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Meet the Hatchery Staff
Norman Soule, Director
 Norman grew up in Brentwood back in the days when Brentwood was in the Pine Barrens. He spent as much time as possible fishing and chasing turtles and snakes in upstate New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania while camping, as well on various places on Long Island including what is now called Blydenberg County Park, the Carmen's River and the Peconic River. While visiting the Hatchery while in elementary school, he remembers looking up from the round ponds towards the Ross building and thinking to himself that this would be a great place to work. After high school, he attended the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. After graduating in 1978, he started working at the Hatchery as a state employee. He has since continued working here as the Director starting in April 1982. He has spent much time in obtaining most of the live specimens that are displayed here and is glad the public can learn to appreciate the value of wild animals, particularly those that live in wet areas of Long Island and other areas of New York.
Steve DeSimone, Assistant Director
Steve grew up on the south shore of Long Island. He enjoyed playing, fishing and learning in lakes, creeks and ponds. He continued his appreciation for the watery environments at SUNY College of Environmental Science, where he received a Bachelors of Science. His love and knowledge of the environment has afforded him many experiences. He has worked in urban settings, working for a consulting firm cleaning polluted environments, and hiking the Appalachian Trail, working to manage ruffed-grouse populations. Steve has been at the Hatchery since September 2001. He had always wanted to work for the Hatchery, having grown up visiting and enjoying everything about it since he was young. It means so much to him to be able to educate kids and adults alike about the nature around them.
Jeanne Lynch, Environmental Education Director
Jeanne is a Long Island native and has been working at the Hatchery since March 2003. She received her B.S. in Marine Biology from Southampton College in 2002. During her undergraduate studies she was an intern at the Mount Desert Oceanarium in Bar Harbor, Maine where she returned as the manager after graduating. She also interned at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge here on Long Island. During both internships she taught school groups and discovered her love for teaching children about the wonders of the natural world around us.
E-mail:fisheducator@cshfha.org
Diane Lundegaard, Education Assistant
Diane joined the Hatchery staff in 2005. Prior to that she taught art at East Woods School for seven years. Born and raised on Long Island, Diane graduated from SUNY at Stony Brook, where she earned her B.F.A. and M.A. Diane's experience as an educator includes docent work for The Society of Long Island Antiquities at their Joseph Lloyd Manor House. She has also worked for BOCES at the Roy E. Allen Elementary School. Diane's interest in environmental and community concerns led her to serve as a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Long Island Regional Planning Board's Federal 208 Water Study. She is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Town Wide Fund of Huntington. In 1982 Diane received the Coastal Barrier Resources Act Commendation from the Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation and Laurence Rockefeller, Americans for the Coast Award. Other awards include a Mayer Fellowship from East Woods School, and the National Sumi-e Society Award for her painting, "Summer". An equally accomplished journalist, Diane's work has been published in The New York Times, Newsday and other Long Island publications.
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