Documented roles, not accusations.

Who Is Involved

People, firms, and agencies named in the Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank files, with dated jobs and affiliations. Inclusion is not a finding of misconduct or decision authority.

Inclusion is not a finding of misconduct. Sequential District-to-applicant jobs, a FAMB board, a same-firm overlap, and a public CLE are dated facts. They are why neighbors should read this page. They are not a charge sheet.

People and roles Documented connections

Six role maps

Keep different jobs and processes separate

1. Property/applicantPeople and entities shown in property, corporate, authorization, or application records.

2. Consultants and counselProfessionals who prepare, advise, survey, engineer, or route applicant-side material.

3. SWFWMD assigned reviewersDistrict staff named in technical review, legal coordination, correspondence, or file routing.

4. SWFWMD counsel/leadership structuralAgency counsel and leadership context, kept separate from assigned technical review.

5. Pinellas County separate trackCounty land-use and development review is separate from SWFWMD mitigation-bank permitting.

6. Media spokespeople, not ownersPublic communications roles do not establish ownership, title, operating authority, or permit authority.

Methodology

What was reviewed

This page uses the two SWFWMD files, dated public records, and official professional sources. A role is stated only as far as its dated source supports it.

SWFWMD Applications 889588 and 930235
Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)
The Florida Bar
Pinellas County Clerk and Property Appraiser records
Dated official agency and employer biographies

Important limitation: No voter rolls, donor databases, unnamed sources, or private residential/contact details are used. Unresolved identities remain unresolved.

Dated profiles

People named in the reviewed records

Open any profile to see documented facts, an affiliation timeline, limitations, and sources.

Search names, organizations, and roles

Property/applicantBryan J. StanleyTarpon Woods Properties, LLCConfirmed by current official record

Sunbiz records identify him as Tarpon Woods Properties manager and registered agent after the October 28, 2024 change.
He signed Application 930235.
The reviewed February 3, 2022 deed copy says he prepared and witnessed the Foundation-to-Tarpon Woods Properties transfer for $1,650,000 covering both folios.
209 Turner Street is shown as his professional office and Tarpon Woods Properties mailing address.
Florida Bar member 49328 was admitted April 24, 1995.

Affiliation timeline

February 3, 2022 deed copy → October 28, 2024 Sunbiz change → November 14, 2025 signed Application 930235.

Important limitation: The preparer, witness, lawyer, corporate manager, registered-agent, applicant, permittee, and mailing-address roles are separate. “P.A.” styling is not declared here as a separate entity, and form labels are not a title opinion.

Sources: Application 930235 record · Tarpon Woods Properties, LLC — L22000060812 · Florida Bar profile

Property historyJan StephensonJan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation, Inc.Supported by a dated historical document

She signed the reviewed February 3, 2022 deed copy as Foundation president.
2017 Instrument 2017070229, OR 19542/1389, records Tarpon Woods Golf Club, LLC to the Foundation for folio 140-0000.
2017 Instrument 2017070231, OR 19542/1397, records Ridgemoor Acres, LLC to the Foundation for folio 110-0400.

Affiliation timeline

February 21, 2017 recorded deeds → February 3, 2022 deed-copy signature as Foundation president.

Important limitation: These dated deed signatures and historical Foundation roles do not establish current title, current operation, or present permit authority.

Sources: Instrument 2017070229 · Instrument 2017070231 · Application 930235 record

Dated course-management recordMichael R. VandiverMeetings, correspondence, and Phase I ESASupported by a dated historical document

He appears in applicant-side meetings and correspondence.
The November 4, 2024 Phase I environmental-site-assessment interview identifies him as the golf-course manager on that date.
Earlier Tarpon Woods Properties filings precede the later Sunbiz manager record for Stanley.

Affiliation timeline

Earlier Tarpon Woods Properties filings → November 4, 2024 Phase I ESA interview → background material in Application 930235.

Important limitation: Do not call him the owner. The dated manager title does not establish the employing entity, current title, or present operator.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Application 930235 record

Historical applicant-side recordRalph ZuckermanAvalon Building CorporationDisputed by another document

The 2023 pre-application record labels him “landowner.”
Sunbiz identifies him as an Avalon officer/registered agent through Avalon’s December 18, 2024 dissolution.
A February 27, 2025 survey still names Avalon.

Affiliation timeline

April 10, 2023 pre-application label → December 18, 2024 Avalon dissolution → February 27, 2025 survey reference.

Important limitation: This is a date conflict that requires record-level reconciliation, not evidence of impropriety. A meeting label and a survey certification party do not resolve current title.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Avalon Sunbiz record · 2025 survey in Application 930235

Consultant/authorized agentRyan D. DeiblerGreenSource Environmental Professionals, Inc.Confirmed by current official record

GreenSource identifies him as vice president; both SWFWMD files identify him as an authorized agent.
Records place Ryan Deibler and Chris Tanner at the Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers on the board page checked August 21, 2026—Deibler as president and Tanner as a director.
He is documented as a partner in Missing Link Mitigation Bank in Polk County, 620.66 acres, ERP 43044171.002, and in Big Bullfrog Creek Mitigation Bank. Those are different sites.
The conservation site spells his surname “Diebler”; the reviewed context supports treating that as a spelling error for Ryan Deibler.

Affiliation timeline

February 27, 2024 authorization for 889588 → November 2025 authorization for 930235 → current GreenSource and FAMB roles checked August 21, 2026.

Important limitation: FAMB office and work on other mitigation banks do not establish District endorsement, Tarpon Woods ownership, or a predicted permit outcome.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Application 930235 record · GreenSource biography · FAMB board

ConsultantLisa Cartwright, PWSGreenSource Environmental Professionals, Inc.Confirmed by current official record

She is a GreenSource senior scientist in applicant-side materials.
Her August 14, 2026 extension email to Hughes and Ondercin, SW-930235-002, said a revised title commitment had been received and an RAI response was expected the following week.
Records place Lisa Cartwright at SWFWMD in a dated 2018 District letterhead record and at GreenSource in applicant-side work from 2024–2026.
Her GreenSource biography also reports earlier work at FDEP and Harris County.

Affiliation timeline

Prior FDEP/SWFWMD/Harris County roles → documented SWFWMD role in 2018 → GreenSource applicant-side role in 2024–2026.

Important limitation: These are sequential jobs. Bartow is not the Tampa MITBANK desk, and the record does not show that she reviewed her own application.

Sources: GreenSource biography · Application 930235 record · Dated 2018 District letterhead (research copy retained locally; not posted on the public document shelf)

Applicant-side counselChris R. TannerTanner Heeter, P.A.Confirmed by current official record

Florida Bar member 85492.
Official and professional records document SWFWMD staff-attorney service during 2013 through October 5, 2015; a 2014 FDEP order uses the signature block “Christon Tanner,” Bar 85492.
He attended the April 10, 2023 pre-application meeting after entering private practice and was copied on the August 14, 2026 Application 930235 extension email.
FAMB lists him as a director under the stale firm name Manson Bolves Donaldson Varn.
A May 28, 2026 ELULS program listed “Mitigation Banking 101” with Tanner and SWFWMD Assistant General Counsel Adrienne Vining.

Affiliation timeline

SWFWMD counsel, 2013–October 5, 2015 → private practice → April 10, 2023 pre-application meeting → May 28, 2026 CLE → August 14, 2026 CC.

Important limitation: He was not District counsel when Applications 889588 and 930235 were filed. He is now applicant-side. This is sequential employment, not a dual-hat role; a public CLE is not evidence of discussion about this application.

Sources: Florida Bar profile · Tanner Heeter biography · FAMB board · Application 930235 record

Copied attorneyKatie E. ColeHill Ward HendersonSupported by a dated historical document

Florida Bar member 40867.
She was copied on one April 24, 2024 correspondence item, SW-889588-133.
Records place Katie Cole and Ed Armstrong at Hill Ward Henderson during an overlapping period supported by dated professional sources.

Affiliation timeline

April 24, 2024 copied-recipient appearance → current Hill Ward Henderson profile checked August 21, 2026.

Important limitation: That copied-recipient appearance is the full documented permit role. This page does not say she represents Tarpon Woods Properties or any other named party.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Florida Bar profile · Hill Ward Henderson profile

Civil engineerJesus A. Merly, P.E.5M Civil, LLCConfirmed by current official record

C-1 Revision A is dated February 27, 2024.
Florida P.E. 58113.
The August 28, 2024 RAI was addressed to him.

Affiliation timeline

February 27, 2024 plan → August 28, 2024 RAI addressee.

Important limitation: Engineering preparation and receipt of an RAI do not establish ownership or final decision authority.

Sources: Application 889588 record

SurveyorAndrew R. GetzD.C. Johnson & Associates, Inc.Confirmed by current official record

The February 27, 2025 survey names him and D.C. Johnson.
The survey uses “Tarpon Woods Properties, Inc.” and names Avalon.

Affiliation timeline

February 27, 2025 survey → November 2025 Application 930235 posting.

Important limitation: The corporate-form and Avalon labels conflict with other records. This page preserves those exact survey labels and does not silently correct them.

Sources: Application 930235 record

Authorized agentPamela E. HarrisGreenSource Environmental Professionals, Inc.Supported by a dated historical document

The February 27, 2024 authorization names her as a GreenSource agent.

Affiliation timeline

February 27, 2024 authorization for Application 889588.

Important limitation: An authorized-agent role is not land ownership or agency decision authority.

Sources: Application 889588 record

Media spokespersonKyle ParksParks Public RelationsConfirmed only as an owner statement

August 2024 television coverage presented him speaking for “new owners.”
His biography places him at B2 Communications from 2010 through September 2023 and then Parks Public Relations.
A dated 2014 record identifies him as a Greenlight Pinellas spokesperson.

Affiliation timeline

Greenlight Pinellas spokesperson in 2014 → B2 Communications through September 2023 → Parks Public Relations → August 2024 media appearance.

Important limitation: He is presented as a spokesperson, not an owner. A public statement does not establish the identity of every owner, current title, or permit authority.

Sources: Parks Public Relations biography

SWFWMD assigned reviewerLee W. Hughes, P.W.S.Southwest Florida Water Management DistrictConfirmed by current official record

He appears in both application files.
He signed the August 28, 2024 RAI with Robert Dasta.
Application 930235 lists him in the environmental-scientist field.

Affiliation timeline

Application 889588 review → August 28, 2024 RAI → Application 930235 environmental review.

Important limitation: Assigned review is ordinary agency process and does not establish the final merits outcome or Governing Board involvement.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Application 930235 record

SWFWMD assigned reviewerRobert A. Dasta, P.E.Southwest Florida Water Management DistrictConfirmed by current official record

He appears in both application files.
He signed the August 28, 2024 RAI with Lee Hughes.
One mailbox spelling uses “Dastra.”

Affiliation timeline

Application 889588 engineering review → August 28, 2024 RAI → Application 930235 file references.

Important limitation: “Dastra” is treated as a mailbox spelling variant, not a second person. Assigned review does not establish a final permit outcome.

Sources: Application 889588 record · Application 930235 record

SWFWMD assigned reviewerTodd BoyleSouthwest Florida Water Management DistrictConfirmed by current official record

Application 930235 documents him as the engineering reviewer.
The August 21, 2026 tracking tab instead displayed “BOYLE STEPHEN T.”

Affiliation timeline

December 14, 2025 RAI and later Application 930235 engineering-review records → August 21, 2026 differing tracking label.

Important limitation: The Todd Boyle reviewer record remains separate from the Stephen T. Boyle tracking label. No LinkedIn or name-only guess is used, and no Stephen T. Boyle profile is published.

Sources: Application 930235 record and tracking tab

SWFWMD Environmental ManagerCliff OndercinSouthwest Florida Water Management DistrictConfirmed by current official record

November 20, 2025: add-to-file action.
July 18, 2026: add-to-file action.
July 20, 2026: agreed to a 60-day extension.
August 17, 2026: agreed to a 30-day extension.

Affiliation timeline

November 2025 file routing → July 2026 file routing and extension → August 2026 extension.

Important limitation: These narrow routing and extension actions do not make him the technical reviewer or establish that he decided the application’s merits.

Sources: Application 930235 correspondence

SWFWMD counselAdrienne E. ViningSouthwest Florida Water Management DistrictConfirmed by current official record

Florida Bar member 196290; Assistant General Counsel from December 2015 to the present record.
She appears in 889588 records 133, 143, and 144 and in 930235 records 044 and 047.
She participated in the May 2026 public CLE with Chris Tanner.

Affiliation timeline

SWFWMD Assistant General Counsel from December 2015 → appearances in both application files → May 2026 public CLE.

Important limitation: A public CLE with Tanner does not establish ex parte communication about this file.

Sources: Florida Bar profile · Application 889588 record · Application 930235 record

SWFWMD structural contextDavid Kramer, P.E.; Michelle K. Hopkins, P.E.; Brian ArmstrongDistrict management and executive structurePartially supported

David Kramer and Michelle K. Hopkins appear in the regulatory-management structure reviewed for this page.
Brian Armstrong appears in executive structure.

Affiliation timeline

Dated agency organizational context checked through August 21, 2026.

Important limitation: Structural management is not the same as assigned technical review or a permit-specific action. Brian Armstrong is not Ed Armstrong.

Sources: Agency organization statement

Organizations and labels

Entities named in the records

Property and applicant-side entities

Confirmed by current official record

Tarpon Woods Properties, LLC; Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation, Inc.; and Avalon Building Corporation appear in dated records.

Important limitation: Their dates, corporate forms, and record labels differ. This card does not decide current title or operation.

Technical and professional firms

Confirmed by current official record

GreenSource Environmental Professionals, 5M Civil, Chicago Title, D.C. Johnson, Universal Solutions, and Tanner Heeter appear in dated professional roles. Manson Bolves Donaldson Varn is retained only as a dated/stale firm name in the FAMB listing.

Important limitation: Being named in a professional role does not establish land ownership, agency authority, or agreement with every filing.

Project and course labels

Partially supported

“Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank” is the project name. “Tarpon Woods Golf Club” and “TWGC” are course/brand labels appearing in dated material.

Important limitation: A project or brand name is not proof of a separate legal entity or the current operator.

Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers

Confirmed by current official record

FAMB lists Ryan Deibler as president and Chris Tanner as a director.

Important limitation: Trade-association service is not SWFWMD endorsement or permit participation by the association.

tarponwoodsconservation.com

Confirmed only as an owner statement

This is an advocacy website, not an identified legal entity. RDAP records a November 17, 2025 GoDaddy registration with privacy-redacted registrant data and SiteGround nameservers; the public site names GreenSource and misspells Deibler as “Diebler.”

Important limitation: Privacy-redacted registration does not identify the domain registrant or “unmask” any owner.

Separate government track

Pinellas County records

Kelli Hammer Levy

Confirmed by current official record

A December 19, 2025 County letter in Application 930235 identifies Kelli Hammer Levy as the County signatory and director.

Important limitation: County concerns and land-use review are a separate track from SWFWMD’s mitigation-bank permit review. Unresolved County mailboxes are not converted into personal profiles.

Source: Application 930235 record

Policy and oversight context

SWFWMD Governing Board

The reviewed application documents show staff-level review. Governing Board membership does not make a member a permit reviewer and is not evidence of contact, influence, or participation in Application 930235.

Compact current roster, checked August 21, 2026
Member	Officer/area	Permit-specific action in reviewed file
Jack Bispham	Chair · Manatee	None located
Ashley Bell Barnett	Vice Chair · Polk	None located
John Hall	Secretary · Polk	None located
Dustin Rowland	Treasurer · Pasco	None located
John Mitten	Hernando/Marion	None located
Kelly S. Rice	Citrus/Lake/Levy/Sumter	None located
Michelle Williamson	Hillsborough	None located
Brian J. Aungst Jr.	Pinellas	None located
Joshua Gamblin	DeSoto/Hardee/Highlands	None located
James Holton	Pinellas	Official roster still listed him August 21, 2026 after a March 1, 2026 listed term; §373.073 supplies a limited 180-day holdover framework. No project action located.
Robert Stern	Hillsborough	Official roster still listed him August 21, 2026 after a March 1, 2026 listed term; §373.073 supplies a limited 180-day holdover framework. No project action located.
Jim Turner	Charlotte/Sarasota	None located
Nancy Watkins	Hillsborough/Pinellas	None located

Ed Armstrong (Elijah III)

Supported by a dated historical document

Hill Ward Henderson lawyer; appointed June 2014, reappointed in 2020 and 2022, and elected chair in May 2023. He was the sitting chair during Application 889588 and died around September 2025. No indexed permit-specific Board communication was located. His firm overlap with Katie Cole is a dated firm-level fact only.

Important limitation: Board service, same-firm work, and service-period overlap do not establish contact with the applicant or review of these applications.

2014 appointment · 2023 officer record

Joel Schleicher

Supported by a dated historical document

Former member whose service overlapped Application 889588. No indexed direct permit-specific action was located.

Important limitation: Service-period overlap is governance context only.

Official appointment record

Collapsed historical roster

The larger research index retains former Board members and service ranges. They are not expanded here because Task 1 calls for a compact roster and the reviewed record did not establish direct application involvement.

Important limitation: The August 25, 2026 Governing Board agenda does not list this project. That negative check is limited to that agenda and does not prove an absence from every Board, counsel, or unindexed record.

Sources: Current official roster · Florida Statutes §373.073 · August 25, 2026 agenda

Dated relationships

Documented connections

Campaign position, not an agency finding

Florida’s mitigation-bank world is small

Campaign position, not an agency finding. Records place people now on the applicant’s side in prior District jobs, and they place applicant-side and District-side professionals in the same trade association and the same public CLE. Sequential employment is not a dual hat on Application 930235. Same-firm and same-board facts are not a finding of influence. Neighbors are still entitled to notice the calendar — and to insist that an incomplete file not be waved through on trust.

Chris R. Tanner, Bar 85492Records place Chris R. Tanner at SWFWMD during 2013 through 5 October 2015. His current job is applicant-side private practice at Tanner Heeter; his prior job was SWFWMD staff attorney. He attended the 10 April 2023 Brooker Creek pre-application meeting and was copied on the 14 August 2026 Application 930235 extension email. He was not District counsel when 889588 (2024) or 930235 (2025) were filed.
Lisa Cartwright, PWSRecords place Lisa Cartwright at SWFWMD during a dated 2018 scientist record and at GreenSource during work on Application 930235. Her current job is GreenSource scientist; her prior job was SWFWMD scientist. Bartow is not the Tampa MITBANK desk; sequential jobs are not her reviewing her own application.
Ryan D. DeiblerRecords place Ryan D. Deibler at GreenSource in both application files and at FAMB as president on the board page checked 21 August 2026. A trade-association office is not a District endorsement.
Chris Tanner at FAMBRecords place Ryan D. Deibler and Chris Tanner at FAMB during the board-page snapshot checked 21 August 2026. The page lists Tanner as a director under a stale Manson firm name; his current public firm is Tanner Heeter. Same-board service is not a finding of influence.
Adrienne E. ViningRecords place Chris Tanner and Adrienne E. Vining at the 28 May 2026 ELULS “Mitigation Banking 101” public CLE. Vining is SWFWMD Assistant General Counsel. A public CLE is not a Brooker Creek meeting and is not ex parte. Tanner was not District counsel when 889588 or 930235 were filed.
Katie E. Cole and Ed ArmstrongRecords place Katie E. Cole and Ed Armstrong at Hill Ward Henderson during 2024. Cole was copied 24 April 2024 on 889588-133; Armstrong was SWFWMD Governing Board chair during 889588 and died around September 2025. No indexed permit-specific Board communication was located. Same-firm overlap is not joint representation and is not a Board action on this file.

None of this is a finding that anyone broke a rule. It is why this neighborhood reads the file instead of the FAQ, and why comments belong in Application 930235 while the file is still incomplete.

Full roster · Connections

Last verified 21 August 2026.

These cards say where records place people or organizations during stated dates. They do not predict a permit outcome or allege improper influence.

Tarpon Woods Properties ↔ applications

Records place Tarpon Woods Properties in both application files under dated applicant, permittee, authorization, and related labels.

Boundary: Those labels must remain separate and do not establish current title, operation, or Board involvement.

Foundation ↔ Tarpon Woods Properties

The reviewed February 3, 2022 deed copy places the Foundation and Tarpon Woods Properties on opposite sides of a $1,650,000 transfer covering both folios.

Boundary: A deed copy and dated signatures are not this page’s current-title opinion.

GreenSource ↔ both files

Records place GreenSource agents and scientists in Applications 889588 and 930235.

Boundary: Consulting work does not make GreenSource the owner or regulator.

Cartwright: SWFWMD → GreenSource

Records place Lisa Cartwright at SWFWMD during a dated 2018 record and at GreenSource during applicant-side work from 2024–2026.

Boundary: Sequential employment is not evidence that she reviewed her own application or had special access.

Tanner: SWFWMD counsel → private practice → 930235 CC

Records place Chris Tanner at SWFWMD during 2013 through October 5, 2015, in private practice by April 10, 2023, and on an Application 930235 email copied August 14, 2026.

Boundary: He was not District counsel when Applications 889588 or 930235 were filed. Sequential roles are not simultaneous “dual-hat” service or proof of improper contact.

Tanner ↔ Vining, May 2026 CLE

A dated public program places Chris Tanner and Adrienne Vining in the May 28, 2026 “Mitigation Banking 101” CLE.

Boundary: A public professional program is not evidence that Brooker Creek was discussed.

Deibler ↔ Tanner, FAMB board

Records place Ryan Deibler and Chris Tanner at the Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers during the board-page snapshot checked August 21, 2026—Deibler as president and Tanner as a director.

Boundary: Trade-association service is not SWFWMD endorsement or a conflict finding.

Deibler ↔ Missing Link / Big Bullfrog Creek

Professional records place Ryan Deibler in Missing Link and Big Bullfrog Creek mitigation-bank work.

Boundary: Those are different projects and do not establish ownership or control at Tarpon Woods.

Cole ↔ Armstrong, same firm

Records place Katie Cole and Ed Armstrong at Hill Ward Henderson during an overlapping period supported by dated professional sources.

Boundary: Same-firm employment does not establish contact, shared work, influence, or a permit-specific relationship.

Stanley ↔ TWP ↔ 209 Turner ↔ deed

Corporate, application, office, and deed-copy records place Bryan Stanley, Tarpon Woods Properties, the 209 Turner professional address, and the February 2022 deed preparation in a dated record chain.

Boundary: A professional address and document role are not a residential profile, operator finding, or title opinion.

Zuckerman ↔ Avalon ↔ 2025 survey dates

Records place Ralph Zuckerman at Avalon before its December 18, 2024 dissolution while a February 27, 2025 survey still names Avalon.

Boundary: The date mismatch remains unresolved; it is not labeled impropriety.

Hughes / Dasta / Boyle / Ondercin ↔ files

Records place Hughes and Dasta in both files, Todd Boyle in Application 930235 engineering review, and Ondercin in dated file-routing and extension actions.

Boundary: Assigned review and management routing are ordinary agency functions, not Governing Board action or a predicted outcome.

Section boundary: No Board involvement, current-operator conclusion, or current-title conclusion is inferred from these connections.

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