Nathaniel Reed's house

Nathaniel P. Reed Jr. is Vice Chairman of the Everglades Foundation. His father, Joseph, was a key developer of Jupiter Island and Nathaniel became President of the Hobe Sound Company, a real estate and holding company, which owned the Jupiter Island Club. He is best known as the Chairman of the Commission on Florida's Environmental Future. He also served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Mr. Reed is a former board member and Vice Chairman of the National Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy, board member of the National Parks & Conservation Association, American Rivers and serves as emeritus on the boards of the Natural Resources Defense Council and 1000 Friends of Florida, which he helped form. Reed has served on the board of the National Geographic Society since 1988. His parents were heirs to mining and oil fortunes.