Jason S. Lichtstein, president of the Florida Brownfields Association. Lichtstein is an environmental attorney and shareholder with the Akerman Senterfitt law firm in Tallahassee. He has significant experience in the cleanup, redevelopment, and reuse of Brownfields and other contaminated properties in Florida. Lichtstein's practice includes a range of environmental transactional, environmental regulatory compliance, and state legislative and agency advocacy matters. He was closely involved in the drafting, lobbying, and passage of the 2008 Brownfields legislation in Florida. Lichtstein's practice also includes renewable energy facility siting and development, opportunities in new carbon markets, and innovative land development and conservation strategies to develop and preserve land in Florida. He was born in Miami and grew up in the West Palm Beach area, where he and his wife Susan have two children, Gordon and Adeleigh. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Emory University law school.

Roger Register, director and office manager for Cardno TBE Group, Tallahassee, Fla. Register was re-elected to the board of directors of the Florida Brownfields Association (FBA) for 2010. Register has served on the FBA board since 2006 and was the organization's president in 2008. The FBA, formed in 2002, is a non-profit, volunteer, service organization with more than 350 individual members who are dedicated to assisting in the advancement and implementation of the Florida and National Brownfields Redevelopment programs. Register previously served as the Brownfields Liaison for the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, where he was responsible for statewide management of the Brownfields Redevelopment Program. In addition, he is a licensed Florida real estate sales associate and holds bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Florida. ...

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