The Governing Team.

Trustees

Gary H. Griffin, Chair
Construction Professional, Retired, President and CEO B & I Contractors, Inc.

Sally Jackson, Vice Chair
Community Volunteer

Dr. Harrison S. Knight, Secretary/Treasurer
Sr. Pastor of Thee Trinity Church, Agency Owner, Senior Life Insurance Company, and Real Estate Agent

Gail Markham, Immediate Past Chair 
CPA and Founding Partner, Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & CO., PA

Julie Ben-Susan
Retired Banker, JPMorgan, and General Manager, Shelter Island Heights POC and North Ferry Company

William M. Blevins
President/CEO, Gulf Coast Business Bank

Suzanne Boy
Employment Attorney and Founding Partner, Boy Agnew Potanovic Miller, PLLC

David Collins
Mortgage Banker, Lake Michigan Credit Union

Lauren C. Drasites
Attorney, Patrone Bentley Law Group

Leigh Frizzell Hayes
Retired Judge, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida

Jay B. Love
Former CEO and Current Angel Investor/Board Member

Tracy McMillion
Fire Chief, City of Fort Myers Fire Department

Clay Motley, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and a Professor of English at FGCU

Khandyce Mosely
Consultant and Grant Writer, City of Fort Myers Police Department

Damon Romanello
CEO – Studio+

Benjamin A. Spence
Chief Operating & Financial Officer, Lee Health

Karen Watson, MSW
Medical Social Worker, Lee Health, Co-founder of Impact Dunbar, Executive Director, After the Rain of Southwest FLORIDA Inc.

Fred Weinman
Sr. Vice President – Lee County Market Leader, Northern Trust

Senior Advisors

Juan D. Bendeck
Attorney, Shareholder, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.

Jay Brett
Retired Attorney, The Sheppard Law Firm

Patricia K. Dobbins
Nurse, Teacher, Healthcare Professional. Administrator, Health Departments for Hendry and Glades Counties

Chauncey Goss
Former Member, President’s Office of Management and Budget, Former Deputy Staff Director of the US House Budget Committee

Larry Allen Hobbs 
Emergency Physician at Gulf Coast Medical Center

Howard Leland
Pilot. Retired Northwest Airlines Captain

Frederick Moon
Former Assistant Treasurer, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. Former Director, Surdna Foundation

William T. Prather
Entertainment Industry Entrepreneur. Executive Producer, Owner, The Prather Family Theaters

Dale Anne Reiss
Retired Ernst Young LLP, Global and Americas Head of Real Estate, Construction, Hospitality and Infrastructure

Guy Whitesman
Attorney, Of Counsel and Immediate Past Chair, Business and Tax Department, Henderson, Franklin Starnes & Holt, P.A.

 

Emeritus

Marie Mallory Ackord
Audrea Anderson
Susan Bennett
Joseph Catti
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Robert da Frota
Guy S. Emerich
Kevin Erwin
M. William Frey, Ph. D
Chris A. Gair
Hon. Archie B. Hayward, Jr.
Lee Howington
Jerry Hussey 
Charles K. Idelson
Donna Kaye
D. Hugh Kinsey, Jr.
David Lucas 
Joe Mazurkiewicz, Jr., Ph. D
Jim McFadden
Melvin Morgan 
Jim Nathan
Steve Pontius 
Robbie Roepstorff
J. Tom Smoot, Jr., Co-Founder
Gene Solomon
Gay Rebel Thompson
Karson Turner
Scott White
Steven R. Whitley, CPA