Mike Gibbons

Mike Gibbons has spent a lifetime around turtles, albeit in a volunteer capacity. He began helping on his father’s turtle studies as a small child, and has continued to this day taking part in numerous amphibian and reptile volunteer initiatives. In his professional world, he is the Vice President of Corporate Strategies for Trident United Way. He has served in nonprofit leadership for more than 15 years. Prior to nonprofits, Gibbons spent 15 years in journalism as a reporter, editor and executive. Although out of journalism full-time, he still writes a weekly column that appears in several Southeastern newspapers.