The WEDU Board of Directors will meet on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, April 29, 2009
  • Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2009

These meetings are open to the public and press.  For more information please call 813-254-9338, ext. 2201.

WEDU OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009

President & Chief Executive Officer:
Richard M. Lobo
Hillsborough and Sarasota County
Chairman Of The Board:
Barry M. Alpert
Pinellas County
Vice Chairman Of The Board:
Richard J. Dobkin
Hillsborough County
Treasurer:
A. Bronson Thayer
Hillsborough County
Secretary
Laura L. Starkey
Hillsborough and Pasco Counties
Past Chairman
Monroe E. Berkman
Hillsborough County

Stewart B. Barmen
Sarasota County

Michael T. Martin
Sarasota County

Heidi Shimberg
Hillsborough County

Robert C. Calafell
Hillsborough County

Tana V. Sandefur
Sarasota County

Akshay Desai, M.D.
Pinellas County

Elizabeth (Liz) Sembler
Past Chairwoman

Pinellas County

Heidi Shimberg
Hillsborough County

Geoffrey A. Simon
(Immediate Past Chairman)

Hillsborough County

Leslie Spencer
Hillsborough and Polk Counties

William E. Starkey
Hillsborough County

David B. Weinstein
Hillsborough County

Paul L. Whiting
Hillsborough County
Alan C. Bomstein
Pinellas County

Lisa Carlton
Sarasota County

Don DeFosset
Hillsborough County

Akshay Desai, M.D.
Pinellas County

Marshall Goodman, Ph.D.
Polk County

Joey E. Henderson
Hillsborough County

Anita Van Tassel Holec
Sarasota Country

Said Iravani, Ph.D., P.E.
Chairman, Community Advisory Board

Hillsborough County

Elaine Keating
Past Chairwoman
Sarasota County

Eric S. Land
Hillsborough County


Michael T. Martin
Sarasota County

Ronald W. Pierce
Hillsborough County

Booker Rice, Jr.
Manatee County

Sylvia O. Richardson, M.D.
Hillsborough County

Carolyn F. Sachs
Hillsborough County

WEDU COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD 2009

Said Iravani, Ph.D., P.E.
Chairman
Hillsborough County

Betty T. Bell
Hillsborough County

Karencia Ciagala
Polk County

Becky Clayton
Pasco County

Richard D. Flemings
Hillsborough County

Roberta Hamilton
Sarasota County

Anne Haywood
Hillsborough County

Jim Herrington
Manatee County

Myron Jackson
Hillsborough County

Victoria Jaensch Karins
Sarasota County

Arlessa S. Kubon, Ph.D.
(Immediate Past Chair)
Hillsborough

Deborah Martin
Sarasota County

Rev. James Murphy
Hillsborough County

Bill Perez
Hillsborough County

Aileen Rodriguez
Hillsborough County

Howard Sachs
Pinellas County

Ron Shaw
Pasco County

William H. Scheuerle
Hillsborough County

Joe R. Stines
Hillsborough County

Eugene Williams
Pasco County

Margaret Williams
Pasco County

Louise Krikorian
Hillsborough County

WEDU DIRECTORS EMERITI

Dennis Caltagirone
Public School Teacher
Rudolph Michaud (Past Chairman)
Retired Insurance Executive
Robert A. Darr (Past Chairman)
Retired Banking Executive
John F. Ranon, AIA
Architect
Fred Dobbins
Past Chairman
Retired Banker
Virginia Sink
Community Volunteer
Hilliard Eure (Past Chairman)
Retired Regional President KPMG
William H. Stover
Retired Investor
Nellye Friedman
Community Volunteer
William P. Wallace (Past Chairman)
Retired Insurance Executive
Valda Lee Guess (Past Chairman)
Retired Citizen/Farmer & Citrus Owner