Lisa M. Stopchuck,
Satilla RIVERKEEPER® Administrative Assistant

Lisa was born and raised in Brunswick, Georgia. She was adopted at birth and lovingly raised by Mike and Jimmie Ann Stopchuck along with an adopted sibling, Susan, who is three years younger. After attending Brunswick High School, Lisa graduated from Coastal Community College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in marketing and management. Lisa has held many positions over the years with various Glynn County employers. Before being blessed with her position at Satilla Riverkeeper® she was a vital part of the Customer Service staff at St. Simons Health and Fitness for two years.

Lisa has two children, Kayla Coughenour, 15, and Jared Coughenour, 16. She is an active member of College Place United Methodist Church in Brunswick. An avid musician, Lisa is a member of the praise team for the Experience! contemporary worship service at College Place, singing and sometimes sharing her talent on the flute during services. She also comprises half of a female contemporary Christian singing duo called “In His Presence,” along with friend, Jennifer Krouse, performing at various regional locations.

A very memorable part of Lisa’s childhood included weekly visits to see her grandparent’s, Leona and Edgar Davis, Sr., at their Darien homestead, where she learned to appreciate and respect nature in all of its moods. Her parents taught her how to sow and harvest, raise and care for farm animals, fish in fresh and salt water and hunt. Although she currently resides in Brunswick, she would eventually like to move to the country that meant so much to her in her formative years.

One of Lisa’s goals in life is to put her God first, her family second and then her career. But as we all know, it is harder to do that on some days than on others. Because of her appreciation of nature and the environment, she understands how important the health of the Satilla River is to surrounding communities and residents and will do what she can to promote stewardship of the river in her position with the Riverkeeper®.

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Laura McLaughlin Ragland

I love the water, rivers, oceans, muddy marshes…all of it. I especially love being out in it. Early on, in my teens, I was a water-safety instructor at summer camps. Later I tried surfing when no one surfed on the East Coast. (That tells you how old I am.) Later yet, I co-sponsored a Sea Scout Explorer troop out of Lake Lanier, and we all learned how to sail. I moved to Brunswick and continued to sail but with the added complications of tides and sandbars. Recently I qualified for my USCG Master Mariner certification.

I am a retired schoolteacher. I have spent 30 years teaching drafting, design, and technology to mostly high school boys in the state of Georgia. I still miss the connection with those young minds and the challenge of helping them to discover who they are and who they can become.

But my challenge now is to help the Satilla RIVERKEEPER® and the Satilla River. Raised in Waycross, I have camped, gone swimming and caught fish with my dad and friends on the Satilla. It still speaks to me of those memories and compels me to work so that others can share those experiences. Gordon Rogers, the Riverkeeper, tells me that black-water rivers are as fragile as coral reefs. I didn’t know that but I’ve always know that the Satilla River was special.

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