Community Leadership Council Members
2007-2008

• Ross V. Allen*, Chairman Manatee-Sarasota Alumni & VP Sales, VA Media
• Bob Bartz, President, Manatee Chamber of Commerce
• Kathy Baylis, President, EDC of Sarasota County
• Louise Bruderle, Publisher, West Coast Woman
• Margaret Callihan, President, SunTrust
• Carl Cannova*, President/CEO, Sysco
• Robert J. Carter, President/CEO, Senior Friendship Centers, Inc.
• Rhonda Cesario, Membership&Marketing, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
• Moody Chisholm, Manatee Memorial Hospital
• Tim Clarke*, Founder Clarke Advertising
• Michael Corley*, President, Progressive Employer Services
• Dan Bailey Jr., Attorney, Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & Getzen
• David Band, Senior Partner, Abel Band, Chartered
• Dr. Roger Dearing, Superintendent, Manatee County Schools
• Vernon DeSear, VP of Marketing, Manatee Memorial Hospital
• Grace Dieterich, Community Advocate
• David Dignam*, President, Key Agency Insurance
• Amy Drake*, Director of Marketing/New Homes Division, Michael Saunders & Company
• David Eckel, President, Wagner Realty
• Liz Esformes, Partner, Pacific Tomato Growers
• Larry Fineberg, VP - Leasing Southeast, Benderson Development Company LLC
• Roger Frazee, Partner, Financial Services Network, Inc.
• Brian Flynn, Community Advocate
• Patricia Glass* Retired Manatee County Commissioner
• Dr. Kay Glasser*, Chairman, Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center
• Teri Hansen, President/CEO, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice
• David Hicks*, President, Aladdin-Ward Electric & Air, Inc.
• Dr. Mona Jain*, Administrator, Florida Commission on the Status of Women
• Mel Klein, Area Manager, Florida Power & Light
• Steve Knopik, President, Beall's, Inc.
• Garry Lowe, Chief of Police, City of Palmetto
• Gwen MacKenzie, CEO, Sarasota Memorial Hospital
• Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, President, Mote Marine Laboratory
• Gene Matthews, Retired Sarasota County Commissioner
• Brian McAllister*, Manatee MYP Representative, RTI Insurance Services
• Mike McCoy*, President, Community Bank
• Steve Mixson, Director of External Affairs, Verizon
• Katie Moulton, President, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort
• Cynthia Newell, President/Founder, Neighborhood Leadership Initiative
• Dr. Sarah Pappas*, President, Manatee Community College
• H. Hamilton Rice, Attorney, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
• Byron Shinn*, President, Shinn & Company
• Lindy Smith, President, Aladdin Equipment Company
• Joe Sullivan, Consultant, USF/Academy for Lifelong Learning
• John Swart, President, *Retired from JS Realty Inc/Lakewood Ranch Commercial
• Richard Smith*, CPA, Christopher Smith Leonard Bristow Stanell & Wells, CPAs
• Bob Turner*, Vice President & Operations Director, Bradenton Herald
• JoAnne Urofsky, General Manager, WUSF Public Broadcasting
• Tim Vining, Partner, Corvus International
• Derek Williams*, Moseley Investment Management
• Dr. Lori White, Superintendent, Sarasota County Schools
• Ashley Tyrrell, USF S-M Student and President, USF Student Government Association