Dr. John Capece serves as executive director of Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL), the national honor society of graduate students. He is an agricultural engineering Ph.D. graduate of University of Florida. John was a founding member of NAGPS in 1986 and its first elected Executive Director/President in 1989. He currently works as a water resources consultant under the name Southern DataStream focusing on agro-ecology, water quality and sustainable development in South Florida. John also serves as president of Intelligentsia International, a non-profit educational organization hosting university students for environmental and engineering internships. Intelligentsia was created as a spin-off of NAGPS international exchange projects with the former Soviet Union. During the past 10 years Intelligentsia has hosted 300 students and young professionals from 60 different nations.