrying out surveys within the SEQ region.  Jody is passionate about marine conservation and has a particular interest in coastal development and its impact on marine ecosystems. 

Julia Noble, Marketing & Communications Consultant

As well as a strong corporate sustainability background, Julia graduated from Brunel University in London with a BSc Hons in Business & Marketing and from Fundação Casper Libero in Brazil with a Post Graduate in Organizational Communication and Public Relations. She joined Reef Check Australia as a volunteer when she moved to Australia in February 2012. Julia is a keen diver, passionate about environmental conservation and is excited by the opportunity to apply her knowledge and experience to help save our reefs.

Jodi Salmond, Community Engagement Officer

Jodi Salmond is a marine biologist, completing her degree, with honours in Marine Parasitology, at James Cook University in Townsville. She started diving and helping with reef surveys on the Great Barrier Reef, before following her passion to a variety of new and exciting places. She spent three years at Underwater World on the Sunshine Coast in between two nesting seasons tagging turtles on Lady Musgrave Island, before moving to Christmas Island where she studied a myriad of amazing animals, and returned to reef surveys once more. She has recently returned from completing her DM whilst in Tofo, Mozambique, studying whale sharks and turtles, and helping with a new reef check program for the Mozambican coastline as part of a research team for All Out Africa.

Jodi started with Reef Check Australia as a volunteer Project Officer and enjoys working with the team as a volunteer Project Officer. She was recently awarded a placement in the Vodafone World of Difference program and will spend the next year working with us on new ways to engage community members in reef monitoring, education and conservation.

Meet the Company Consultants

Jodi Davison, Company Treasurer

Jodi joined as Reef Check Australia's accountant in 2009 and takes care of all the everyday accounting and financial management. In 2010 Jodi agreed to join the Board as Company Treasurer further fulfilling Reef Check Australia's financial and accounting needs. She has a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics and is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

Krystal Stubbs, Company Secretary

Krystal joined Reef Check Australia as Company Secretary in September 2008 and now acts as one of the Company's named representatives on legal documents as well as maintaining the company records. She also practises as a lawyer at Ross Lawyers in Townsville. Her specialities include general commercial law, company law, property law and wills and estates. This means she can ensure that Reef Check Australia complies with relevant legislation and regulations, as well as keeping the board members informed of their legal responsibilities.

Krystal has always had a keen interest in environmental conservation and chose environmental law and environmental studies while completing a Bachelor of Laws degree at James Cook University (Australia). Becoming a PADI certified open water diver in 2008, Krystal hopes to further her scuba diving skills by getting more dives under her belt and completing the PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver courses before joining the Reef Check Australia training course so that she can become more actively involved in helping monitor the reef.

Meet our Dedicated Team Volunteers

Paul Markey, honorary Project Officer

Seasoned survey veteran, Paul can still be found regularly leading North Queensland surveys. Paul graduated from Colorado State University with a BSc in wildlife biology. When free from study he logged hours diving in the Denver aquarium whilst cleaning, feeding, and performing dive shows.  In 2007 Paul was involved in coral monitoring projects in the Seychelles collecting coral and invert data for the local MPA. Paul's last position in the dive industry was working as a DM on Ningaloo reef and volunteering his spare time to help out with manta research. Paul has been with us for two survey seasons now and says he really enjoys the opportunity to collaborate with RCA's elite volunteers and work as part of the Reef Check Australia team.