SPANISH MOSS TRAIL
BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS

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Above from left to right: Joe DeVito, Chair of Board of Directors; Sissy Perryman, Director of Advancement; and Dean Moss, Volunteer Executive Director of the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail


Board of Directors

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Joe DeVito: Chair

Gene Rugala: Treasurer

Nora Kresch: Secretary
Dave Barton
David Cohen
Dick Deuel
Frank Emminger
Charlie Frost

Kate Hines
Steve Mix
Mary Roe
Gary Thompson

Staff Members

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Dean Moss:

Founder and Volunteer Executive Director

Dean Moss is the former General Manager of the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority who has spent his entire professional career, and the focus of his active retirement, working with water and land conservation activities. In addition to being the Founder and Volunteer Executive Director of the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail, he is also actively involved in The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina, the Port Royal Sound Foundation as well as the Open Land Trust. He, along with all of the supporters of the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail, is passionate about connecting our neighborhoods, conserving our unique water and nature preserves, cultural features, and historic sites for the enjoyment of all who live and come to the Lowcountry.


Sissy Perryman:

Director of Advancement

Sissy Perryman has more than 30 years of communications, grant management and fundraising experience in corporate and nonprofit settings. Sissy has been with the Friends since 2013 helping to raise the Trail's profile to one of the top Trail's in the U.S. and building a large network of partnerships, grants and donor support for the nonprofit. 

To contact the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail, email us at info@spanishmosstrail.com.